If it says ‘Peppery’ on the poster,
You’re guaranteed a good time!
HANK WANGFORD
& the Lost Cowboys
Peppery regulars will know that Hank Wangford exudes star quality and The Lost Cowboys never disappoint with their deadpan humour and second-to-none musicianship.
Expect an unforgettable roller-coaster ride ‘Country’ style, with harmonies, steel guitar wizardry, tears and laughter with stories of tragedy, love and broken hearts in obscure honky tonk classics and originals from Hank and co.
With Martin Belmont (Graham Parker, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash) on Stratocaster and 6-String Bass and world famous pedal steel guitar ace BJ Cole (Elton John, REM, The Verve etc.) in the band you get three legends for the price of one!
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1 Big Multicultural Festival
Peppery are again working with the Bangladeshi Support Group to programme the main stage at this unique event which celebrates the diversity in Ipswich and Suffolk as a whole, bringing communities together through music, dance, arts and crafts, and food in a fun environment. See https://www.bscsuffolk.org.uk for details. Acts include Kodjovi Kush and the Afrospot Allstars with the joyous sounds of West African music: highlife, afrobeat; and Rajastan Heritage Brass Band (pictured).
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Global Rhythm
free festival of world music
For this, the 9thyear of Global Rhythm, we’ve again got an exciting lineup of the best world and roots music on the Martin Burley Peppery Stage.
SON YAMBU at 1pm - A truly, sensational, authentic Latin music experience. 'Absolutely tremendous…. extraordinary music.’ Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3
JUSTIN THURGUR’S AFRO JAZZ PROJECT at 2.30pm - The trombonist from seminal folk group Bellowhead brings his Afro-Jazz Project to Ipswich, playing tracks from their acclaimed debut album “No Confusion”.
CUBAFROBEAT at 3.30pm - A Cuban / Afrobeat Experience bringing together music from both sides of the Atlantic. Havana meets Lagos in Ipswich.
THE DESTROYERS at 5.30pm - With madcap energy and grooves that you simply cannot stand still to, The Destroyers will launch the audience into a celtic spin, serving up a high octane closing set that must not be missed.
Global Rhythm 2018 also features the Global Village Stage, with local musicians from the diverse communities in Ipswich, the Missile Sound Stage, with Caribbean Sound System Culture, free workshops for all ages and abilities, fairground rides, cultural catering and crafts. You can find the full programme at https://www.ipswichentertains.co.uk/global-rhythm-christchurch-park-culture/
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Rumba de Bodas
Celebrating their tenth anniversary, these Italian troubadours make it their mission to party. Their exciting music blends together latin grooves, Balkan, Swing, Ska and Reggae and has had people dancing under stages everywhere from Italy to London, and from Romania to Spain. This wonderful band had a great residency at last year’s Edinburgh Jazz Festival, and after seeing them there we just had to bring them to Ipswich. See them on video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTsOhnv8qU8 (and go to https://www.ipswichjazzfestival.org.uk to find out more about this weekend mix of live music, film, art and musicians’ workshops )
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The Baghdaddies
‘The best party music around’ Froots
The Baghdaddies’ exuberant and rampant brand of world music is an exhilarating cocktail of Balkan melodies, ska and latin grooves and sizzling brass played with furious energy and theatrical humour, making them as unforgettable on stage as they are when performing as wandering brass troubadours. They take themselves incredibly seriously so you don’t have to.
“If Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall had grown up listening to world music, The specials might have sounded very like the Baghdaddies.” — Uncut Magazine
See the Baghdaddies on video here...
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1 Big Multicultural Festival
with added Peppery music on the main stage
Peppery are again working with the Bangladeshi Support Group to programme the main stage at this unique event which celebrates the diversity in Ipswich and Suffolk as a whole, bringing communities together through music, dance, arts and crafts, and food in a fun environment. See www.bscentre.org for details. Acts include Monica Vasconcelos with her Vintage Brasil band, with upbeat Brazilian sounds, and African rhythms from Nii Okai Tagoe's West to West (pictured here).
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