BIG WEEKEND Afrobeat Special at CARDIFF ARTS INSTITUTE

Hélélé are a six piece afrobeat/funk phenomenon, with sax, percussion, drums, guitar, bass, and balafon, a kind of African glockenspiel hand made by lead singer Alphonse Daudet Touna. We at Juju Nations think these are one of the best afrobeat bands in the UK right now and we love that they are going to be funking with us at CAI. DJs support from Juju Nations & Ba-Ba-Boom! til 4am.

http://www.myspace.com/helele

Details:

What: Hélélé
Where: Cardiff Arts Institute
When: Sat 31st, 9-4am
Wage: £4
Why: party is enough reason

and this follows right after some fine global funk beats at the Big Weekend across the road outside City Hall. Free for your pleasure they bring you:

2.00-2.45pm Maroon Town
3.05-3.50pm Wonderbrass
4.10-4.55pm The Raghu Dixit Project
5.15–6.00pm The Congo Allstars
6.20-7.05pm Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos
7.25-7.55pm The Jolly Boys
8.15-9.10pm Pee Wee Ellis and the Funky Assembly
9.30-10.30pm Chaka Demus and Pliers
11.00pm Fireworks display
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12.00pm-1am Hélélé
1am-4am Juju Nations/Ba-Ba-Boom! DJs
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Juju/Ba-Ba-Boom’s working hard for you this summer/winter/spring::: bringing amazing|unique|boogie parties to this city:::::::

- Sat 24th July: Watusi! Acoustic showcase, Milgi, City Road: Build-up gig for the Watusi Festival, Acoustic acts & DJs in the yurt
- Sat 31st July: Hélélé, Cardiff Arts Institute
- Sat 21st Aug: Watusi Warm-up, Gwdihw, Bands and DJs who will be performing at the Watusi! Festival
- Fri/Sat/Sun 10th-12th September: THE WATUSI FESTIVAL: 3 day music fest 25 minutes from Cardiff: http://www.watusifestival.com/
- Sat 9th Oct: Sadio Cissokho, Afro-Casamance dance band on tour from Senegal, Cardiff Arts Institute, Juju Nations DJs
- Sat 13th Nov: RSVP, 7-piece Bhangra band, Cardiff Arts Institute, Ba-Ba-Boom! DJs
- Sat 5th March 2011: Rio Carnival Brazil Spectacular, Cardiff Arts Institute, Batucada Basics DJs + amazing acts to be confirmed

And many more events yet to be confirmed.

- Thanks to all those who turned out to support the DJ Frank Gossner/Afro Cluster gig in June -

You in an act that you think fits the Juju/Ba-Ba-Boom style? Lets us know…