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Programme

Timings for the following stages are available below. (All timings are subject to change.)

Rise: London United Against Racism stage

12.00pm Beardyman
12.30pm Natty
1.10pm The Holloways
2.00pm St. Etienne
3.10pm Jamelia
4.20pm The Noisettes
5.15pm Kelis
6.30pm K'naan
7.40pm Skatalites

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African Village

12:00pm Drum Call (African Pioneers)
12.10pm Welcome! Lee Jasper, Mayor’s Director for Equalities and Policing
12:20pm Lolou (Senegal)
1:05pm The Zawose Family
1:40pm Osvaldo Chacon (Afro Cuban)
2:25pm King Masco (Sierra Leone)
3.05pmTuface (Nigeria)
3:40pm Speeches
3:50pm Dorothy Masuku
4:40pm Osibisa (Ghana)
5:45pmFrankie Paul (Jamaica)
6:15pmHarare (Zimbabwe)
7.00pm Close

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Big Cuba Fiesta and El Barrio Latino

1.00pmClub Clandestino DJs
1.15pmPaseo Malanga
1.30pmCuban dance workshop
1.55pmPeruvian roots percussion
2.40pmClub Clandestino DJs
3.00pmPalmeras Kannibales
3.50pmCuban dance workshop
4.15pmMovimientos
4.45pmHavana Connection
5.10pmMovimientos
5.45pmJoin the Carnival procession! Celebrate Latin American Unity!
6.05pmRaíces Cubanas
7.00pmMovimientos/Club Clandestino DJs
7.30pmClose

Children's carnival workshop throughout the day culminating in a carnival precession.

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Crescent stage

1.00pmAbbda
1.45pmBellydance
2.05pmKoma Sersi
2.50pmBellydance Superstars
3.10pmDJ
3.25pmTBC
4.15pmDJ
4.30pmAbdullah Chadeh
5.20pmU-cef
6.10pmMecca2medina
6.45pmDam
7.30pmClose

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Mela stage

Comperes Jay Kumar and Asha / DJ Meena

1:30pmGurbaksh Matharu on Tar Shehnai & Navinderpal Singh on Tabla
2:20pmSOAS presents Kalaimamani Nandini
3:00pmAneesa Chaudhry
4.00pmAngel Dancers
4:10pmAvipaul
5:00pmDhol Academy
5:00pmShiva Soundsystem
5:30pmNathan 'Flutebox' Lee Live featuring Hanif Khan (tabla) & Wandan (human beatbox)
6:15pmKalakaar
7:00pmClose

from 5pm Maharajahs

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London Underground stage

12.00pmSound Connections presents youth music
1.00pmBigga Fish
2.00pmCD-R
3.00pmCD-R
4.00pmBigga Fish
5.00pmB.R.E.I.S. and live band
6.00pmVula and live band
7.00pmTy presents best of UK hip hop
8.00pmClose

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Union City DJ Bus

Trojan Sound System presents

12.00pmJC (Trojan Records)
1.00pmTBC
2.30pmCosmo (Wild Rumpus)
3.30pmAshley Beedle
5.00pmTrojan Sound System and special guests
6.30pmJazzie B (Soul II Soul)
8.00pmClose

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Comedy Tent

Performances between 2.30pm-4.30pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm from:

  • Richard Blackwood (compere, 2nd show)
  • Bill Bailey [TBC]
  • Kojo
  • Tony Hendriks
  • Quincy
  • Marlon Davis
  • Patrick Monahan
  • Shazia Mirza
  • Zoe Lyons
  • Papa CJ

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Rise Poetry Slammers

Performing in the Comedy Tent from 12pm-1.30pm, and on other stages during intervals throughout the day.

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Artwork

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Sponsors Islington Gazette Canary Wharf Group PLC BBC London Transport for London Unison London Southern and Eastern TUC National Assembly Against Racism Mayor of London