About this Event
Kinetika Bloco is a youth music charity with an exuberant mix of young brass and woodwind players, drummers, steel pan and dancers all in costume creating a “unique new British Carnival sound with a decidedly London edge” (BBC Radio 2). Based at the Southbank Centre, they draw their influences from the Caribbean, Brazil, Africa and New Orleans. Their achievements include: performances at Notting Hill Carnival, The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, London Jazz Festival; leading Team GB in the 2012 Olympic Victory Parade; Collaborating with Mercury Prize Winners Ezra Collective at The Brits and Glastonbury; recording their debut album Legacy; performing their own second-line in New Orleans and touring Cape Town.
In addition, they opened our main festival day last year and it's been absolute joy to work with them. This year, we're extending our collaboration even further with them as our main outreach partners.
Kinetika Bloco has existed since 2000 and was established as a charity in June 2010. We are a Creative Learning partner at Southbank Centre and an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation.
Date: 11th July
Venue: De Beauvoir Square
Timings: 12.45pm onwards
De Beauvoir Jazz Festival is an independent, neighbourhood-scale jazz festival in East London, building something distinctive at the intersection of music, place and community. Experience two extraordinary days of world-class music across 10+ intimate venues in De Beauvoir Town (within Hackney and Islington) this July 10-11, 2026.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
De Beauvoir Square, De Beauvoir Square, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 70.00
