A very special daytime event featuring an incredible meeting of traditional sounds from both the Pacific and the Caribbean coasts of Colombia. Welcoming special guests Agrupacion Patacoré from Tumaco – with their majestic Marimba fuelled traditional rhythms and voices – winners of the best vocalists at the legendary Petronio Álvarez last year. Alongside London’s very own purveyors of Bullerengue with their euphoric, ancestral beats rooted in Afro-Colombian traditions inviting very special guest Nelda Piña – the legendary traditional singer from the Colombian Caribbean to join them for a unique show.

The musical group Patacoré, directed by Jhon Alex del Castillo, was formed in 2019 gathering musicians with a deep knowledge of the traditional music from the Pacific coast to build on the rich legacies of their ancestors to help preserve and push forward the culture.

With their trance-inducing bullerengue Akolá Tambó – the first group of their kind in the UK – was born in London in 2020. Due to their geographical location, their objective has been to reconstruct, through practice and research, the ancestral legacy of this tradition in order to help keep it alive and share its healing power with the world.

Nelda Piña inherited the cultural tradition of bailes cantaos from the musical tradition of the Colombian Caribbean. Her singing helps keep alive the Bullerengue, Chalupa, Son de Negro, and Cumbia, mestizo rhythms, Afro-descendant and Amerindian traditions.