Afrobeat Series: Manden Express & Elikya

Afrobeat Series: Manden Express & Elikya

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The Sugar Club, Monday 27th December

*Note: Due to updated restrictions, Manden Express & Elikya will now perform at 5:20pm on Monday 27th December at The Sugar Club. Doors will be open at 5:00pm. The show will be finished by 7:45pm

Presented as part of Dublin City Council’s Live Local Performance Scheme supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media.

Dynamic rhythms enliven the dark winter days this December at the Sugar Club with a three-part live series of Afro-beat Evenings from Improvised Music Company, Choice Cuts, and Dublin City Council.

Closing out 2021 with a bang, Manden Express’s explosive performance fuses traditional and contemporary styles of West African music from the Mande Empire of what is now known as Mali, alongside infectious Afrobeat rhythms. The supergroup blends Kamele n’goni harp, Kora, djembe, and drums with Electric bass and guitar to produce stomping grooves and hypnotic time patterns.

Also rocking the stage are Limerick’s Elikya (“Hope” in Lingala), with their hybrid blend of Rumba, Soukous and seben – entrancing lead guitar melodies atop a pulsating bed of kick drums and snares – you won’t be able to stay in your seat.

Date:
Monday 27th December
Time:
5.00pm
Price:
€10
Address:
The Sugar Club, Leeson Street Lower, Saint Kevin's, Dublin, Ireland
Google Map of The Sugar Club, Leeson Street Lower, Saint Kevin's, Dublin, Ireland

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