AT COAL DROPS YARD, An electrifying live music KING’S CROSS festival featuring classical WED 11 AUG – SUN 22 AUG music, world music, jazz, FREE ADMISSION street culture and opera.

#cubittsessions kingscross.co.uk/whats-on WELCOME TO CUBITT SESSIONS, THE FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL AT KING’S CROSS

Cubitt Sessions is an annual open-air music festival of free concerts in the heart of King’s Cross. Now held in Coal Drops Yard, Cubitt Sessions bring together the world’s finest folk, jazz, classical and experimental musicians to present a diverse and exciting mix of live music over 12 days. The completely free festival makes it possible for everyone to share performances of the highest quality. Opening on Wednesday 11 August this year’s line-up features the prize-winning klezmer and Balkan band, She’Koyokh; the truthful, soul-bearing love songs of MarthaGunn; and winner of album of the year at the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, the Kate Williams Quintet.

With live concerts every evening from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, and from 1.00pm to 6.00pm on Sundays, Cubitt Sessions are the most inclusive offer of free music available in . From Afro-Latin percussion and brass duets to the sounds of contemporary Trinidad, interspersed with evenings of opera, musical theatre and song, the broad range of musical styles promises something for every age and every taste.

‘In a year when sharing music together has been largely off the agenda, Cubitt Sessions 2021 promises to be something really special. Our partners Lafayette, Tête à Tête, Kings Place, Anthony Whitworth-Jones and the English Folk Dance and Song Society have selected a fantastically broad spread of UK based artists representing just a fraction of the multitude of cultures which make London so vibrantly unique. For generations King’s Cross has been one of the main gateways to London, and Cubitt Sessions, together with the many cultural initiatives resident at King’s Cross, is our contribution to the welcoming spirit of the area.’ – Anthea Harries, Head of Assets, King’s Cross COAL DROPS YARD is a new shopping and restaurant district in London’s King’s Cross. Originally established in 1850 to handle the eight million tonnes of coal delivered to the capital each year, Coal Drops Yard was latterly the location of nightclubs Bagley’s and The Cross. The area reopened in October 2018, reinvented by the acclaimed Heatherwick Studio, which has interwoven a contemporary design with the surviving structures and rich ironwork of the original Victorian coal drops. Located within a reimagined set of historic buildings and arches directly adjacent to Granary Square and Regent’s Canal, Coal Drops Yard houses over fifty stores from a unique mix of established and emerging brands, along with cafés, bars, top independent restaurants and new public spaces.

This year Cubitt Sessions will take place in Coal Drops Yard. Throughout the year, Coal Drops Yard programmes a wide range of activities including events, markets, installations and workshops.

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Cubitt Sessions is funded by KINGS PLACE TÊTE À TÊTE SMALL GREEN SHOOTS the King’s Cross Central Limited Kings Place is an arts centre with a Tête à Tête is a charity making extraordinary Small Green Shoots is a youth-led charity Partnership and curated critically-acclaimed music and spoken word performances often in extraordinary places, offering an alternative to the conventional programme, the base for a family of ensembles and helping others to do the same. We’ve system for education, training and entry alongside partners, without and arts charities, and the home of live produced over 100 new operas, and supported into the jobs market. We help young whom, we would not be able podcasting in the UK. Developed from an act thousands of artists to create hundreds more people facing difficult life circumstances to deliver such diversity and of philanthropy in 2009, it has become a venue in Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival. Tête à Tête gain access to the entertainment and world class quality music for loved by a diverse range of audiences. We offer led the sector throughout 2020, staging the creative industries through paid free. This year we have our captivating, intimate experiences in our halls, only opera in the government’s programme of classroom learning, vocational training, returning partners from Kings no one is lost in the crowd and people find each pilots for the return to indoor performance in internships and access to creative grants. other in our communal spaces, used freely for July with The Cockpit, and hosting a further ↪ smallgreenshoots.co.uk | @smallgreenshoots Place, Tête à Tête, and Anthony meetings, homework, or at the canal-side 31 productions in our festival in September. Whitworth-Jones who inspire us Rotunda Bar and Restaurant. This year’s festival continues to push the with their classical and world ↪ kingsplace.co.uk | @KingsPlace boundaries until October, with everything CUBITT SESSIONS IS FUNDED programming. Joining them this from sword-fighting sopranos to the operatic BY THE KING’S CROSS CENTRAL year we welcome Lafayette and dating app Singlr. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND English Folk Dance and Song LAFAYETTE ↪ tete-a-tete.org.uk | @teteateteopera CURATED ALONGSIDE PARTNERS Lafayette is a new music venue in King’s Cross, Society who bring a new flavour London. Housed within Goods Way, a new of UK emerging and traditional food, drink and socialising hub that not only ANTHONY WHITWORTH-JONES talent. For the first time ever we contains the 600-capacity music venue Anthony has been working alongside are also working with the local Lafayette, but Sweetwater, a New Orleans- Cubitt Sessions from the inception 8 years charity Small Green Shoots, inspired bar with dimly lit booths and expertly ago. He worked with the Glyndebourne where we were able to provide crafted cocktails. The Courtyard at Goods opera during the 1980s and 1990s and Way also houses five different food traders served as its General Director for ten PARTNERS apprenticeship opportunities serving everything from Sushi to Tacos. years from 1989 until 1998. He was the to 3 young adults entering the ↪ lafayettelondon.com | @LafayetteLondon General Director of the Dallas Opera from creative industries. 2000 to 2002, and the Garsington Opera from 2005 until 2012. He has served on the ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY board of the English National Opera since EFDSS is the national development agency 2012. He was invited to become Artistic for the folk arts with a mission to preserve, Director of Casa da Musica, Porto, to open CUBITT SESSIONS TEAM promote and develop. It does this through in 2005 its new concert hall designed by education and performance programmes, Rem Koolhaas. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Martin Collins artists support and through its library and PRODUCTION MANAGER: David Salter archive, engaging with people of all ages and STAGE MANAGER: Pete Ayres abilities at its home Cecil Sharp House in SOUND ENGINEER: John Green Camden and at events across the country. LIGHTING TECHNICIAN: Nick McGee ↪ efdss.org | @EFDSS ‘I’m delighted that Kings Place’s vibrant programme is represented in Cubitt Sessions this year with exciting bands: South London-based Endurance Steel Orchestra is part of our London Unwrapped, sounds of a migrant city series, a celebration of the capital’s diverse music scene, as is the pioneering 12 Ensemble, featuring London’s most creative young string players: I’ve no doubt they’ll be a hit with Cubitt audiences.’ — Helen Wallace, Kings Place Artistic Director WED 11 AUG ANTHONY WHITWORTH-JONES THUR 12 AUG TÊTE À TÊTE PRESENTS: LADIES 6:30PM 6:30PM PRESENTS: SHE’KOYOKH OF MIDNIGHT BLUE & GUESTS

RUNNING TIME: Six exceptional musicians, celebrating their 20th anniversary RUNNING TIME: Ladies of Midnight Blue are an Afro-Latin percussion and 1HR 50 MINS year and their show is an impressive mix of vocals, violin, 1HR 50 MINS brass duet comprised of Hannabiell Sanders and Yilis del INCL. INTERVAL guitar, accordion, double bass and percussion. Their members INCL. INTERVAL Carmen Suriel. They create a powerful and upbeat fusion hail from Turkey, the Balkans and the UK and their repertoire of rhythms, weaving combinations of melodic percussion, is rooted in traditional music from Jewish weddings, Greek brass, vocal chants, and mbira. tavernas, Serbian villages, Bulgarian festivals and Turkish mountains. Their music will make you dance and cry at the Ladies of Midnight Blue have performed and facilitated same time – in a good way! workshops and residencies all over the world. They believe in everyday activism, which they see as a commitment to Awarded first prize in the 2008 International Jewish Music work towards equality and justice in all aspects of their Festival in Amsterdam and shortlisted twice for Best Group lives and for their communities. in the Songlines World Music Awards. Having received 5-star reviews for their albums from Songlines and fROOTS, the Hannabiell & Yilis are the co-founders and Directors of Evening Standard and the Guardian and performed in venues Harambee Pasadia CIC. Harambee in Swahili means ‘let’s from the Concertgebouw and the Queen Elizabeth Hall to pull together’ and Pasadia in Spanish means ‘to spend the Glastonbury and WOMAD festivals. She’Koyokh are regulars day.’ They produce Harambee Pasadia: Afro Fusion Arts She’Koyokh is to BBC Radio 3 and in 2019 composed and performed a festival, a 4-day family camping extravaganza which hosts a prize-winning prelude to Mahler’s 1st Symphony with the BBC Scottish world renowned artists, practitioners, and foods of fusions klezmer and Balkan Symphony Orchestra. found in the African diaspora. band, described by The Guardian as CIĞDEM ASLAN: Vocals MEG HAMILTON: Violin ‘one of the finest JOSH MIDDLETON: Accordion British-based MATT BACON: Guitars exponents of PAUL MOYLAN: Double bass global music’. CHRISTINA BORGENSTIERNA: Percussion

MORE INFORMATION ↪ hannabiell.com MORE INFORMATION ↪ Twitter ↪ shekoyokh.co.uk @LadiesofMBlue ↪ Socials: ↪ Instagram @shekoyokh @hannabiell ↪ YouTube: ↪ Facebook: shekoyokh @LadiesOfMidnightBlue FRI 13 AUG LAFAYETTE PRESENTS: 6:30PM JAKE ISAAC SUPPORTED BY MARTHAGUNN

RUNNING TIME: JAKE ISAAC 1HR 50 MINS Jake Isaac began playing drums aged 3 and by 19 had INCL. INTERVAL begun to make a living as a part-time session musician. Fast forward to 2021, Jake has released two albums, signed to Elton John’s Rocket Music and has worked with and supported the likes of Paloma faith, India Arie and Elton MORE INFORMATION ↪ iamjakeisaac.com John Himself. Jake’s distinctive style of singer songwriter / ↪ Socials: soul has earned him widespread plaudits as a singer and @iamjakeisaac ↪ YouTube: multi-instrumentalist selling out headline shows in the Jake Isaac UK, Germany, USA, Netherlands and across Europe.

MARTHAGUNN MarthaGunn have spent time honing their craft, delivering raucous shows across the UK, while perfecting their passionate indie-rock. Think Fleetwood Mac meets Haim, filtered through the imagination of a Mystery Jets obsessive.

Led by chief songwriter Abi, the five-piece create truthful, MORE INFORMATION ↪ marthagunn.com soul-bearing love songs that can be heard on their ‘Caught up ↪ Socials: and Confused’ EP released last year. This September will see @marthagunn ↪ YouTube: the release of their highly anticipated debut album ‘Something marthagunn Good Will Happen’. SAT 14 AUG KINGS PLACE PRESENTS: 6:30PM 12 ENSEMBLE

RUNNING TIME: The 12 Ensemble is a pioneering un-conducted string 1HR 40 MINS ensemble. Modern, dynamic and virtuosic, the group INCL. INTERVAL has rapidly developed a reputation as one of Europe’s most exhilarating collectives, moving audiences worldwide with powerful musical experiences. ​ Formed in 2012 by Artistic Directors Eloisa-Fleur Thom & Max Ruisi, the 12 Ensemble’s unique approach to rehearsing, performing & programming sets them apart as a revolutionary ensemble relevant in the 21st century. Exploring great music of the past alongside ground-breaking new commissions and collaborations with outstanding contemporary artists, the ensemble sets itself no boundaries and reaches diverse audiences with exceptional musical experiences.

SET 1 ARVO PÄRT: Fratres CAROLINE SHAW: Entr’acte 3 TRAD. DANISH FOLK TUNES SIGUR ROS (ARR.): Fljotavik MORE INFORMATION ↪ the12ensemble.com SET 2 ↪ Socials @12ensemble TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings SUN 15 AUG ANTHONY WHITWORTH-JONES 3:30PM – 5:50PM LLŶR WILLIAMS 1PM–6PM 2 SETS Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams is widely admired for his PRESENTS: FAMILY CONCERTS INCL. INTERVAL profound musical intelligence, and for the expressive and communicative nature of his interpretations. An acclaimed performer of Beethoven, he has several 1PM – 3:05PM GEORGE HARLIONO complete sonata cycles under his belt, including at 2 SETS In 2019 George was a prize-winner at the YCAT International Wigmore Hall and the Royal Welsh College of Music INCL. INTERVAL Auditions at Wigmore Hall, and the only British pianist to be and Drama. He also performs as a soloist with all major selected for the Tchaikovsky Competition. Previous awards UK orchestras and as a recitalist in the UK’s most include top prizes at the Grand Piano Competition in Moscow important venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, (2016), the Gina Bachauer (Utah 2016), Aarhus (Denmark) and the South Bank International Piano Series, Dinu Lipatti (Bucharest) Competitions. and the Edinburgh International Festival.

13:00 — 13:45 1ST SET 15:30 — 16:15 1ST SET HAYDN: Sonata in E minor, XVI.34 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata no.18 E flat Major BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A, Op.118 No.2 op.31 no.3 ‘The Hunt’ PROKOFIEV: Sonata no 2 in D minor op.14 TCHAIKOVSKY: From ‘The Seasons’ JANUARY: ‘At the Fireside’ 14:20 — 15:05 2ND SET FEBRUARY: ‘Carnival’ SCHUBERT/LISZT: Standchen JUNE: ‘Barcarolle’ MORE INFORMATION SCHUBERT/LISZT: AUGUST: ↪ georgeharliono.net Erlkonig ‘Harvest’ ↪ Socials: RAVEL: Une Barque sur l’Ocean @georgeharliono LISZT: 16:50 — 17:50 2ND SET ↪ YouTube: Romance in E minor MORE INFORMATION george harliono LISZT: Rhapsodie Espagnole, S. 254 ↪ victoriarowsell.co.uk CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, op.28

1:50PM – 5:50PM OUT OF THE DEEP BLUE 4 PERFORMANCES In a dystopian future, waves wash EKO, a sentient Sea Giant, onto the shore. There he encounters vulnerable Violet. These two beings – an ancient creature, a young girl – offer us their stories: an impactful dialogue around our earth’s climate emergency, told through dance, movement and masterful puppeteering. Ideal for children and family audiences, and a story about the power of understanding that speaks to the world at large.

MORE INFORMATION 13:50 COAL DROPS YARD ↪ autindt.com ↪ Socials: 15:10 GRANARY SQUARE @autindt 16:10 COAL DROPS YARD ↪ YouTube Autin Dance Theatre 17:30 GRANARY SQUARE MON 16 AUG TÊTE À TÊTE PRESENTS: TUE 17 AUG KINGS PLACE PRESENTS: 6:30PM 6:30PM THE VENUS BUSHFIRES ENDURANCE STEEL

RUNNING TIME: The Venus Bushfires is a creative collective of one and RUNNING TIME: THE SOUND OF SUNSHINE 1HR 20 MINS many, of which multidisciplinary artist Helen Epega is 1HR 50 MINS Don’t miss South London’s dynamic and award-winning INCL. INTERVAL the only constant member. The Nigerian-British singer- INCL. INTERVAL steel band, Endurance, led by the innovative pannist songwriter, composer and abstractionist artist explores the Marlon Hibbert, with community cohesion and youth ethereal sounds of the ‘hang’ and the power of the talking engagement at its core. Discover the seductive sounds drum cross-fertilising multiple visual & musical styles. She of contemporary Trinidad and London ringing through has been featured on the BBC, CNN, The Guardian UK, Coal Drops Yard on a summer’s evening. Reuters, France 24, Le Monde, The Guardian Nigeria, TVC News Nigeria and many others. She composed the world’s first pidgin (broken English) opera ‘Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera’ which debuted at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival in London in July 2015. The groundbreaking opera has since been performed in Lagos and Cape Town. Her latest work ‘Sounds of Us – A sound art snapshot of Life, Love, Fear, Hope & Protest during the Pandemic Lockdown’, explores everyday sounds from London and Lagos throughout 2020.

‘It’s a cause for real celebration once again to be programming some Cubitt Sessions where living artists will once again connect with living audiences. We have one joyous reunion, with Helen Epega whose Nigerian Pidgin opera came to life in our festival six years ago, and a new connection with the Ladies of Midnight Blue bringing some exoticism from the North-East where, along with Cornwall, we have been developing our work. Hats off, too, to King’s MORE INFORMATION ↪ endurancesteel MORE INFORMATION Cross who have been the most creative of orchestra.com ↪ thevenusbushfires.com ↪ Twitter: ↪ Twitter: commercial partners for many years now, and @EnduranceSteel venusbushfires ↪ Instagram: ↪ Instagram: to Artstrust Productions for pulling the season @EnduranceSteel @thevenusbushfires together. I can’t wait for these two joyous ↪ Facebook: ↪ Facebook: @EnduranceSteel thevenusbushfires evenings.’ — Bill Bankes-Jones Orchestra WED 18 AUG ANTHONY WHITWORTH-JONES 6:30PM PRESENTS: KATE WILLIAMS QUINTET

RUNNING TIME: KATE WILLIAMS: Piano 2 HOURS GARETH LOCKRANE: Flutes INCL. INTERVAL STEVE FISHWICK: Trumpet OLI HAYHURST: Double Bass JON SCOTT: Drums

Kate Williams is a jazz pianist/composer and winner of album of the year at the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Today she brings her acclaimed quintet featuring Gareth Lockrane (flutes) and Steve Fishwick (trumpet) for a varied set of music to include jazz standards as well as tunes by Bill Evans, A.C. Jobim and by Kate herself.

‘It’s great to be back for a LIVE Cubitt Sessions Festival again after last year’s cancellation caused by the wretched Coronavirus. A film was made of the artists who were to perform, and it was terrific, but of course nothing can compare with the feel of a live event. A wonderful line-up of artists will appear this summer across many genres – classical, jazz, musicals, klezmer, dance, performance art – really inclusive, and quality is the driving Crisp, incisive and totally at one with the theme throughout. We look forward to MORE INFORMATION ↪ kate-williams-quartet rhythmic ebb and flow.’ — The Observer **** welcoming you!’ — Anthony Whitworth-Jones FRI 20 AUG ANTHONY WHITWORTH-JONES SAT 21 AUG KING’S CROSS PRESENTS: 6:30PM 6:30PM PRESENTS: ARTISTS FROM AN EVENING OF SONGS FROM ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA THE SHOWS

RUNNING TIME: Cubitt Session favorites are back! Join West End stars 1HR 50 MINS Daniel Boys (, ), Leanne Jones INCL. INTERVAL (Hairspray, CATS the movie), Lisa-Anne Wood (The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked), and Joseph Peters (Jersey Boys, Les Misérables the movie) for an amazing evening of musical theatre. With songs from some of your favourite shows including Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and , it’s an evening not to be missed!

RUNNING TIME: ONCE THE STORM IS OVER 1HR 40 MINS From Bernstein to Verdi, Mozart to Novello, an evening of INCL. INTERVAL opera, musical theatre and song with four sensational young singers exploring themes of tragedy, love, hope and rebirth.

SOPHIE BEVAN: Soprano IDUNNU MÜNCH: MORE INFORMATION Mezzo Soprano ↪ Socials MORE INFORMATION ZWAKELE TSHABALALA: Tenor @DanielBoys ↪ ENO.org ALEX OTTERBURN: @Leanne_Jones ↪ Socials Baritone @Lisaannewood @EnglishNationalOpera CHRIS HOPKINS: Piano @joeypetesbish SUN 22 AUG ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG 2:30PM & 5PM FROM GREENWICH WITH LOVE 1PM — 6PM 2 PERFORMANCES From Greenwich With Love is a new outdoor contemporary SOCIETY: FOLK FAMILY SUNDAY 25 MINS EACH dance piece commissioned and presented by Greenwich Dance. Choreographed by Mathieu Geffré, this work will THE PROGRAMME – COAL DROPS YARD invite audiences on a love themed promenade. Featuring five 13:00 – 13:30 MARIE BASHIRU 13:30 – 14:00 THE WEATHER MACHINE outstanding performers, this piece will present four love 14:00 – 14:30 THE DRYSTONES duets inspired by true stories gathered throughout the 14:30 – 15:00 FROM GREENWICH WITH LOVE 15:00 – 16:00 SAM SWEENEY creative process. Poetic, surprising and entertaining, expect 16:00 – 16:30 THE WEATHER MACHINE to be taken on a happy voyage of great dancing celebrating 16:30 – 17:00 MARIE BASHIRU 17:00 – 17:30 FROM GREENWICH WITH LOVE love in all its diversity. 17:30 – 18:00 THE DRYSTONES

THE PROGRAMME – GRANARY SQUARE 14:00 – 14:15 HAMMERSMITH MORRIS MEN 15:00 – 15:15 HAMMERSMITH MORRIS MEN

2PM & 3PM HAMMERSMITH MORRIS MEN 2 PERFORMANCES Formed in 1959, The World Famous Hammersmith Morris 15 MINS EACH Men have brought delight to our adoring audiences at home and abroad for over 60 years. They dance traditional Cotswold Morris with a focus on high energy, precision, and entertainment and we are a regular sight at festivals around the UK and abroad.

2PM & 5:30PM THE DRYSTONES 2 SETS The Drystones are a young (just 21) lively folk duo from Priddy 30 MINS EACH in Somerset playing violin, guitar and whistle, who have made 1:30PM & 4PM THE WEATHER MACHINE a big splash since they formed in July 11. They have played 2 PERFORMANCES Kate Flatt Projects presents a playful outdoor work for festivals all over the West Country (including Larmer Tree, 25 MINS EACH young children and their families, where two witty Sidmouth, Broadstairs, Purbeck and Folk East), and at their characters make magic out of dance and weather – from 2013 Glastonbury Festival performance they were highlighted the pitter patter of the lightest rain shower to the awesome by Steve Lamacq on Radio 2 as his "recommendation of howl of a storm, from footsteps in the snow to a joyful the day". According to Living Tradition “to describe their celebration of sunshine. Do the Weather Mechanicals instrumental style as spirited and animated would be akin control the weather or does the weather control them? to asserting that Bellowhead can be quite an energetic band”! 3PM SAM SWEENEY 1 SET After embarking on a solo career, releasing his debut solo 1 HOUR album The Unfinished Violin on Island Records and touring it to sell-out crowds on the 2019 album launch tour, Sam is releasing his highly anticipated second solo album in Spring 2020.

Moving on from his five year connection to the First World War, which inspired his first album and captured the nation’s hearts through appearances on Antiques Roadshow and BBC Breakfast, alongside BBC Radio 2, 3, 4 and 6Music, Sam is moving on to making music on his own terms, with three of his favourite musicians and with a totally fresh approach and a big sound.

1PM & 4:30PM MARIE BASHIRU 2 SETS Hailing from south-east London, Marie Bashiru (EFDSS 30 MINS EACH Creative Associate) is a singer-songwriter, where her music resembles a melting pot of folk, soul and indie rock. Though hard to pin down to a single genre, Marie’s biographical writing talents paired with her soulful melodies have been selected by The Independent as one of 2020’s Artist Spotlight, coined as one to watch by BBC Introducing’s Jess Iszatt, and described by Gigwise as ‘a brand new talent’, her music ‘understated’ and a ‘simple beauty’. KING’S CROSS: KINGS PLACE LONDON’S CREATIVE QUARTER 12.09.21 Now in its sixth year, London Podcast Festival provides LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL a platform for some of the biggest and brightest names on the podcasting scene to perform in front of an audience. Some highlights from the events, performances and Join us as we bring the podcasting world together in happenings taking place in and around King’s Cross community and celebration. this summer.

18.09.21 A born and raised Londoner, Ayanna Witter-Johnson AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON uncovers the hidden stories of her hometown through KING’S CROSS the lens of her Jamaican heritage. (Part of London Unwrapped: Sounds of a Migrant City) 28.8.21 – 29.8.21 A new monthly design-led market – featuring emerging 1.10.21 – 3.10.21 25.09.21 THE DROPS, AT COAL designers, cult brands and established labels. It’s about Award-winning tuba player and composer who transcends THEON CROSS DROPS YARD originality, independence, discovery, authenticity, traditional genre conventions with his heady brew of low-end sustainability and serious talent- come along and see it theory combined with strains of jazz, dub, hip-hop, soca and for yourself. grime. (Part of London Unwrapped: Sounds of a Migrant City)

18.9.21 – 26.9.21 King’s Cross will for the third time become a London KING’S CROSS Design Festival Design District. The King’s Cross Design DESIGN DISTRICT LAFAYETTE AT GOODS WAY District will see resident brands come together, opening their doors to the public to present a host of inspiring and thought-provoking exhibitions, installations, talks 12.09.21 Describing his own music as “too grimy for the church, and much more. Taking centre stage at the district will GUVNA B but too churchy for the grime scene”, MOBO award be SuperNature, a new King’s Cross initiative in which winning UK rapper Guvna B creates a spellbinding the destination uses public realm installations and fusion of hip-hop, grime and gospel. activations as a vehicle to explore and circular design. 13/14.09.21 Californian singer Ashe is on a stratospheric climb to the ASHE 9.10.21 – 10.10.21 Forget everything you know about car boot sales. lofty heights of pop stardom with her beautiful, simplistic CLASSIC CAR BOOT SALE Classic Car Boot Sale is quality second-hand and vintage melodies that twist and turn into complex, riveting vocal clothing, homewares, vinyl and preloved stuff sold from lines propped up by gorgeous, uplifting instrumentals. head-turning classic vehicles. With over 100 vintage vehicles and traders, this is a paradise for shoppers and 20.10.21 Lauded by the likes of Alex Turner, Bristol based for petrol heads. WILLIE J HEALEY musician Willie J Healey writes catchy, modern classics, capturing that euphoric 70s vibe whilst avoiding the retro 27.10.21 Head to Coal Drops Yard for the Autumn edition of the clichés, an impressive line to tread for any songwriter. INDEPENDENT LABEL MARKET Independent Label Market. Over 70 stalls will be brimming with limited editions, vinyl rarities and test pressings as 29.10.21 First emerging as pioneers of their unique style of ‘surf- well as exclusive label and band merchandise. Craft beer THE WYTCHES doom’, The Wytches have since developed into a sonically will be served by Five Points who will be hosting a London nimble 3-piece, incorporating elements of folk, psychedelia Brewers Market bar featuring guest beers. and indie into their evolving and captivating sound. CH EA R AL C N CA R

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