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A Funky Soulful Christmas with Michael Mwenso & The Shakes

featuring special guest Reuben James

Thu 19 Dec 2024
Contemporary

A Funky Soulful Christmas with Michael Mwenso & The Shakes

featuring special guest Reuben James

Programme to include: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Rudolph the Red Noise Reindeer
The First Noel
We Three Kings
Winter Wonderland
Michael Mwenso Band leader/vocals
Vuyo Sotashe vocals
Miss Baby Sol vocals
Niya Lovell dancer
Miles Wilkins keys/piano
Alan Weekes guitar 
Nolan Nwachukwu bass
Ahmad Johnson drums 
Ruben Fox tenor saxophone 
Jay Phelps trumpet
Mark Kavuma trumpet
Rashaan Salaam trombone

This holiday season, join Michael Mwenso and his band, The Shakes, for a celebration of community and love with a soulful twist on Christmas classics.


Led by Mwenso, and featuring an exceptional line-up of musicians and vocalists from New York and London (including a dancer!), this event promises to bring to life an Afrofuturistic Winter Wonderland. This show marks Mwenso’s long-awaited return to London after a decade, showcasing the Afro-futurism work he’s been championing across the U.S.

Experience thrilling new arrangements of holiday favourites and some of Mwenso and the Shakes original anthemic music too! Celebrate a memorable year-end!

This event will last approximately 80 minutes, without an interval. 

Date:Thu 19 Dec 2024
Start time:8pm (Doors: 7.30pm)
Venue:Hall One

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