Kulturarena Jena | London Afrobeats Collective

In the organizer's words:

Anyone who buys a ticket for this wacky, cosmopolitan band from London has to live with the consequences: Basically, it's a declaration of consent to let the dance-crazy mix of hypnotic groove, swinging rhythms and soaring melodies soak you for an evening on the theater forecourt! The London Afrobeat Collective are simply damn good at etching themselves indelibly into our musical memory with their anthems.

Let's take a closer look. A nine-piece collective from England, Italy, France, Congo, Argentina and New Zealand are dragging their feet to finally be unleashed on us. They have a mix of Afrofunk and Afrobeat with them, which they easily embellish with pointed lyrics and fat brass sections.

In the spirit of the legendary and late Afrobeat inventor Fela Kuti, the collective is passionate about the expressive and seamless combination of politics and music. Kuti was the Bob Marley of Nigeria, so to speak, a true pop star, but above all a great fighter and ambassador for a free Nigeria, who sang and worked with a decisive stance against the military dictatorship and corruption that prevailed there. Despite exile, arrests and brutal treatment, he did not allow himself to be dissuaded from this resistance - and not from his music, which was closely interwoven with it.

The London Afrobeat Collective has set itself the task of continuing what began with this formative figure for Afrobeat: With powerful music made up of horns, guitars, drums, percussion and lyrics against xenophobia, homophobia, sexism and other forms of discrimination, the LAC recalls a spirit of resistance that still resonates today.

Price information:

Advance booking: € 12.00 Box Office: € 17.00