3:00pm

Monday

31st

July

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Celebrating Sanctuary

ALL EVENTS WERE HELD AT CENTENARY SQUARE BIRMINGHAM
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Celebrating Sanctuary supports artists from refugee and migrant backgrounds in a celebration of music and arts from around the world, representing the diverse communities within the UK. 

Proudly presenting: 

TwoManTing—Drummer Jah-man Aggrey from Sierra Leone and guitarist Jon Lewis, playing together since 2004 and wowing the festival circuit with their bouncy “Sunshine Afro-roots.” Enjoy a highly danceable full-band sound, with palm-wine, acoustic dub and highlife grooves. 

Iryna Muha & Dmitry Fedotov, and their Eastern European Contemporary Folk band, Muha. Formed in 2006 by Ukrainian-born singer/songwriter Iryna Muha and Latvian guitarist Dmitry Fedotov, their music fuses many cultures with traditional Slavonic roots. 

Supported by Arts Council England 

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