Paprika

Doors: 8pm to Midnight
Entry Price: £5 Online | £7 Door
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Paprika – hot and fiery live up to their name, giving us a whirlwind enchanting musical anthology of the Balkan countries. Paprika are completely captivating with an ingenious charm and virtuosity, keeping their audiences whooping and caterwauling from the first note to the last.

 

Hailing from Romania, Serbia and the UK, Paprika unite traditional Eastern European, Balkan, Gypsy and Classical Music. The band have toured extensively across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and have featured at WOMAD festivals in the UK, Spain, Canary Islands and Abu Dhabi. Highlights have included concerts at the Purcell Room (Southbank Centre), Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and EXIT festival.

Recently, the band has developed both its line-up and repertoire, focusing on bringing rare and lost traditional Balkan music back to life. In 2012 the band appeared on BBC World on 3 and Radio 5 Live and was also featured in Channel 4’s ‘Come Dine With Me’. Highlights in 2013 include performances at the Kings Place London, Bradford Festival as well as at the Cheltenham Music Festival, where they were reviewed as one of the top 7 ‘Spine-tingling Music Festival moments’.