Summer / Autumn Gigs 2015

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​October 2015
Tour Newsletter 

Autumn has begun with Najma giving performances around England.
We hope that you are able to make one of them.
Presenting songs & poetry, expressed through the music of Indian Ghazal & Western Folk. Connecting vocal expressions through the rich musical landscape of the cultures that surround them.  Najma Akhtar is a British Asian singer songwriter. Her voice has been described as “a heaven-sent gift” (Songlines), “immaculate” (The Guardian) and “enchanting and splendid” (All Music Guide). She has collaborated with many world-class artists, including Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Andy Summers, Basement Jaxx, Jethro Tull and Philip Glass.

​Saturday 18th July : Night of Festivals - Barking, London, England
Abbey Green UK  (30 min. Free performance)
Performance – Performance Dome 3.30pm (Semi- acoustic trio set)

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 Sunday 19th July : RhythmTree Festival - Isle Of  Wight,       England
 Performance – Main Stage – 2.30pm  (Band set)
 
 Saturday 29th August 2015 : The Bank Eye:  Suffolk, England
 2 Castle Street, Eye, Suffolk. IP23 7AN. UK  - 01379 873495
 Performance – 7.15pm  ( Semi- acoustic trio set)

 
Saturday 5th Sept 2015 : One World Folk Festival' Tottenham.   London, England

Najma invited to accompany Irish folk-flautist & multi-instrumentalist Jacquelyn Hynes at the 'One World Folk Festival' as part of her 'Silver and Wood' tour. Venue/ Stage :  The Shell Stage
Performance time - 4.15pm  - 4.50pm
Lordship Recreation Ground, Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London N17 6NU, England
 
Saturday 26TH September 2015 – Eid Special Traditional music performance
Venue : Birmingham, England
Performance time – 9.00 pm  - 11.00pm
 
Friday 2nd Oct 2015  Night of Festivals  - Leicester, England
Performance – 9.00pm (Band set)  
Venue - Main Stage -  Humberstone Gate Leicester LE1 1WA UK               
 
Friday 9th  Oct 2015  - Brunel University Lunchtime Concert Series, England
Performance – 1.15pm  (Duo)
3rd in a series of lunchtime concerts - Brunel University Arts
 
Fri 9th October 2015  - Village Hall, West Buckland, Devon (not the Somerset West,  Buckland), England
 Performance – 8.00pm   ( Semi- acoustic trio set)

Saturday 10th Oct  -The Yoga Barn, Lee ( Semi- acoustic trio set)
Venue : Lincombe Lee,  Woolacombe, Devon EX34 8, England  Tel 01271 862906
 
Friday 16th   Oct 2015   The Railway Venue
- Bolton, England
Performance – 9.00pm  (Band set)
37 Chapeltown Road, Bolton BL7 9LY. UK  Tel: +44(0)1204 306450

Read a preview of the concert.
 
Saturday 17 October 2015  - Musicport – Whitby, England
Venue; Main stage, The Whitby Pavilion, West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 3AJ UK (Band set) 
Performance – 2.00pm  (Band set)

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