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Baul and Vaishnav Music Festival

A free entry festival of two powerful genres of world music is returning to London for fourth year.

The festival, in partnership with RadhaRaman Society, features the ecstatic performances of Bengali Baul & Vaishnav music by number of Baul and Vaishnav groups and prominent performers from home and abroad (two leading Bauls Baul Tuntun Shaiji and Baul Mokoddus Alom Udashi upon visa confirmation), along with the screening of short films, brief discussion on these two major philosophical movement of Indian sub-continent that evolved from Hindu and Muslim (Sufi) faith and had shaken the music, literature, art of the whole region.

The event is supported by London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

28 April 2018 at 6.30pm
The Poplar Union, 2 Cotall Street, London E14 6TL

Free Ticket link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/baul-and-vaishnav-music-festival-poplar-union-tickets-41573514501?aff=erelpanelorg

29 April 2018 at 6.30pm
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

Free Ticket link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/baul-and-vaishnav-music-festival-rich-mix-tickets-41573551612?aff=erelpanelorg

4 May 2018 at 6.30pm
The Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1HF

Free Ticket Link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/baul-and-vaishnav-music-festival-nehru-centre-tickets-41573625834?aff=erellivmlt

5 May 2018 at 6.30pm
Kobi Nazrul Centre, 30 Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR

Free Ticket Link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/baul-and-vaishnav-music-festival-kobi-nazrul-centre-tickets-40893690128

Venue: From Jan 28, 2018 to May 5, 2018 in Poplar Union, Rich Mix, Nehru Centre and Kazi Nazrul Centre

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