UK hip-hop and jazz guru Soweto Kinch will host a groundbreaking show featuring a diverse and brilliant line-up in Freedom Square on 31 March 2012 between 10am and 6pm. Among the artists that have confirmed their appearance at the Flyover Show are Tumi from Tumi and the Volume, Soweto Kinch and band, Feya Faku, ESKA, Jonzi D, Bokani Dyer, DJ Raiko and the Kliptown Youth Program Gumboot Dancers.
Kinch, one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip-hop scenes, will bring his iconic festival from the streets of Birmingham to the streets of the township he shares his name with – Soweto. The Flyover Show is Kinch's flagship project and has been a day-long, music and arts festival that has taken place for five years in its unusual setting beneath a motorway flyover in Birmingham, UK.
The Birmingham festival features artists as diverse as Goldie, Miss Dynamite and Omar and continues to build on its reputation, bringing world class entertainment to an often neglected corner of inner city Birmingham.
This year the show will not only take place in Birmingham, but in the historic Freedom Square – also known as the Walter Sisulu Square of dedication in Kliptown, Soweto.
“Freedom Square is in many ways the most natural place to extend the concept of The Flyover Show abroad. I have both a deep artistic and personal connection to Johannesburg and I'm really excited about expanding this concept there,” said Kinch, who is also an award winning alto-saxophonist.
“As an area with rich often unappreciated traditions it has much similarity with the areas in Birmingham where the show was originated,” he added.
The full line-up for The Flyover Show Freedom Square on 31 March will be announced shortly.
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