Friday 12 March
SKOOTANANNY: TOP CATS + DJ NATTY BO
FREE9pm- 3am
Skootananny presents Hootananny favourites, playing Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae with original material. They rock the dance floor at Glastonbury, Womad, Nottinghill Carnival. John Peel 'best show at Glast. 2000' Jools Holland: 'T.Cs great show!' + Dj Natty Bo, Top Cats frontman playing ska, rocksteady and more
Saturday 13 March
ARIBA LA CUMBIA: PAPAYERA + POLLITO BOOGALOO + LA REVOLUCION + DjS RUSS JONES, NATTY BO, CAL JADER
FREE9pm- 3am
Ariba La Cumbia present Papayera, Real deal 8 piece Colombian cumbia, vallenta band. The UKs finest. Roosty, tropical, afro and raw, truly hi-octane Latino vibes + Pollito Boogaloo, heralding from Brighton via the tropical regions as they describe themselves it is all about vallenato y cumbia de colombia + La Revolucion repping the youth of the Colombian community in London, digging back to their roots and sounding fresh + DJS Russ Jones, The Hackney Globe Trotter, Natty Bo, The Killer Diller, Cal jader, Movimientos, Latin, Tropical, Ska, Cumbia
Sunday 14 March
ROOTMASTER: HARARE
FREE 6pm- 1am, live band 8pm
Rootamaster presents Kudaushe Matimba's Harare, one of the few groups playing Zimbabwean dance music in Europe. Mixing traditional mbira with Jit Jive and chimurenga, Harare play both old and new original compositions with exciting arrangements hailing a bright future for Zimbabwean dance based music
March Mondays
JEALOUSY
£10adv@8pm
Jealousy, produced by Devon Morgan, Jamaican Comedy Play, every Monday at Hootananny, a Jamaican holiday, infatuation & a spiral of intrigue of wives and friends, belly bursting drama, starring Charlene Tyrell and introducing Kassandra Thompson
Tuesday 16 March
HOOT CABARET:
FREE 8pm - 1am
Olivia Lila presents Hoot Cabaret: Stand up Comedy from Rob Causey + Poetry from the wonderous Hammer and Tongues Michelle Madsen + Banjo and Vocals from Olivia Lila + Lewis Floyd Henry- the worlds bestist one man band
Wednesday 17 March
THE PALLADIANS + ATLAS
FREE 8.30pm
Hootananny present: The Palladians, a folk pop four-piece, playful lyrics with resonant layers of instrumental sounds and almighty drum beats. The songs are rich in lyrical imagery inspired by past experiences + Ben Morehouse, talented songwriter’s band Atlas
Thursday 18 March
HOOTANANNY: DON CARLOS WITH DUB VISION + JAHREVELATIONMUZIK
£12adv Doors 8pm- 2am
Cecil Reuben and Hootananny present: Don Carlos hits include Dice Cup and Never Get Away and Harvest Time. He was at his peak with solid melodic roots reggae with 5 top ten Jamaican hits in the 80s. He was a founder member of Black Uhuru and has 12 solo albums to his name. He is touring with his band Dub vision over from San Francisco + Jahrevelationmuzik Djs
Friday 19 March
URBAN MELTDOWN: FURIOUS 5 & KURTIS BLOW LEGEND TO LEGEND TOUR + THE UNEXPECTABLE + DJ TEARDROP
FURIOUS 5 & KURTIS BLOW £12adv 8pm-10.30pm FREE BANDS incl SKINNYMAN FROM 10.30PMsee below
Urban meltdown presents: Furious 5 & Kurtis Blow Legend to Legend Tour opens at Hootananny Brixton. The Furious 5 are to Hip Hop what the Rolling Stones are to rock. As members of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, toured with U2, The Police, Clash, Prince & Duran Duran & Hip Hop greats, most sampled Hip Hop recordings and joining them Kurtis Blow, one of the founders of recorded rap,a towering figure, 10 albums; 'Christmas Rappin' '8 million stories', Run DMC began billed as “The son of Kurtis Blow.” Kurtis Blow is in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame + The unexpectable, + DJ Disorder + DJ Dope Stuff hip hop.
URBAN MELTDOWN: SKINNYMAN + JEPPA + DJ DOPE STUFF
FREE 10.30pm - 3am
Skinnyman, UK seminal rapper, beat Eminem in rap contest. 'Council Estate of Mind' 'a dissying paranoid record littered with grimey sharp, one of the street records of the year'NME + UK DMC champion 2009 Jepper + The Unexpectable, the great white hope + DJ DISORDER, DJ Dope Stuff hip hop.
Saturday 20 March
CUD + WILL AND THE PEOPLE
CUD £12 adv 8-10.30pm FREE BANDS from 10.30pm see below
CUD - The cult 90's indie band and Peel session favourites return for their second show. With their hits 'Rich and Strange' and 'Purple Love Balloon', they'll keep the backing dancers on their toes again! 'Live shows have always been pretty damn boisterous' - Melody Maker + Will and the People, Brixton's own ska warriors
LOVE ROCKET: ANNIE GRACE & THE MUSOS + THE VANITY CLAUSE + JUKEBOX FROM ANOTHER PLANET (DJ SET)
FREE 10.30pm - 3am
Love Rocket brings you big band soul fire from the little lady with the big voice, Annie-Grace and the Musos + The Vanity Clause, sexy electro pop + Jukebox from Another Planet (DJ set)
Sunday 21 March
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ROOTMASTER: MANDINKA MEDLEY
FREE 6pm- 1am, live band 8pm
Rootmaster presents both sons of distinguished musical families, Sura Susso (kora), younger brother of Seckou Keita, and Max Baillie (violin), son of internationally known cellist Alexander Baillie, merge the string traditions of West Africa and Europe in a playful, joyous, uplifting medley
Thursday 25 March
REGGAE TRAIN with PAPA FACE + DAVID RODIGAN + SUPA SELECTOR C
£5 Doors 9pm - 2am
Papa Face presents Reggae Train with the legendary David Rodigan and Papa Face playing foundation tunes sprinkled with up front styles + special guest Supa Selector C for Papa Face's birthday bash.
Friday 26 March
SKOOTANANNY: INTENSIFIED + THE EVIDENTS + DJ KEITH LAWRENCE
FREE9pm - 3am
Skootananny presents: Intensified, sheer energy and irresistible dance beat, original ska and reggae, superbly crafted tunes, played with the greats, Rico, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, ‘This is dinky, brassy, corporate music for the whiteboy ska/rreggae generation…witness this porny romp...’ NME + The Evidents, 2-tone, trad and third wave, with reggae, soul and rock + DJ Keith Lawrence, muzik-ed.com, ska, funk, disco, reggae
Saturday 27 March
SUPERHOOT: GENTLEMAN'S DUB CLUB + GAGADILO + THE BPM + SEAN TAYLOR
FREE 9pm - 3am
Superhoot in association with Wormfood presents: Gentleman's Dub Club return to Hootananny with their high energy heavyweight dancefloor sound + Gagadilo, skafrobalkanic jazz madness from South of France + Sean Taylor, supremely distinctive blues guitarist + DJ The bPm (Brownswood), Gilles Peterson's prodigy mashes up afro, latin, bass and tribal
Tuesday 30 March
TALENT MANIA: MAKING OF SMASH GIRLZ
FREE6pm -1am
Talent Mania: casting for a new girl band with Mac Agency at Hootananny, come down with your backing track and SING casting every last Tuesday of the month @ Hoots win a record deal and agency contract and bring your friends + dj finest & Ragz
Friday 2 April
SKOOTANANNY: BOMBSKARE + SCUBAROOTS + DJ CECIL REUBEN
FREE9pm - 3am
Skootananny presents: Bombskare, ska juggernaut with top skanking ska beat and brass, Scotland's top ska band so says The Scotsman + Scubaroots, high energy, disciplined and soulful music that nods to the breakbeat, funk, reggae and roots + DJ Cecil Reuben, ska, bluebeat, reggae
Saturday 3 April
RAISON DETRE: THE DUSTAPHONICS + THE BIKINI BEACH BAND + DJS: JONNY PARTRIDGE, JULIAN SAVAGE, LA MIA BO
FREE 9pm - 3am
Raison D'Etre's show:The Dustaphonics: (Raison D'Etre Collective) Healer Selecta rocking soul band, a multi-headed troupe encompassing a wildly entertaining mix of rockabilly, soul, jazz funk, instro-surf and garage rock. 'This is rocking good time music and then some'. (Time Out) + BIKINI BEACH BAND: (Raison D'Etre Collective) London's Kings of the Surf-Noir (NME), swooning sway of melody, deep twang of guitar & big beat 'One of the Big Chill weekend highlights': The Times + DJ Jonny Partridge Afrobeat, Ska, Latin, Funk, Reggae + DJ Julian Savage 50's Grind, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Rockabilly Bop Boogaloo + LA Mia Bo: Madame Raison D'Etre
Sunday 4 April
JAHMEL + TRUE IDENTITY + JAHREVELATIONMUZIK +++
£7adv8pm - 3am
Cecil Reuben's birthday show: Live from Jamaica Jahmel Roots Reggae + True Identity harmony beautiful trio + Clint Walker, vocal + The Borderline band + Jahrevelationmuzik
Tuesday 6 April
HOOT CABARET:
FREE 8pm - 1am
Olivia Lila presents Hoot Cabaret: Poetry from Vanessa Bon Sheltof + Live set from Jazz starlet Fini Bearman and her quartet + Allie Furlotti and her whacky films + Musical Eccentricity from Songs For Dogs
Friday 9 April
SKOOTANANNY: MAROONTOWN + MOREDEKKERS + DJ GEEZER
FREE9pm - 3am
Skootananny presents: Maroontown combine breakbeat, ska, rap and dub in a high energy musical fusion from Brixton to tours of Japan, Canada, Jamaica + Moredekkers infectious,vibrant roots rumba + DJ Geezer, ska, rock, funk .
Saturday 10 April
SUPERHOOT: SOAR PATROL + ROBERT JOHNSONS BACKBONE + CHRYS COLUMBINE + DJ KEITH LAWRENCE
FREE9pm- 3am
Superhoot presents Saor Patrol with storming pipe and drums, braveheart hairy men and kilts to lift our roof off, spectacular show from the North, a celtic storm + Robert Johnsons Backbone, blues from Arizona on tour, creating new classics, belting out their own brand of gutsy slick and gritty blues + Burlesque with Chrys Columbine + Dj Keith Lawrence, muzik-ed.com, hiphop, reggae, funk, soul
Friday 16 April
SKOOTANANNY: SOOTHSAYERS + KING TUTS REVENGE + DJ LOIC DENIRO
FREE9pm - 3am
Skootananny presents: Soothsayers meets The Red Earth Collective, Afrobeat and dub meltdown accomplished and amazing 8 peice band with a dynamic horn section and a grooving rhythm section. Playing music from the highly acclaimed recent album "One More Reason" plus new material from the soon to released " Red Earth Dub + King Tuts Reveng ska punk from the south west + DJ Loic Deniro, Afro, dancehall, funk, reggae, ska
Friday 23 April
SKOOTANANNY: ONE STEP BEHIND + WILL AND THE PEOPLE + DJ CECIL REUBEN
FREE9pm - 3am
Skootananny presents: One Step Behind, the UKs premier Madness tribute band. Madness Drummer Dan “Woody” Woodgate joined the band on stage for “One Step Beyond” "That's exactly what we used to be like - you've got it to a tee!" he said + Will and the People, high energy ska, tropical, crooning, hynoptic + DJ Cecil Reuben, ska, bluebeat, reggae
Saturday 24 April
SUPERHOOT: CONGO FAITH HEALERS + NIGEL BURCH AND THE FLEAPIT ORCHESTRA + MILLICENT BLINKS + DJ SNUFF & MC HONEYBROWN
FREE9pm- 3am
Superhoot presents The Congo Faith Healers, gravel-throated vocals, down and dirty grooves. They've supported K T Tunstall and Finley Quaye in explosive performances BBC Radio 2s Mark Lamarr has featured them twice and as best of the year + Nigel Burch and the Fleapit Orchestra, bar room ballads with a Cockney Weimar cabaret style, gritty inner-city ditties with the banjulele bashing bard Nigel Burch + Millicent Blinks burlesque + Dj Snuff,genre hopping Hip-Hop megamix funk and MC Honeybrown
Tuesday 20 April
HOOT CABARET:
FREE 8pm - 1am
Olivia Lila presents Hoot Cabaret: Enchanting acoustic guitar, banjo and electronics from Olivia Lila + Preye and Matt Calvert (+band tbc) + Original dramatic sketches from Victoria Walsh + A ferocious soup of tight, angular avant-rock, explosive free-jazz + improvisations, soaring sound-scapes and twisted folk from Perhaps + Contraption, soaring sound scapes and twisted folk
Thursday 29 April
REGGAE TRAIN with PAPA FACE + DAVID RODIGAN + THE SYSTEM WITH LG LEWIS & STEIN
£5 Doors 9pm - 2am
Papa Face presents Reggae Train with the legendary David Rodigan and Papa Face playing foundation tunes sprinkled with up front styles + special guest The System with LG Lewis and Stein.
Friday 30 April
SKOOTANANNY: THE SKANX + BIG RED ASS + DJ CELLO
FREE9pm - 3am
Skootananny presents: The Skanx, gorgeous voice, lively and joyous, new South east skanksters + Dj Cello ska, bluebeat, reggae + Big Red Ass playing kicking, energetic brass fronted ska, Balkan, reggae
Saturday 15 May
SUPERHOOT: THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE + TA MERE + D-66 + LADY ANE ANGEL + DJ ROB SKIPPER
FREE9pm - 3am
Superhoot presents Hootananny favourites The Urban Voodoo Machine with their bourbon soaked gupsy blues bop n stroll lurching sea shanty ballads, messed up tangos and gypsy stomp 'They're f***ing great!' Shane McGowan + Ta Mere, explosive vaudeville gypsy romany and swing, rock the festivals + D-66, blues, one man blues explosion + flame throwing burlesque from Lady Ane Angel + Dj Rob Skipper, ska, rock'n'roll, r'n'b and eastern vibes
Sunday June 6
