Espirito Brum is the UK edition of Espirito Mundo, a cross cultural celebration bringing together musicians from Brazil and Birmingham, in a three day festival that forms the first stage in a ongoing global exchange.
This’ll run from 14-18 September and will have contributions from an impressive roster of organisations:
Espirito Brum is a collaboration between Espirito Mundo, Instituto Quorum (Espirito Santo, Brazil), Magpie Brown, Friction Arts, Spotted Dog, Oya Batucada, South Birmingham College and PST. It receives creative support from Marketing Birmingham, 7 Inch Cinema, Punch Records and Shakti Women.
On the subject of exotic festivals, I didn’t make it down to Jamaica Live on Saturday but, judging by the photo I’ve been sent by Ammo from Punch, I must’ve been in the minority.
Hi
There’s a short interview with Tessa Burwood, who with Soesen Edan is responsible for bringing Espirito Mundo to Brum, here: http://digbeth.org/2011/06/espirito-brum-festival/
There’s lots of opportunities for local people to get involved and join Team Espirito Brum – more details here:
http://www.espiritobrum.org/2011/05/join-team-espirito-brum/
Cheers, Nicky