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Rebel Up weekend 7, 8 – 10 July > Babylon Trio @ Pianofabriek, La Semo Festival (BE) & Festa Afro Tuga @ Festival de la Cité (Lausanne, CH)

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on Thursday 7 july, Chaud 2.2 evening at GC Pianofabriek in St Gilles with Babylon Trio live concert, dj support by Rebel Up SebCat. from 18h30 until 22h30.

More info here.

Rebel Up SebCat plays a closing dj set on friday 8 july at La Semo Festival in the castle park of Enghien, after Bxl tropical wave band Steffig Raf. From midnight until 2am.

More info here.

on Sunday 10.07, Festa Afro Tuga hosts an evening at Festival de la Cité in the old cité of Lausanne in Switzerland. Rebel Up SebCat with Celeste Mariposa and funana band Riba D’Hora from 18h until 22h30. Puxa!!!!

More info here.

Rebel Up action in Brussels & Amsterdam June/July > 30.06 / 02.07 + 03.07

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Thursday Rebel Up & Friends night at Bonnefooi from 23h onwards.
with Sebcat & special guest Fourmi Rouz (Mauritius island).

FB event here.

on saturday 2 July, Giraffes & Penguins will host several dj slots at the 3 day jazz & folk Brosella festival at the Osseghem park (Atomium). Didi of Tropical Djipsies, Rebel Up SebCat and Fourmi Rouz will play varied 1 hour sets at 16h30, 19h30, 22h and 23h30.

See for full programme & tickets here.

in the evening from around 22h onwards, Rebel Up & Friends at Le Reservoir bar in les Marolles. with dj sets by Freedo Figh & Roza (54 Sound), Didi, RaQLand Fresh Nunas

FB event here.

On sunday 3 July is the free Amsterdam Roots Open Air festival in Oosterpark.
Rebel Up SebCat will play a dj set at 16h in the Solar tent run by Oedipus brewery.

Deli Teli performs at 17h30 at the World stage. Also concerts by Deli Teli, Miroca Paris, Groupe RTD Dancing Devils of Djibouti, Aquafaba, Ayom and Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy, Ami Yerewolo, Yallah Yallah party and more.

see all info & lineup here.

12 – 14 May > Rebel Up tour in Switzerland with Babylon Trio

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Hey all,

Rebel Up & Babylon Trio will be on a mini tour in Switzerland.

here the dates:
thu 12.05 @ Bienne
fri 13.05 @ Le Rez Usine, Geneva, Fete de la Danse Dabke night with Rizan Said and more
sat 14.05 Rebel Up & Don Kapot @ Bongo Joe Records, Geneva

Rebel Up & Friends sessions at Kiosk Radio, April

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hey all,

Last week Rebel Up did a few sessions at Kiosk Radio.

On monday 04.04 SebCat played a tribute set to the cult composer, musician and producer Arthur Russell, who died on 4 april 1992. Celebrating his legacy, life and music; a wide array between songwriter, pop, contemporary cello compositions, experimental compositions and even disco. (a good start into the world of Arthur Russell are his archive recordings via Audika records)

Listen here

and on friday 08.04, Rebel Up & Friends session with special guest Hazem B, who flew in straight from Tunis, Tunisia, to launch his debut EP Afrochawi on Shouka label!
2 hour set with sounds of jazz, arabic, indian, psychedelic, electronic, desert blues and afro chaoui.

Listen here

Rebel Up @ WOMEX, Porto (PT)

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Rebel Up SebCat will be at WOMEX in Porto this week, for the expo, showcase and as part of the Global Club Music Network. An amazing lineup with lots of international global artists in various venues in the Porto city center. See here for tickets to the festival evening & night showcases.

Every year the GCMN hosts a free afterparty for all on the Womex opening night. On wednesday 27.10 pre/afterparty at Ferro Bar (next Sao Bento train station) from 18h to 4am, on 2 DJ levels (rooftop & main room) with this lineup:

Kosta Kostov (DE/BG)
DJ Ali T (DE/MR)
DJ Makala (ES)
Darius Darek (DE/PL)
Oonga (Montreal, CA)
David Chávez aka Sound Culture (Chicago, US)
Rebel Up Sebcat (Brussels, BE)
DJ Chris Tofu (London, UK)
Boris Viande (FR)
& more TBC

On friday 29.10 (16h30-17h30) the GCMN has their annual networking session at the Womex conference, to meet people from our global club scene and make connections. Info here.

Fri 15 / Sat 16 Oct > Rebel Up @ Festival Resistencia Indigena, Casa Nicaragua, Liege + Antidote, Bxl

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Rebel Up action for the weekend!

This friday 15.10 at the closing party of Festival Resistencia Indigena at Casa Nicaragua in Liege! Organised by Indentité Amerique Indienne asbl with a focus on indigenous cultures in Latin America.

From 16h onwards there are workshops and expositions zapatista, dinner at 18h and at 20h concerts by the bands Tropicant and Tambor Caraibe.From 23h the afterparty will kick off with Dj sets by Baylena Selektah, Rebel Up SebCat and Le Grand Mechant Loop.

All info here or here.
@ La Casa Nicaragua
Rue Pierreuse 23 – 4000 Liège

On saturday 16.10 Rebel Up SebCat & Fresh Nunas will play global sounds at Antidote from 22h to 2h30
Before there is a concert next door at Volta by The Oneironauts x Roselien, good combo!
Plus there is food at Antidote, from pasta to pizza.

Rue de la Petite ile 1A
1070 Anderlecht

Sat 21.08 > Rebel Up @ Jam’in Jette ‘carte blanche’ Giraffes & Penguins x Rebel Up @ See U, Bxl

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Who says August, says sunshine and outdoor DJs. and this saturday 24 degrees and sun is forecasted……

Let’s meet at See U for a partnership and a musical carte blanche by the Rebel Up + Giraffes & Penguins collectives. The opportunity for L’asbl Kwa! aka Jam in Jette to leave the commune of Jette, to make culture resonate in other communes of Brussels.

A special musical program with Bxl global DJ’s 🔥 We will dance between giraffes, penguins and camels 💥

Didi (Tropical DJipsies)
Le Grand Méchant Loop (Giraffes & Penguins)
Rebel Up SebCat
Hishek Bishek duo
Fresh Nunas (Mozambique / AM Roots)
Rafael Aragon (Tropikal Masala / Love Foundation Brussels)

Gates 13:00 – 22:00
Free in, gratis, gratuit!
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