1st Windcraft Music Fest

Two summer nights filled with sounds, words and voices… will bring back together locals and “foreigners” in the inn yard that once used to be a lively meeting place for travellers.

Windcraft Music Centre is moving to Katydata, a picturesque village in the valley of Solea, to organise its first music festival, inviting local bands that step on different musical traditions to create new and original sounds: TRI-COOL-ORE are “flirting” with jazz and traditional musical shades, the Ioannis Vafeas Project carries some great jazz musicians into jazz experimentations, The Amalgamation Trio rearranges Balkan and Mediterranean songs mixing them with jazz, improvisation and electronic music, the project Acapella Solo Loop uses voices, sounds and loops to tell “weird stories”, Rumba Attack draw inspiration from Spanish flamenco to compose their own rumbas, while Duo Lelale sings for us songs of the Mediterranean and Asia Minor in their own distinct voices.

Children and grown-ups will have the chance to participate in free music workshops and meet traditional musicians and singers, while walks in the village will reveal to everyone the hidden stories of the place and its people.

Traditional treats and food will be available during the festival and visitors will be able to use a camping site free of charge.

Combining its educational activities with the need to promote the original local music production, Windcraft Music Centre organises the specific festival, in an effort to bring closer the local art scene with the traditional environment of the countryside and to create a common space for cultural interaction.

The detailed programme:

FRIDAY 22/8
17:00-18:00 «Playing music without instruments and making verses with music»
[Body percussion and singing workshop for all ages]

18:00-19:00 «How do they make a pithkiavli?
[Demonstration of pithkiavli-flute construction and playing]

18:00-19:00 «Places and people»
[A walk through the village with story listening]

Concerts
19:30 – 20:30 Duo Lelale [traditional music of Asia Minor and the Aegean]
21:00 - 22:00 Rumba Attack [rumba flamenca]
22:30 - 23:30 Ioannis Vafeas Project [jazz quartet]

SATURDAY 23/8
16:30-17:30 «Stories with recycled instruments and other music games»
[Workshop for children 5-12 years old]

17:30-18:30 «Places and people»
[A walk through the village with story listening]

18:30-19:00 Windcraft Band at Paliovrysi [Concert]

Concerts
19:30 – 20:30 Acapella Solo Loop[voices and loops]
21:00 - 22:00 The Amalgamation Trio [arrangements of Mediterranean and Balkan folk music]
22:30 - 23:30 Tri-cool-ore [world jazz fusion & groove trio]

*The festival is organised with the support of the Katydata Community Council.

Tickets for the concerts cost €10 for a single night and €15 for both nights. Free entrance for children under 12.

Ticket pre-sale has begun at the following spots:

Nicosia
Kafeneio 7 Kleidia, 22 103857
Café Velo y siesta, 129 Tseriou, 22 321234

Limassol
Kafeneio Mallon Glykys, 25 355325
Pentayitis Car Rentals & Kiosk (touristic area), 25326226

Larnaca
Three Sitting Birds, 24 255880
Blue Wave Restaurant, 24 646311

More information: Windcraft Music Centre, 22-377748, [email protected], www.windcraftmusic.com