Following the success of the Africa Oyé festival in Sefton Park earlier this month, a special anniversary concert is taking place at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Africa Oyé is the largest free celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture in the UK which takes place in the city every year. The festival has joined forces with LIMF for Havana Meets Kingston at the Philharmonic, an event that’s part of Africa Oyé's year-round 30th anniversary celebrations.
Leading reggae and dancehall producer and pianist, DJ Mista Savona, has produced the concert which includes some of Cuba and Jamaica’s most influential musicians. Havana Meets Kingston "honours both Caribbean islands’ musical foundations and legacies", combining Jamaica’s soundsystem and bass culture with Cuba’s "electrifying and virtuosic" Afro-Cuban and jazz traditions.
