Refugee Food Festival

Sunday, June 24, 12:00-22:00

About the festival: Refugee Food Festival ✱ Amsterdam ✱ 2018

Local restaurants in Amsterdam open their kitchen to refugee chefs for unique culinary experiences. For dinners or lunches, the guest chefs will prepare the very best of their country of origin.

FINAL PARTY • DE RUIMTE
12:00 – 22:00 • DJ set by Coen Bavinck
12:00 – 22:00 • Art exhibition by Firas Kaloussiyh
12:00 – 16:00 • Syrian mezze lunch by Fadi Haddad
13:00 – 14:00 and 14:00 – 15:00 • Syrian desserts workshop by Yamen Makhzoum (English & Dutch) (suggested donation 5€)
13:00 – 16:00 • Upcycling denim & jewelry workshop by Pixelpolly Amsterdam (suggested donation 5€)
17:00 – 22:00 • Sauna by de Saunakaravaan
18:00 – 22:00 • Syrian dinner by Mohammed Haj Kasem

ABOUT

The Refugee Food Festival is a citizens’ initiative created by the Food Sweet Food association and co-organized with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Contact Amsterdam: amsterdam@refugeefoodfestival.com

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Tell the world you stand #WithRefugees and sign our petition: www.WithRefugees.org

Objectives:
CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE MAY PERCEIVE REFUGEES. By creating encounters and highlighting the culinary talent and heritage of refugee chefs.
FOSTER THE PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION OF REFUGEE CHEFS. Thanks to a community of committed restaurant owners and citizens.
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. Around the dinner table, which is a universal meeting place.

AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT
On the occasion of World Refugee Day commemorated on 20 June, 14 cities in the world are joining forces: Amsterdam, Athens, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Cape Town, Lille, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Strasbourg.

Space is the Place: Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido + Joost Buis group

Sunday, July 8, start first concert 20:30, entrance €8

ORQUESTRA DEL TIEMPO PERDIDO

Album release for ‘Stille’, by Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido, brainchild of Jeroen Kimman. The music on the album is hard to pinpoint. It exists somewhere between cartoon music, americana, vaudeville, and free improvisation. The result is wonderful. Or to quote Het Parool’s Erik Voermans: “His musical universe is located about 7 miles outside the known stratosphere, where life turns out to be remarkably agreeable. The music in all its uplifting originality simply defies description. Magnificent.”

Jeroen Kimman – guitar, compositions | Jasper Stadhouders – bass guitar & guitar | Joost Buis – trombone & lap steel | Floris van Bergeijk – keys | Onno Govaert – percussion | Tristan Renfrow – drums

JOOST BUIS GROUP

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DE RUIMTE BUITEN: King Ayisoba + Bazooka

Sunday, July 15, 16:00, €10*

* Money goes straight to the musicians!

KING AYISOBA brings the traditional kologo music from the Upper East Region of Ghana with the energy and flavor of the twenty first century. A big star in Ghana, he sings in Frafra, Twi and English, and plays the kologo, a two string guitar with a calabash gourd resonator, rhythmic and melodic at the same time. After touring with ZEA in 2012, Arnold de Boer released ‘Modern Ghanaians’ on his Makkum Recs, followed by 2014′s ‘Wicked Leaders’ and ’1000 Can Die’, with guest features by Lee “Scratch” Perry, afrobeat legend Orlando Julius and more. Tonight he plays acoustic with pure manpower on our terrace, De Ruimte Buiten!

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BAZOOKA
Group initiated by guitarists Andy Moor (The Ex) and Jasper Stadhouders (Cactus Truck / Spinifex etc.) playing interpretations of Angolan popular guitar music from the 60s and 70s.

Andy Moor – guitar | Jasper Stadhouders – guitar | Marta Warelis – percussion | Miguel Petruccelli – bass | Onno Govaert – drums

Before and after the concerts, we’re expecting DJ-sets by Andy Moor, Jasper Stadhouders and DJ Getal en Ruimte (ZEA).

BTW, since you can never know with Dutch summers: in case of bad weather, we move the concert to our café on the second floor!

TIMES
15:30 doors open
16:00 Bazooka
17:00 KING AYISOBA