Africa Junction gigs

When	Where	Comments
3 July 2010	Roald Dahl Festival, Aylesbury	Thousands lined the route as AJ joined the the big parade and then played for shoppers in the sunshine in Market Square. We were simply told to choose our spot and play as much as we want. We like Aylesbury!
26 June 2010	Feast of St. Peter, Goldhill Common, Chalfont St. Peter	Some of us opened the event at 10.30 and the full group played on the main stage at 1.30. It was even bigger than last year, though maybe the smoke machine operator was a little too enthusiastic! See us in many of the photos of the event, here.
5 June 2010	African Beats Camp Day, Thornborough, near Buckingham	AJ were first on stage in the Big Barn, making a great start to a wonderful day of music and dance.
26 March 2010	Piddingon, near High Wycombe	AJ performed a more melodic set for Piddington seniors at a (very) belated Christmas do, with arrangements for three new songs using balafon and acoustic guitar.
19th November 2009	Aylesbury town centre	AJ painted the town red to switch on the Christmas lights
14th November 2009	Great Missenden Village Hall	Marie Cates, African Village Support: "[The performance] was great and everyone was very complimentary. Thanks to you all for helping the evening to go so well."
7th November 2009	Uxbridge Golf Club	A 60th birthday party
24th October 2009	Gambian charity night, Hertford	Raised £837 towards projects in The Gambia
25th...31st August 2009	African Beats Camp, Somerset	-
27th June 2009	Feast of St. Peter, Goldhill Common, Chalfont St. Peter	10:30am Main Stage + 12:30 dance workshop in The Arena
20th June 2009	Indian Summer Festival, Walkern Hall, near Stevenage	5:55pm (with Kakatsitsi) and 7-8pm Performance Stage
13th June 2009	Little Chalfont Village Day	Random crowd comments afterwards: "We LOVED you - you were fab!"
21st May 2009	Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe	-
10th May 2009	Piddington village green, near High Wycombe	Official opening ceremony unveiling a new children's play area with Doctor Who!
21st March 2009	Burnham Grammar School Wellbeing Day	Anne Pierronnet: "We saw Africa Junction at the Burnham Grammar School on Saturday and I cannot say enough how much we enjoyed it. I went along but did not really know what to expect. It was a fantastic experience for me. The energy, happiness and enthusiasm that came out of the group in itself was a joy to witness."
7th March 2009	Red Nose Day in Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham and Amersham	Free gigs raising £806 for Comic Relief :-)
7th December 2008	Clayton's Bar, Marlow. Fundraising Event for African Charity	-
29th November 2008	Annie Bailey's Pub, Chesham. Fundraising Event for Ugandan Charity	-
21st November 2008	Global Cafe, Reading, "That's the Jam!"	Gav Sirisena, percussion, sax and keyboards with the Junkyard Scientists (headline band and promoter) said: "Having the drummers packed into the global cafe for arguably one of the most popular live music events in Reading, 'That's the Jam!', was an awesome, thunderous addition to the night! If their music didn't blow the roof off, the crowds response certainly did! An absolute pleasure to watch and to hear..." Fellow performers' comments: "I'm never listening my drum beats again, that was amazing!" "I've heard other people doing African drumming, but you were really tight, you must work really hard!"