Habibi Funk Festival with Roger Fakhr, Saif Abu Bakr (Scorpions) + more

*This event will take place in EartH Theatre, Hall and Foyer.*

Habibi Funk is back with the label’s biggest event in London to date: a full evening of concerts and DJ sets at EartH on Saturday 5th October. Taking over all 3 rooms within the EartH space (from 4pm til 3.30am), guests will be able to experience three events combined.

**THE CONCERT:**

The main event is a full live concert in the EartH theatre featuring live concerts from 3 artist’s from the label’s roster:

- **Rogér Fakhr** is a Lebanese folk singer. He released most of his music in the late 1970s in Lebanon before relocating to California in 1981 at the end of a US tour he played as part of Fairuz band. The concert will be Roger’s first show since 1980.

- **Saif Abu Bakr** is a Sudanese singer and saxophonist based in Kuwait. He recorded the legendary „Jazz, Jazz, Jazz“ album alongside the Scorpions band in 1980, an iconic document of the vibrant Sudanese jazz scene at the time. He will be performing alongside the London based Scorpios band. They will be performing songs from the album „Jazz, Jazz, Jazz" live for the first time in 4 decades.

- Multi-instrumentalist **Charif Megarbane** is the first contemporary artist on Habibi Funk. He plays more than a dozen instruments and has released more than 100 albums on his bandcamp. He calls his music „Lebrary”: a vision of Lebanon and the Mediterranean expressed via the prismatic sonics of library music.

**THE CLUB NIGHT:**

The live performances will give way to a club night in the EartH downstairs hall. Habibi Funk will be playing a mix of Libyan reggae, Tunisian disco, Egyptian fusion and more, supported by Edinburgh based Hiba (check her great set on My Analog Journal) and Josh from now legendary instagram music recommendation channel, Somewhere Soul.

**THE YA HABIBI MARKET:**

Finally through the day, the EartH foyer will welcome the labels’s friends from Ya Habibi Market, with t-shirts, hats, candles and records all available. Ya Habibi Market will be free from 4pm. During the market Mounira Zerkine of the incredible “Algerian Vinyl” project will play records from her collection. You will not need a ticket to access it, however, you will need a ticket to access the live show & club night.

**TICKETS:**

For now, you can join the waitlist via DICE to get priority access to tickets for the next release of tickets for the mini fest. You will have the option of purchasing tickets for the concert and the club night, as well as both shows combined, on Friday 6th September at 10am.

- If you require access assistance, please contact us at access@earthackney.co.uk for this to be arranged. For more information on access at EartH, please see our FAQs here: https://bit.ly/44dzl75.

- EartH is a social enterprise committed to supporting new musicians, with music studios in the venue that are completely free for young artists in Hackney to use. Find out more here (https://earthackney.co.uk/about/studio-36/).

Presented by Columbo Group.

This is a 18+ event. To verify age, ID may be requested. We advise all customers to bring valid ID. For further information, see Age and ID in FAQs. Right of admission reserved.