With live music, information stalls, arts and crafts and workshops we promise you will leave happier and more inspired than when you arrived.

To kick the week off, you and all the family are invited to The MAC for a lively day of dancing lead by Andean Latin band Kausary plus Zirak Hamad & Daholl Kurdish Band.

We’ll be announcing more artists as the weeks go on so keep your eyes peeled.

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The MAC Programme…

12-1pm – Hexagon Theatre – Refugee Week Launch event Presentations, spoken word and music

1.10 – 3.25 – Outdoor Arena
Live music from around the world featuring Kausary from Peru

3.30-4.30pm – Hexagon Theatre Film, spoken word and music

4.30 – 6.30pm – Outdoor Arena Headline acts featuring Zirak Hamad & Daholl Kurdish Band

About the artists…

Kausary
Kausary are one of Europe’s best-known Andean bands. They boast an exciting, expressive and talented line-up that will enchant any audience with their sounds of Latin America.

Whether it is music for the heart or for the feet. Formed in 1995, in the UK, Kausary has a repertoire of traditional Andean and contemporary Latin sounds.

Music of the Andean highlands, coastal lowlands, Amazon basin and forest, Cuban and Latin are all played with a depth of emotion unequalled.

“Our passion is to promote Peruvian and South American music, together with raising more awareness of Peru and Latino – America in the UK and the rest of the world.”

Zirak Hamad & Daholl Kurdish Band
Zirak Hamad is a violinist, drummer and singer who came to the UK in 2002 from Iraqi Kurdistan.

A graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts in Iraq, he has a wide range of artistic experience in his home country where he worked as a teacher, festival organiser, broadcaster, television presenter and music critic.

During his time in the UK he has worked as a freelance artist delivering Middle Eastern dance and music workshops for schools, community groups and festivals, in the UK and internationally.

He performed with eclectic trio Village Well and gypsy/klezmer band Karaj, as well as forming Daholl Kurdish Band.

Zirak also performs as a solo artist introducing audiences to a range of Middle Eastern music and drumming.

Daholl Kurdish Band is an energetic blend of Kurdish and Middle Eastern music which ranges from traditional to contemporary popular dance music.

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We have plenty more for you to enjoy with events at Birmingham University, Erdington Evening of Creativity and of course Symphony Hall. Stay tuned for announcements