Souk-Bab-el-Louk

SOUK-BAB-EL-LOUK, presents a lively repertoire from the East, with traditional Arabic percussion, Accordion, Saxophone, Nay Flute, and Mizmar. They are guaranteed to get audiences up and dancing !
We also work with Dancers who perform Egyptian,Turkish, Gypsy and Middle Eastern Dance.

SOUK BAB-EL-LOUK Line up:

Chas Whitaker: Percussion.
Maren Lueg: Saxophones, Nay Flute and Zurna.
Jo Levine: Accordion.
Simon Leach: Percussion and Oud.
Ali Cross: Bass.
Sevilay Turlington: Vocals

For bookings and more information please contact Maren

Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7727604212

Email: info@arabicmusicband.com

 

 

 

 

 


 

For upcoming gigs:

For bookings and more information please contact Maren

Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7727604212

Email: info@arabicmusicband.com


Previous Concerts:

 

Middle Eastern Music and Dance Christmas Extravaganza

Chapel Arts Centre in Bath.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Doors: 7:30pm Event Starts: 8:00pm Event Ends: 11:00pm

Advance: £15.00 Door: £16.00

For tickets and more information please click here.

 

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MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC DRUM & DANCE FESTIVAL UK
CAMERTON, NEAR BATH – 13th – 15th of JULY 2012.
Mazaj Band.

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Frome Festival 11th of July 2012.

 

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Date: 8th of June 2012
Mazaj Band & Carmen Jones.
Bath Fringe
Green Park Station outside the Brasserie, Bath Spa BA1
Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Entrance: Free

 

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19th of March 2012 – Souk Bab-el-Louk at the Bell in Bath Spa.
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27th of April 2012- Mazaj and Souk Bab-El-Louk at CLUB CAIRO AT THE CHAPEL ARTS CENTRE in Bath Spa.


For tickets please click here.

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Souk Bab El Louk (Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band)
Saturday July 16th

Lewes Amnesty International
All Saints, Friars Walk, Lewes
7:30 – 11:00 pm
Tickets: £10.00, Concessions: £7.00
Tickets from: SkyLark, in the Needlemakers
Union Music Store, Landsdowne Place

Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen)
Friday the 1st of July 2011. Souk Ba-el-Louk with Carmen, Raheesha and Michelle Pender perform at the Middle Eastern Music and Dance Festival at 8pm Venue: CAMERTON COMMUNITY HALL.
Price for the evening concert only: £7
Mazaj Band (Chas, Russell & Maren)

Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen)
Glastonbury Festival.
Friday the 24rd of June at 23.00 Ancient Future Stage, Tipi Field.
Sunday the 26th of June at 14.50pm to 15.35 at the Tadpole Stage.
Sunday the 26th of June at 17.40 at the Band Stand.


Saturday 11th of June 2011

CLUB CAIRO AT THE CHAPEL ARTS CENTRE.
Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen) &
Mazaj Band (Chas, Russell & Maren)
8pm, Advance £12, Door £14 @ TheChapel Arts Centre in Bath,
St James Memorial Hall, 9 Lower Borough Walls, Bath BA1 1QR
E-mail: info@chapelarts.org
Tel: 01225 461 700

Web: www.chapelarts.org

Souk Ba-El-Louk trio (Chas, Maren, Ali)
10th of August 2011 @ Tribe of Doris. www.tribeofdoris.co.uk

Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen)
18th of May 2011
Performance (with Souk Bab-El-Louk, 10pm, FREE entry)
The Canteen, Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QY

The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band

Date: 12th of April 2011 Time: 7.30pm
St. Aiden’s Church, Fir Tree Lane, St. George, Bristol, BS5 8QQ

THE ARABIC BALKAN GYPSY BAND
Date: 28th of January 2011
Venue: Prom Music Bar Cafe, 26 Gloucester Road, Bristol, BS7 8AL
www.theprom.co.uk
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2010
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The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band & Carmen at the Leftbank in Bristol.
3rd of December 2010
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The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band performed in Bath, UK

27 of November at the Chapel Arts Center.

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27th-29th August 2010 – Aeon Festival Shobrooke Park Estate, Crediton, Devon. – http://www.aeonfestival.com/

24th July 2010 – Trowbridge Village Pump Festival – Horizon Stage – Horizon Stage – 6p.m.

17th July – Bristol – Leftbank – 128 Cheltenham Road BS6 5RW – £5.00

9th June 2010 – Middle Eastern Music, Drum and Dance Camp – Camerton Community Hall in Timsbury, Somerset, near Bath.

4th June 2010 – Bath Fringe Festival, Green Park Brasserie, Bath. 9pm. £5.00

30th May 2010 – Bristol Eco Veggie Fayre – Main Stage. The Ampitheatre, Bristol. 6p.m. – £8.00.

13th April 2010 – St. Aiden’s Church, Fir Tree Lane, St. George, Bristol, BS5 8QQ
Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band reviewed in Venue Magazine on the 21st of April 2010
Please click on the image to read the review:

6th March 2010 – MAJMA – Bellydance Festival – Glastonbury

22nd Feb.2010 21:00 – Bath – The Bell Inn

2009

4th Dec. 2009 – Bristol -Thunderbolt.

20th Nov. 2009 – Bradford On Avon – St Margaret’s Hall Centre.

25th Sept. 2009 – St. Georges, Cafe – after show performance at Natacha Atlas concert.

28th Jun. 2009 – Tadpole Stage, Green Futures Field ,Glastonbury Festival, Pilton.

28th Jun. 2009 – Small World Stage, Glastonbury Festival Pilton.9th Jul 2009 – Glastonbury Festival, Pilton.

19th Jun. 2009 – South Bank Arts Centre Bristol.

5th Jun 2009 – Green Park Brassiere Bath Spa ( Bath Fringe Festival )

27th May 2009 – Spiegeltent, Bath Spa ( Bath Fringe Festival )

8th May 2009- The Thunderbolt – Bristol.

17th April 2009 – Blue Lagoon – Bristol.

7th March 2009 – MAJMA – International BellyDance Festival – Glastonbury

For bookings and more information please contact Maren

Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7727604212

Email: info@arabicmusicband.com

 

The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band

 

 

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The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band passionate, brassy music combines Middle Eastern melodies with a percussive drive and tough bass groove.

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Chas Whitaker: Percussion.
Maren Lueg: Saxophones, Nay Flute and Zurna.
Edd Bateman: Bass.
David Mowat: Trumpet.
Simon Leach: Percussion and Oud.

The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band at Majma March 2010

The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band at Majma March 2009

For bookings and more information please contact Maren

Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7727604212

Email: info@arabicmusicband.com

The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band

For upcoming gigs:



Click here for our full 2012 gig calendar!

PREVIOUS CONCERTS of Souk-Bab-el-Louk and the Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band.

2011

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Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band
Saturday July 16th

Lewes Amnesty International
All Saints, Friars Walk, Lewes
7:30 – 11:00 pm
Tickets: £10.00, Concessions: £7.00
Tickets from: SkyLark, in the Needlemakers
Union Music Store, Landsdowne Place

Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen)
Friday the 1st of July 2011. Souk Ba-el-Louk with Carmen, Raheesha and Michelle Pender perform at the Middle Eastern Music and Dance Festival at 8pm Venue: CAMERTON COMMUNITY HALL.
Price for the evening concert only: £7
Mazaj Band (Chas, Russell & Maren)

Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen)
Glastonbury Festival.
Friday the 24rd of June at 23.00 Ancient Future Stage, Tipi Field.
Sunday the 26th of June at 14.50pm to 15.35 at the Tadpole Stage.
Sunday the 26th of June at 17.40 at the Band Stand.


Saturday 11th of June 2011

CLUB CAIRO AT THE CHAPEL ARTS CENTRE.
Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen) &
Mazaj Band (Chas, Russell & Maren)
8pm, Advance £12, Door £14 @ TheChapel Arts Centre in Bath,
St James Memorial Hall, 9 Lower Borough Walls, Bath BA1 1QR
E-mail: info@chapelarts.org
Tel: 01225 461 700

Web: www.chapelarts.org

Souk Ba-El-Louk trio (Chas, Maren, Ali)
10th of August 2011 @ Tribe of Doris. www.tribeofdoris.co.uk

Souk Ba-El-Louk (Chas, Maren, Simon, Ali and Carmen)
18th of May 2011
Performance (with Souk Bab-El-Louk, 10pm, FREE entry)
The Canteen, Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QY

The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band

Date: 12th of April 2011 Time: 7.30pm
St. Aiden’s Church, Fir Tree Lane, St. George, Bristol, BS5 8QQ

THE ARABIC BALKAN GYPSY BAND
Date: 28th of January 2011
Venue: Prom Music Bar Cafe, 26 Gloucester Road, Bristol, BS7 8AL
www.theprom.co.uk
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2010
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The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band & Carmen at the Leftbank in Bristol.
3rd of December 2010
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The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band performed in Bath, UK

27 of November at the Chapel Arts Center.

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27th-29th August 2010 – Aeon Festival Shobrooke Park Estate, Crediton, Devon. – http://www.aeonfestival.com/

24th July 2010 – Trowbridge Village Pump Festival – Horizon Stage – Horizon Stage – 6p.m.

17th July – Bristol – Leftbank – 128 Cheltenham Road BS6 5RW – £5.00

9th June 2010 – Middle Eastern Music, Drum and Dance Camp – Camerton Community Hall in Timsbury, Somerset, near Bath.

4th June 2010 – Bath Fringe Festival, Green Park Brasserie, Bath. 9pm. £5.00

30th May 2010 – Bristol Eco Veggie Fayre – Main Stage. The Ampitheatre, Bristol. 6p.m. – £8.00.

13th April 2010 – St. Aiden’s Church, Fir Tree Lane, St. George, Bristol, BS5 8QQ
Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band reviewed in Venue Magazine on the 21st of April 2010
Please click on the image to read the review:

6th March 2010 – MAJMA – Bellydance Festival – Glastonbury

22nd Feb.2010 21:00 – Bath – The Bell Inn

2009

4th Dec. 2009 – Bristol -Thunderbolt.

20th Nov. 2009 – Bradford On Avon – St Margaret’s Hall Centre.

25th Sept. 2009 – St. Georges, Cafe – after show performance at Natacha Atlas concert.

28th Jun. 2009 – Tadpole Stage, Green Futures Field ,Glastonbury Festival, Pilton.

28th Jun. 2009 – Small World Stage, Glastonbury Festival Pilton.9th Jul 2009 – Glastonbury Festival, Pilton.

19th Jun. 2009 – South Bank Arts Centre Bristol.

5th Jun 2009 – Green Park Brassiere Bath Spa ( Bath Fringe Festival )

27th May 2009 – Spiegeltent, Bath Spa ( Bath Fringe Festival )

8th May 2009- The Thunderbolt – Bristol.

17th April 2009 – Blue Lagoon – Bristol.

7th March 2009 – MAJMA – International BellyDance Festival – Glastonbury

For bookings and more information please contact Maren

Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7727604212

Email: info@arabicmusicband.com