The Love Music Hate Racism stage will kick off around 11am with Hanney’s energetic seven piece band combining dirty electro beats, guitar riffs, thought provoking lyrics and rap to produce a unique sound the band themselves label as “Hanney-Core”.
After the short march to the International Brigade Memorial at noon, it’s back to City Square for totally oary sounds fae the Cundeez, followed by a tasty reggae set from Lefty and Friends and a sitar/tabla set from Polsitar.
Also starring are The Twist, an exciting indie rock band.who have got the riffs,the hooks and the harmonies to get you dancin’ in the streets; Bi Tilo, a Scottish East Coast band playing Traditional West African Rhythms using a variety of African instruments, such as Djembe, (lead drum) Dunduns, (bass drums) Serouba, and the 21 stringed Kora; and a set from Kim Alexander and Albert Williamson.
There will also be Street Theatre.Performance art with Theresa Lynn launching a month-long project, ‘Dundee: What has it got in its pockets?’: Lizzy Ross colouring the square; and Calum Dwyer who will be a man in a clear acrylic box 2.5 feet square x 6 feet high, inviting people to write comments on the outside of the box….
With stalls, childrens art shack, Free University seminars, a peoples picnic and more, this Saturday in the Square promises fun for everyone to share in and help celebrate Dundee’s pround tradion of inclusiveness and anti-fascism.
