Olcay Bayir – Elixir Festival 2024

Grand Junction is a new venue for community, arts and culture based at St Mary Magdalene Church, run by Paddington Development Trust. We offer a bustling programme of activities for young people, families, and adults, as well as a café serving delicious food and drinks.Over the past 24 months the church has been lovingly restored, and we have a beautiful new building designed by Dow Jones Architects.More at www.grandjunction.org.uk

Grand Junction

Join us for an uplifting evening of music from the Kurdish-Anatolian singer-songwriter.

Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's

Elixir Festival at Grand Junction

Elixir, rooted in the Arabic al-‘iksīr (also known as the Elixir of Life), is a symbol of healing. The festival celebrates and connects the diverse cultures that make up our community, through music, theatre, & community events at Grand Junction, London.

<h3>Join us for an uplifting evening of music from the Kurdish-Anatolian singer-songwriter as she fills our space with her “heart-stoppingly beautiful and emotive voice”</h3> <h4>Championed by The Guardian as one of the finest, most intriguing singers on the British world music scene, Olcay’s velvet voice seamlessly blends her time-honoured Anatolian heritage with the dynamic grooves and funky rhythms of her current home, London.</h4>Olcay Bayir’s compositions move from her Alevi and Kurdish origins, drawing inspiration from the Anatolian songbook with a nod to Mediterranean and Balkans sounds from flamenco to rebetiko. She will perform in Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian and Greek.Olcay will be joined on the evening by Burak Ersöz (Drum/percussion), Cenk Şanlıoğlu (Guitar), Doğu Ekin (Kopuz, Saz, Fretless Guitar), and Levent Canen (Bass Guitar).The evening is presented by Grand Junction in association with <a href="https://artscanteen.com/" title="https://artscanteen.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arts Canteen</a> as part of Elixir Festival 2024.

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