Florence, Italy, 29th August 2020

On Saturday 29th August in Florence New Generation Festival & HAPE Collective invited the public to the closing of ReGeneration Festival presenting John Swing at the Manifattura Tabacchi.

The ReGeneration Festival (#ReGen) was an unprecedented four-day programme of socially-distanced concerts and productions running from 26 to 29 August at the landmark Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens in Florence which was offered to audiences entirely for free while also being streamed live online.

The World, 17 May 2020

In the midst of these strange times, we celebrated the 4 year anniversary of our collective wanting to pay tribute to all the incredible collaborations, musical discoveries, and, above all, friendships built along the way, spanning North and South, East and West.

On Sunday May 17 we joined our friends at Dumba Nengue - a growing pan-African community…

Out on April 27th, ‘Confinement’ (French for lockdown) – a new song by our friends at Pulo NDJ and a living testimony of how the lockdown is seen in West Africa.

Check out confinement on Bandcamp [LINK]. All proceeds of digital sales will go entirely to the band members to help them sustain themselves throughout this difficult time until they are able to return to N’djamena.