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Where: Yugong Yis­han
When: Fri 18 Jun, 19.30PM
How Much: 50RMB; 35RMB stu­dents
Who: Kite, Black Cat Bone, Afrokoko Roots, The Verse (More Info)
Why: Big props to the peo­ple at Funk*Fever and UNHCR for putting this gig together. Not only is it for a good cause, cel­e­brat­ing World Refugee Day, but as their pro­mo­tional mate­r­ial says, each of the acts are head­lin­ers in their own right. Funk group The Verse, African roots group Afrokoko Roots, and good old blues band Black Cat Bone; the only unknown entity here is Kite, who I haven’t heard of before but given the rest should be just as amaz­ing. Before the gig, they’re play­ing the doc­u­men­tary ‘Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars’ (start­ing at 7.30), after which the music will kick off at around 9PM. In addi­tion to the great acts, they also have some big-hitters from the DJ world — Patrick Yu and Eddie Lv amongst them. It should be a great night out!

Run­ners up this week are many! TONIGHT, there’s a great “Through The Ages” gig with rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the six­ties onwards @ Mao, 8.30PM, 50RMB; The Medullary Paral­y­sis (Italy) and other glam-rockers will be at D-22, Fri @ 10PM, 40/30RMB; folk rock­ers DF & Sky­scraper have their album launch at Yugong Yis­han, Sat @ 9PM, 50RMB; Lonely China Day have their resched­uled album launch at Mao Live, Sat @ 9.30PM, 79.90RMB.