This event has been postponed until Spring 2026, due to artist illness. New date to be confirmed soon.
A one-off concert to mark the anniversary of Billy Waters' death, with live music from Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Clarke Camilleri, Hamilton Gross, and Angeline Morrison, and also featuring Maz O'Connor and one other very special guest. There'll be a mix of solo and band performances with music from the artists' own repertoires - old and new - as well as trad.
The show is arranged and narrated by Mary L. Shannon, writer and author of Billy Waters Is Dancing, and co-narrated by Suchitra Chatterjee, of Brighton & Hove Black History. It draws together researchers and creatives who have worked together on various projects to highlight the life of this Black disabled Regency celebrity.
Mary L. Shannon will also be giving a Library Lecture on Billy Waters on Tuesday 8 April
William ‘Billy’ Waters: busker, sailor, immigrant, father, lover, extraordinary talent, and a forgotten Black celebrity from Regency London.
Programme to follow.
Presented by EFDSS.
Doors 7pm, start 7.30pm
With support from the Susannah Wesley Foundation and the University of Roehampton.
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Sharper discount, Spring 2025
