WHITE MINK - Latitude Festival Speakeasy

No sooner does one door close, than another one opens... Having finished our long-standing sell-out residency in Brighton, we are delighted to announce our 5th consecutive year popping up at the wonderful Latitude Festival to curate a WHITE MINK stage in the Film & Music Arena. If you've never been, Latitude is one of the key UK Festivals, and a highlight of The Arts calender. As well as all the amazing music you would expect at any other Festival, Latitude excells in bringing other cultural experiences into the Festival space. You're as likely to see The Royal Opera House perform on a Lakeside Stage as you are Patti Smith giving a talk in a woodland shelter. From Literature, to Spoken Word, to weird and wild alt cabaret, to Comedy. From the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Royal Ballet - it's all there! Literally. http://www.latitudefestival.com/line-up And we are of course delighted to be there ourselves. We will be presenting another exceptional line up of Vintage and Electro Swing talent including: ★ ELECTRIC SWING CIRCUS A hugely popular fusion of saucy 20’s swing and stomping electro beats. ESC are behind their own annual SWINGAMAJIG festival in Birmingham and have just released their second album to popular acclaim but it's always been in the live arena that they really come into their own. Deserving of the tag 'Festival Veterans', the ESC always bring the party! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkwLO44IQN8 ★ FLASH MOB JAZZ Undoubtedly one of the UK's finest swing bands with releases on Island (Universal) Record's Vintage Remix label - imagine a British version of Postmodern Jukebox. This is their first time at Latitude but they're almost a house band at White Mink, so if you've not seen them before, come and find out why we love them so much... Here they are playing live for us in Brighton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-oJCNiiLCQ ★ FANDJANGO One of our favourite discoveries for 2017. The wonderfully playful Fandjango combine the chromatic gypsy flavours and swing articulation of jazz manouche with modern day pop, rock & hip-hop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzQwRhBahYE PLUS: ★ Sharon Davies as BONNIE FOX Captivating feather fan dances, glamorous stripteases, and riotous 1920s flapper dances, Bonnie Fox won International Crown at the World Burlesque Games and “Most Dazzling” and “Best Debut” at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas… quite simply one of our all-time favourite burlesque artists! https://vimeo.com/102120784 ★ RODNEY & ALEXANDRA Wow, this is a good line up. A darkly comic and strangely compelling duo who channel the spirit of 1930's Weimar Berlin in a sexy, funny and beautifully strange act. The less you know about this the better! Trust us. You will not have seen the like before but once you have, you'll not forget it in a hurry! ★ NICK HOLLYWOOD Described as a 'suave impressario' by The Independent and 'the godfather of Electro Swing' by The Telegraph, Nick is behind the Freshly Squeezed record label, Radio Show and award-winning WHITE MINK : BLACK COTTON compilation series... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42KnNQp9ccY ★ SWING PATROL London's finest swing dancer instructors and partners on hand to keep the party going.... https://www.facebook.com/SwingPatrolLondon/ ________________________ MORE ABOUT US here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitemink/ or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDKm3K4LWhk&list=PL6B207941DC15D36C