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Live Music: “Mademoiselle et son Orchestre” – Up-tempo funky jazz-blues from Marie-Claude & her band!

Published on February 23, 2010 in Events, Music, Party and Uncategorized. Comments Tags: america, band, blues, chinese, classics, english, france, french, funk, jazz, jazz standards, live music, mademoiselle, Mademoiselle et son Orchestre, marie-claude, marie-claude lebel, quebec, quebecois.

Next Performance: Saturday 27th February 2010 – 9:30pm (Supported by Joris. Free B4 9:30pm. 30 RMB after incl. a free drink)

Fronted by the beautiful and very talented Marie-Claude, ‘Mademoiselle et son Orchestre’ play up-tempo funky jazz blues with a Quebecois twist. Together with her band they perform their own original compositions together with covers of jazz classics from France and America, singing in French, English & Chinese. Marie-Claude is a force of nature on the stage singing up a storm and she always gets the whole crowd dancing.

For more information on Marie Claude please see her MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/mademoisellemali

Brazilian Carnival Party featuring the Rio Samaya Band and Brazilian DJs!

Published on February 11, 2010 in Events, Music and Party. Comments Tags: beep beep, beijing, brazil, brazilian, carnival, china, chinese new year, costumes, djs, live music, masks, pancho, pancho & sal, pancho and sal, Party, rio samayo.

Join us this Friday night from 9pm for the “Beep Beep” party at Ginkgo. Celebrate the Brazilian Carnival and Chinese New Year with live music support from the the Rio Samaya band, followed by Brazilian DJs playing into the early hours. Wear your mask, hat and dancing shoes. We want colours, costumes and craziness for a great party! Free Entry!

Live Music: “Thunder Ghost” – Trans-Pacific Reggae mash-up supported by Meiwenti Soundsystem DJs

Published on January 15, 2010 in Events, Music and Party. Comments Tags: andrew murgatroyd, beijing gig, beijing live music, canada, canadian, deejay, dj, drums, horns, live reggae, MC, meiwenti soundsystem, newfoundland, reggae, reggae beijing, thunder ghost.

Join us this Saturday from 10:30pm for a night of great live reggae from Andrew Murgatoyd and his band Thunder Ghost.

Lei Gui “Thunder Ghost” is the Chinese word for Reggae translated back into English. This Trans-Pacific reggae mash-up blends the Island style reggae of Canada’s West Coast with East coast Newfoundland-sound all tossed into in a martini shaker with the best horns and drums Beijing has to offer.

Mix that up with the notorious MeiWenti SoundSystem DJ set featuring Thunder Ghost and other live MC’s spitting hot fire on top of roots, dancehall, and dubstep and you’ll be sure to shake your ass until dawn. There are certain to be a few surprise guest musicians as well.

This will be the last party before lead singer Andrew leaves Beijing. Don’t miss them this Saturday night. Free before 9:30pm. 20 RMB after.

Live Music: “The Discounts” – Awesome fusion of reggae, funk and hiphop!

Published on December 9, 2009 in Events, Music and Party. Comments Tags: beijing, china, funk beijing, ginkgo, hiphop beijing, live music, neil conway, newfoundland, reggae beijing, the discounts.

Final Performance: Friday 19 February 2010 10:30pm (Free before 9:30pm. 30RMB with a free drink after.)

Canadian recording artist Neil Conway has been in Beijing for last few months and anyone who caught his previous shows has been suitably impressed. Teamed up with the cream of local musical talent, he has brought his trademark fusion of hip-hop, reggae and funk to Beijing. He will be live at Ginkgo again this Friday and he puts on a great show.

“fiercely talented” -Kerri Breen, The Scope, 2008

“The cramped, narrow bar is churning with bodies dancing, stamping and, I think, even pirouetting. Or maybe it’s merely the earth tilting an extra beat to the funk-reggae party sounds of The Discounts.” -Christopher Frey, Up! Magazine, 2008

“Live, the band combines a great deal of positive energy with extremely solid and creative musicianship that will make you dance and intelligent lyrics to make you think.” -Devon Strang, House of Rock, (drummer for Tom Fun and Slowcoaster), 2002

“a real knife edge of sheer experimental exuberance.” -Mark Vaughan-Jackson, The Telegram, 2001

The Discounts MySpace page is here. Visit Neil’s personal website and myspace to.

Arabic Night Party – Beautiful Belly Dancers and delicious Arabic Buffet

Published on November 30, 2009 in Events, Food, Music and Party. Comments Tags: arab, arabian nights, arabic, arabic food, baba ghanoush, belly dancers, belly dancers china, belly dancing, belly dancing beijing, hummus, Levantine, man li, Party, rai, Tabbouleh.

Join us at Ginkgo for a night featuring the music, culture and flavours of Arabia. Enjoy a delicious Arabian-themed buffet prepared especially for the event, as well as two shows from three beautiful belly dancers on the Ginkgo stage first at 9pm and again at around 11pm.

The delicious buffet of Arabian-style will feature whole roast lamb, Hummus, Tabbouleh and other Levantine delicacies. Food bookings for this event are strongly recommended. Price per person 80 RMB. We will have limited quantities so please book thursday morning at the latest to ensure you don’t miss out! Call the restaurant to make a reservation: 6402 7532

The beautiful Belly Dancer Manli will be performing with her friends on the Ginkgo stage twice throughout the evening. We will also have great Arabic and Rai music all night!

Dress Code: Arabia! Free bottle of Champagne goes to the best Arabic dressed guest! Free Entry.

Ginkgo One Year Anniversary Party

Published on November 30, 2009 in Events, Music and Party. Comments Tags: anniversary, beijing, birthday, ginkgo, live music, mademoisselle, marie-claude lebel, one year old, Party.

Ginkgo is one year old! This Saturday 5th December, come celebrate with free live music from Beijing’s sexy songstress Marie-Claude and her band. Enjoy great drinks give aways and other freebies! Starts 8pm. Live music from 10:30pm. Free Entry. Don’t miss it!

Live Music: “Mbeewan and the Chi’n'i Band” – The Final Reggae Show!

Published on September 1, 2009 in Events, Music and Party. Comments Tags: band, beijing, chi'n'i, china, chinese, dancehall, dub, event, french, gig, ginkgo, irieteam, live music, mbeewan, moussa boudra, Party, ragga, reggae, reggae-roots, rock, ska, sould.

Join us for Mbeewan’s final show of the Summer before Moussa returns to France!

Mbeewan (Moussa Boudra), a multi-instrumentalist and composer-songwriter for more than 10 years, is the lead singer of iRieTEAM, a French Nu-Roots Reggae band created 5 years ago, and whose first album will be released in 2009.

Reggae, rock, dub, rap and soul are the main influences which guide Mbeewan’s music. The rhythms go from ska to ragga-dancehall, but always keep a dominant reggae-roots touch, which make it a very distinctive and hardly definable reggae.

Mbeewan played with a lot of famous French bands such as:
Dub Incorporation, Aswad, Israel Vibration, Alpha Blondy, Dobacaracol, Bawa, Abdou Day, Kaly Live Dub, Ministère des Affaires Populaires, Kana, Les Wampas, Les Caméléons, Riké, Raspigaous, K2R Riddim, Killa Karltoon…

Mbeewan will be in Beijing this summer backed by Chinese musicians (Chi’n’I Band). They will play iRieTEAM’s original new songs, unpublished works for China, and some covers.

Join us at Ginkgo on 4th September for their final performance!

Free Entry before 9:30pm. 20 RMB after.

Live Music: “Hummingbird” – Fusing latin rhythms and jazz with traditional Kazakh influences for a singular salsa sound!

Published on August 27, 2009 in Events, Music and Party.

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Next Performance: Saturday 3rd April 2010 – 10:30pm (Free B4 9:30pm. 30 RMB after incl. a free drink)

Beijing’s all-Chinese salsa band, Hummingbird fuses latin rhythms and jazz sensibilities with traditional Kazakh influences for a singular salsa sound! Bring your dancing shoes and your dancing friends and dance the night away!

Live Music: “Afrokoko Roots” – Beijing’s Afrobeat All-Stars are back live at Ginkgo!

Published on July 7, 2009 in Announcements, Events, Music and Party. Comments Tags: african, afrokoko roots, band, bob marley, dan brustman, dancing, fela kuti, Ghana, gig, girls, guitar, horn, live music, nigeria, nigerian, Party, reggae, sunny dada.

Afrokoko Roots are back! Returning to the Ginkgo stage after their breakout debut here in April, Afrokoko Roots will be playing live at Ginkgo from 10:30pm on Saturday 18th July.

For those not in the know, Afrokoko Roots are an afrobeat and reggae band formed by 33 year old Ghananian/Nigerian percussionist Sunny Dada. They perform afrobeat music in the style of Fela Kuti as well as reggae classics from Bob Marley and others.

Born out of his desire to bring African music to China, Sunny formed the band earlier this year. Sunny is a true multi-instrumentalist including mastery of percussion, trap drumming, piano, trumpet, bass guitar and singing. He is also an accomplished songwriter and composer of instrumental arrangements. His passion for music was ignited when he was young in the church that his father founded, which exposed him to lots of musical styles and gave him an opportunity to hone his skills.

The Ginkgo show will once again feature Sunny on lead vocals, a rhythm section with drums, guitar and bass guitar, horn section with trumpet, sax and trombone, a female backing vocalist and percussion! They also bring hot African dancing girls! Prepare to experience one hell of a show!

Entry is free before 9:30pm and 20 RMB thereafter.

You can view their MySpace page here: www.myspace.com/afrokokoroots

Afrokoko Roots are:

Sunny – Vocals
Beibei – Drums
Pablus – Bass Guitar
Patrick – Keyboard
Dan – Lead Guitar
Nat – Saxophone
Gabby – Trumpet
Mayong – Baritone Sax
Ping Ping – Trombone
Douglas – Conga / Backing Vocals
Cathbert – Shekere
Louis – Backing Vocals
Sheila – Backing Vocals
Julie – Dancer
Claudia – Dancer

U.S. Independence Day Party with live music from “Bad Apples Rock”

Published on June 24, 2009 in Events and Party. Comments Tags: america, american, bad apples, bad apples rock, china, hot dogs, id4, independence, independence day, independence day beijing, Party, rock and roll, usa.

Independence Day Party at Ginkgo with live music from "Bad Apples"
Join us at Ginkgo from 8pm on Saturday 4th July for our U.S. Independence Day party. Enjoy delicious Hot Dogs served on our terrace, great drinks deals and from 10:30 we will have fantastic live music from American rockers “Bad Apples” followed by a rock and roll rollercoaster ride from our resident mix-meisters until the early hours! Don’t miss an excellent party!

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