Ever since their storming performance at Jam on The Horizon festival in 2024, the hope of a return to The Jam Jar for Saidi Kanda & Mvula Mandondo has been a mutual one!

Saidi Kanda is a tour de force on stage, weaving an original concotion of Tanzanian village roots, Ngoma, Rumba and Soukous seamlessly with other African, Afro-Caribbean & Latin influences from his band Mvula Mandondo.

Get ready to dance and smile 'til your legs and cheeks ache! This is hot hot hot.

The Jam Jar Presents:
Saidi Kanda & Mvula Mandondo
+ support
Friday 9th October
Doors open 7.30pm
The Jam Jar, Bristol

Founded by internationally respected percussionist, Saidi Kanda, who first made his name with Remmy Ongala’s Orchestra Super Matimila, Mvula Mandondo presents an original concoction of Tanzanian village roots, urban rumba and Afro-Caribbean influences, blending traditional and modern instruments.

Saidi Kanda’s vocal virtuosity accompanied by commanding guitar-driven rhythms will make you move. Alternatively, you may just want to sit back, relax and let strings, thumb piano and harmonies, beats and guitar rhythms wash over you like tropical rain. Thats if you can sit still. Spanning a versatile range of musical styles this new music holds a few surprises with new sounds and blends you have never heard before.

Their work is the result of collaboration, bringing Caribbean, Latin, African and European influences for a redefining vision of World music.

Nevertheless, they draw upon influences from within Africa. The hypnotic melodies of the thumb piano, the infectious rhythms of the African guitar (zeze), the grooving bass lines and sweet harmonies of the acoustic and tinny guitars will leave you wanting more.