Amapiano & Friends

Amapiano & Friends is a world music night at Trapeze Bar in London, built around amapiano, a South African dance genre. The bill pairs the genre with the act Friends.

Amapiano is a style of dance music that emerged in South Africa, developing in the townships of Johannesburg and Pretoria in the early 2010s. Its sound is built on deep basslines, log drum patterns and piano motifs, and it has since spread across the African continent and beyond.

This event is billed as Amapiano & Friends, a joint bill that places the genre alongside the act Friends. Both names sit at the centre of the evening, so the night follows the rhythms and grooves of amapiano within a world music framework.

Trapeze Bar is a London venue that hosts concerts and shows, and this evening is one of its live music nights.