Thursday 27 August, 16:30

Back-to-School Thursdays

Spend a musical afternoon and evening designed for families. In a playful workshop, children aged 9 to 11 explore rhythms, silences and sounds through games and hands-on instrument discovery. Guided by musician Tom Mendy, they experiment, listen, create and form small musical ideas; they also get to meet a band before its concert. Later the programme features Zafif, a gnawa‑fusion group blending psychedelic rock, blues, jazz, metal, hypnotic funk and Arabic and Anatolian melodies.

In French. Kids ages 9–11.

Place de Graveson,
1226 Thônex
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Photo Credit: DR

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