The Garden Sessions concerts in the Jevremovac Botanical Garden, which attract a lot of attention from the audience and are considered one of the most attractive summer events in Belgrade, are being held for the fourth time this year.
The Belgrade Festivals Centre, which organizes concerts in the Botanical Garden, is preparing magnificent events that will take place in June in this summer musical oasis of the capital.
All concerts start at 8.30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at tickets.rs and at Ticket Vision outlets (including Ušće Shopping Center and Cvetni trg).
At a slightly higher price, tickets will be sold on the night of the concerts as well, to which the audience will enter the Botanical Garden from Takovska Street.
25 June, Concert of AMADOU & MARIAM
For the past forty-odd years, Amadou & Mariam have managed to joyfully combine their love story with a musical career while becoming, discreetly but surely, the most famous ambassadors for Malian music, and African music, all around the world – a golden status that they carry with brio and playfully challenge with each new album.
They have collaborated with many different people and worked with producers that seem far removed from their universe, such as Damon Albarn of Blur or Manu Chao. They have invited the best artists who are building tomorrow’s pop music to play on their naïve and lively songs (Santigold, TV On The Radio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and have had their tracks remixed by Yuksek, Vitalic, Henrik Schwarz, Miike Snow and Ashley Beedle, leading the songs to the dance floor and underlining their intrinsically danceable quality. They have played the world’s biggest festivals, from Coachella to Glastonbury, and opened for huge bands such as Coldplay and the Scissor Sisters.
By enriching their Afro-pop with new pigments, by introducing to the world the richness and subtleties of African music, the duo has brought African music to the charts and to the dance floor. They have inspired many artists to mix Afro and electro sounds, such as MHD, DJ Mujava, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Four Tet or Jamie xx. This is proof that, if in the 80s certain crazy minds had fantasies of a Sono Mondiale, Amadou & Mariam are the ones who have made it a reality.
