On Saturday 11 October, the garden of Fox & Firkin in Lewisham becomes a rallying ground for sound and solidarity. Running from 2PM into the evening, the event follows the National Demonstration for Palestine in central London, carrying the momentum of the march into a programme of music, testimony and collective movement.

Headlining are 47SOUL, the Jordanian-Palestinian collective who first defined shamstep: a sound that hardwires dabke’s communal stomp and piercing mijwez pipes into electronic basslines, guitar riffs and hip hop flows. Formed in Amman in 2013, by Z the People, El Far3i, Walaa Sbeit and El Jehaz, the band is rooted across Bilad al-Sham, from the Galilee to Ramallah. Their lyrics, moving between Arabic and English, speak of liberation, exile and unity, while their live sets erupt into mass dance, collapsing the line between party and protest.

This year marks ten years since the release of their breakthrough Shamstep EP, the record that first carried shamstep onto international stages. Over the past decade they have toured extensively across Europe, North America and the Middle East, with appearances at major festivals including Glastonbury, Roskilde and WOMAD, alongside headline shows on both sides of the Atlantic. Their three albums — Shamstep, Balfron Promise and Semitics — have established them as one of the most distinctive Middle Eastern voices in contemporary music. Live, they are known for igniting crowds into mass dance and closing in trance-like intensity, voicing uncompromising calls for freedom and justice.

The build-up sets the tone with equal force. Disco Monde, the queer and femme-led duo, open the afternoon with selections spanning global South dance traditions, threading diasporic club sounds into a London setting. Seksu (founder of Bledi) follows, reshaping SWANA anthems with drum and bass drops, gqom percussion and baile funk intensity.

Just before the main set, Gaza-born journalist and human rights advocate Yara Eid will speak, a voice known internationally for uncompromising frontline testimony.

It’s London in solidarity: a full afternoon and evening in the Fox & Firkin garden where music and words become resistance.

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