FUNDRAISER FOR MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS/EDWARD SAID NATIONAL CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC

A superb jam session-cum-performance by an eclectic line-up of Bristol musicians united by a shared humanity; raising funds to provide immediate medical aid in Palestine and give hope to bereaved and traumatised children.

Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP) has launched an unprecedented emergency response amid growing critical health needs in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, resulting from the current escalation of violence and Israel's ongoing bombardment and complete siege on Gaza. The conservatory team in Gaza of the Edward Said National Conservatoire Of Music (ESNCM) has commenced a programme of activities with Palestinian children, despite the deteriorating conditions, in order to create spaces of hope within the refugee camps.

In light of this desperate humanitarian crisis, Cotham Club, in collaboration with the Palestine Museum And Cultural Centre Bristol, hosts a very special live music event to raise funds for MAP and ESNCM.

Cotham Club Jam aims to replicate the thrills, informality and vibe of a fiery after-hours jam session-cum-performance. Some of Cotham Club's best loved performers, alongside special guests and new generation artists, put their music where their values are, with a dynamic and stylistically diverse night of world-class jazz, great global sounds, and radical genre fusions. Music with the gloves off, immediate and unpredictable.

Vital music for vital medicine (of the body, of the soul).

Performers confirmed to date include: Alphonse Daudet Touna (Hélélé), Bunja Conteh, Liz Conteh, Chandra Moon, Terry Payne and Lucy Marley (AfroWelsh Connection), Ben Badoo (Baraka), Colin Smith (The Regz), Jonathan Segar and Chris Langton (Tagna Groove), Michael Loader (Wild Words), Ali Elmubarak (Nabra), Pete Warner (The Globo Collective), Fabio Ferri (Fabio Ferri Quintet), and Marianna Moralis, Simon Leach and David Mowat (Chai For All). More artists to be announced.