Songs of hope, a captivating rhythm, the Christmas atmosphere. The unbridled power of CHRISTMAS SOUL comes back with 4 gospel concerts, from December 28th to January 1st.
Artists from Italy, France and the USA will make Christmas holidays in Ravenna more magical, thanks to the exploration of the most spiritual and intense sphere of black music. Rhythms and armonies similar to the ones of soul, blues, R&B and funk music.
Concerts that are able to make everyone feel engaged, that seize and communicate the sense and the intimate spirit of Nativity.
Christmas Soul is an event organised by the Municipality of Ravenna, Spiagge Soul and Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni.
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 28th December
GOODWIND & THE SPIRITUAL GANG
Piazza del Popolo
Time: 6pm
A deep musical journey through Spiritual, Gospel and Christmas songs. An explosive quintet that captures the audience thanks to its intense blend of voices.
Thursday 29th December
GOSPEL SOUL CELEBRATION
Piazza del Popolo
Time: 6pm
A journey to the heart of gospel along the banks of the Mississippi river, through the Caribbean and Africa. This gospel quintet with four singers and a pianist is a mix of experience and youth, tradition and modernity, served in a dazzling vocal cocktail.
Saturday 31st December
BRENT JONES & T.P. MOBB
Piazza del Popolo
Time: 11 pm
Producer, musician and choir master boosting various nominations to the Grammy and Stellar Awards, extremely talented singer and author. With his urban group, Brent Jones & T.P. Moob has laid the foundations for Kirk Franklin and contemporary gospel music.
Sunday 1st January 2023
NATE MARTIN & SIGN
Teatro Alighieri – Via Angelo Mariani, 2
Time: 11.30 am
Strong tones, reinvigorated sounds, gospel soul rhythms made in the USA are the main elements of the personality of Nate Martin & S.I.G.N. (Singing in God’s Name), who made Chicago love them for their young age, energy and passion for God.
For the first time in Europe, this formation presents itself with a mix of religious music, between traditional spiritual black songs and modern sounds.
Tickets: free entrance.
The tickets for the concert are available from 16th December:
- at the ticket office of the Dante Alighieri Theatre (until 23rd December)
- at the tourist information office in Piazza San Francesco (until 31st December)
- online on www.teatroalighieri.org (until 31st December)
The concert will also feature a solidarity initiative encouraged by the Municipality of Ravenna called “Tutti i bambini e le bambine vanno a scuola” (lit. all children go to school). The campaign enables families in need to send their children to school with a complete and adequate school kit.
