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Festival Détours de Babel • Bia Ferreira + Arat Kilo w/ Mamani Keita & Mike Ladd

13.03.26 / 8pm

Big Hall · Live - World

€16 - €19 - €21

Ticketing

This concert marks the opening of the Festival des Détours de Babel !

Bia Ferreira

Guitarist, singer, and LGBTQIA+ activist, Bia Ferreira is enjoying a meteoric rise to fame. Blending Afrobeat, blues, samba, and Bahian pagodão, she has raised awareness to such an extent that her song Cota Não é Esmola, about quotas for black people entering university, has been viewed 13 million times on YouTube and has become required reading for admission to the University of Brasília! With her funky, Afro-diasporic beats, dance goes hand in hand with consciousness.

Bia Ferreira is one of the most influential Brazilian artists abroad today. A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, she transforms her performances into powerful encounters between art, politics, and affection. Her music is deeply rooted in social justice, addressing themes such as necropolitics, racism, LGBTQPIA+ rights, and affection as a technology of survival—creating spaces for reflection, resistance, and care. Between 2023 and 2024, Bia gave over 100 shows in 16 countries across the Americas, Europe, and Africa, making her one of the most active independent Brazilian artists on the international scene during that period. Her concerts are known for their intensity, audience engagement, and emotional impact, leaving lasting impressions wherever she goes. Bia sees art as her way of connecting with the world. She has released two albums : Igreja Lesbiteriana, Um Øn (2019) and Faminta (2023)

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Arat Kilo w/ Mamani Keita & Mike Ladd

Grooving machine, Arat Kilo's ethiojazz band, composed of Fabien Girard (electric guitar), Michaël Havard (saxophones), Aristide Goncalves (keyboard, trumpet), Gérald Bonnegrace (percussion), Samuel Hirsch (electric bass), and Florent Berteau (drums), is the meeting of Parisian musicians with the fascinating richness of Ethiopian music.

Without ever leaving 1970s Addis Ababa, the combo continues its musical journey without borders. In “Visions of Selam,” the latest opus from the Parisian gang, Malian diva Mamani Keita combines her dazzling vocals with the sharp spoken word of American Mike Ladd, carried by the breathtaking swing of Arat Kilo.

©Pierrick Guidou

Where ?

Big Hall · Live

La Belle Électrique
12 Esplanade Andry-Farcy
38000 Grenoble

Directions

Useful info

Opening hours : Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 1am, and Saturday from 4pm, but also from 6pm if a concert is scheduled.

Doors open : 1 hour before the start of the concert.

Dressing room : €2

Get there

Tramway : Line A stop Berriat - Le Magasin
Bus : Line C5 Université Biologie / Palais de Justice stop "Berriat - Le Magasin".
Train : From Grenoble train station, take tramway A towards "Fontaine La Poya", stop at "Berriat- Le Magasin".
Bicycles : 300 parking spaces available.
Car : Vallier-Catane parking lot, Square des Fusillés or near Rue Ampère.

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Big Hall · Live

Festival Détours de Babel • Bia Ferreira + Arat Kilo w/ Mamani Keita & Mike Ladd

Bia Ferreira

Arat Kilo w/ Mamani Keita & Mike Ladd

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