Hue Festival attracts artists from 30 countries

This years biennial Hue Festival, held in the former imperial city of Hue , will feature 40 different groups of performers from nearly 30 countries from all five continents and run from April 7-15.
This years biennial Hue Festival, held in the former imperial city ofHue , will feature 40 different groups of performers from nearly 30countries from all five continents and run from April 7-15.

From France , the street performing act Carabosse will bring a uniquefire lighting act to the festival. While the Combo Box and Ego willalso play their brand of jazz along various streets.

TheNantes based trio Smooth, is a jazz-funk / electronic outfit, whofirst got together in 2005. Their music is a mix of influences fromdifferent times and places that could easily have been played in a 1960sunderground venue in London or a Berlin café in the 70s.

Many have put together special acts to perform at the festival,including “ Russia , My Love” by the Raduga dance troupe fromKhabarovsk in Russia .

Added to this, Deep Roots, a Cubanfolk group, will bring a colourful and exciting dancing and singingperformance to the festival.

The band Cuartoelemento fromArgentina , singer Manou Gallo and composer Max Vandervorst fromBelgium are also set to entertain the public with their uniqueperformances.

All the acts will give their first performancefor patients in hospitals in Hue and for workers and soldiersthroughout the city.-VNA

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