An Into Opera Primary Arts Network Social

Tickets for teachers have been generously subsidised by the Norwich Freemen’s Charity

20:30 Registration and Networking at the Spiegeltent Bar

21:30 Balimaya Project (Venue: all tickets standing - doors likely to open from 21:00)

Join teachers from across Norfolk along with Genevieve and Steph from Into Opera, for an energising evening at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival to experience the electrifying Balimaya Project. Led by composer, arranger and master djembe player Yahael Camara Onono, their music fuses the ancestral rhythms of the Mandé peoples of West Africa with the creative pulse of London’s jazz, soul and hip‑hop scenes.

This is more than a night out (though it will be a brilliant one): it’s a chance for primary teachers to unwind, connect, and experience the kind of culturally rich, percussion‑driven music that can spark fresh ideas for the classroom. From the power of the djembe to…