Steam Down, Theon Cross, Ife Ogunjobi, Camilla George and more will headline Brassworks, a street carnival and festival of horns!

The festival culminates in this finale concert in the Fireworks Factory, at Woolwich Works.

With its rich brass heritage from the Royal Court in Greenwich, the Artillery Bands from the Woolwich Arsenal, Trinity College of Music up to the more recent home of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra and home to the buzzing South London Jazz scene that has seen the likes of Nubya Garcia, Ezra Collective, Theon Cross and Moses Boyd explode from, Woolwich now has, rightly a Brass festival, championing a mix of music featuring horns.

As well as the finale concert, there will be a Street Brass Carnival through the heart of Woolwich marching through town and onto the Woolwich Works Courtyard for a family brass day, in a celebration of the areas strong brass & jazz roots.

Steam Down

Steam Down is an artist collective, weekly event and music community based in Deptford, South-East London.

Founded by multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Ahnansé in 2017, the initial event was created to connect London based musicians and producers. Since then it has evolved into a weekly event where Steam Down artists and its extended musical family generate spontaneous sonic soundscapes reflecting their lives in the city.

Steam Down has quickly become a household name in London’s music scene, receiving two Jazz FM awards including The Innovation Award sponsored by Mishcon de Reya and Live Experience of the Year Award sponsored by Yamaha UK featuring Kamasi Washington. In addition, Sky News produced a full feature on Steam Down and its fundamental role within London’s flourishing Jazz scene.

Since its entrance into the scene, Steam Down have sold out Jazz Café, as well as their own headline EU and UK Tour. ’ Steam Down sold out Deptford’s historical venue The Albany twice within a two-month period, as well was London’s Village Underground. In addition to this, Steam Down has performed at a number of festivals including Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, SXSW and Glastonbury’s Park Stage.

Theon Cross

Theon Cross is one of those rare musicians whose vision has redefined their instrument. His unique approach to the tuba has expanded the instrument’s sonic possibilities in revolutionary fashion, restoring it to a long-forgotten prominence as a crucial part of the contemporary jazz ensemble.
Through his combination of technical mastery, studio smarts, deep musical knowledge and expansive vision, the power and originality of Theon’s playing has reinvented the tuba’s place in modern music.

Ife Ogunjobi

Ife Ogunjobi is a London raised musician born to Nigerian parents whose music is an amalgamation of the sounds around his upbringing. Growing up in South East London, his surroundings have enriched his music with various genres such as Jazz, Afrobeat and Hip-hop. Influenced by the likes of Fela Kuti, Erykah Badu and Roy Hargrove, his musical concept removes the barriers between the different genres of music and portrays his authentic sound.

Camilla George

Camilla George is a visionary saxophonist, composer, bandleader and innovator. Her strong cultural roots and love of fusing African and Western Music has informed her own unique style, a key reason why she is a firm fixture on the new London Jazz scene, alongside peers such as Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings.

Her music is a hypnotising blend of Afrofuturism, hip hop and jazz, with a politically minded subtext that has a powerful connection to her Nigerian identity, lineage and heritage, reflecting African history, culture and slavery.