Fail Better presents: BUFFO’S WAKE BIG BAND / shunTA! / MAZAIKA and more
Sun 03 May
|Klub Kaput, Caravanserai
We are delighted to host a show/a party/a spring get-together at the eccentric and eclectic Caravanserai on May the 3rd.
Time & Location
03 May 2026, 19:00 – 22:30
Klub Kaput, Caravanserai, Valley Gardens North, St Peter's Church, York Pl, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4GU, UK
About the event
We are delighted to host a show/a party/a spring get-together at the eccentric and eclectic Caravanserai on May the 3rd.
We truly missed them and would love to celebrate the reunion listening and dancing to an array of euphoric music from all over the world. See you on the dance floor!
BUFFO’S WAKE BIG BAND
Buffo’s Wake is a 20 legged monstrosity, hatched in the murky backwater of Brighton, UK. Armed with an extravagant brass section, accordions, clarinets, violins and buckets full of bravado they waltz, tango, mosh and pogo their way through a vast array of influences from Eastern European folk tunes, Balkan brass bands and Slavic murder ballads, to punk rock and dark cabaret; telling tales of debauchery, disturbed nightmares and even more disturbing realities, with an unexpected nous for untold stories and unusually considered lyrics – when you can understand them, anyway.
A collective of musical misfits, drawn from a range of diverse backgrounds; Drum ‘n’ Bass DJs confront classical strings, DIY punks debate jazz obsessives, and introverted poets showdown with obnoxious showmen. Its a gloriously inconsistent mix of influences and personalities that will defy your expectations – unpredictable, chaotic and utterly engrossing.
In their time together they have toured all over the world, from American dive-bars to Scandanivian squats, sun kissed Mediterranean beaches to snow-capped Alpine slopes – always leaving behind an inspired, confused, sweaty, and often inebriated audience in their wake.
Chaotic-Klezmer-Carnival-Punk – with influences from Abba to Zappa, Buffo’s Wake will leave you dancing like a soul possessed!
shunTA!
shunTA! are one of London's most exciting party bands, with their relentlessly upbeat musical tour of the Balkans. Their slick, high tempo, thumping take on Romani and Eastern European folk tunes, anthems and singalongs creates a maelstrom of jumping, sweaty, whirling bodies on the dancefloor everywhere they go.
shunTA’s non stop Balkan bacchanalia unites people, whether young or old, from all the nations under the sun. Audiences are transported to new and higher places, remembered or imagined, from the backstreet kafanas of old Yugoslavia to the wildest free party in a field under the stars.
shunTA! means “Listen up!” in Romani. The 9 piece mini orchestra includes a horn section (trumpet, clarinet, sax, sousaphone), string section (mandolin, tambura, violin), piano, drums, darbuka, and big, big vocals - bring your singing voice and your dancing shoes!
https://shuntabalkanband.bandcamp.com/
MAZAIKA
MAZAIKA is he incredible Igor Outkine on Vocals, Accordion and his genre defying, mind blowing Midi Accordion, and versatile and virtuosic violinist Sarah Harrison, who also brings her vocal talents to the proceedings and plays a mean Russian Domra!
Known for their dazzling virtuosity, intoxicating passion and spontaneous theatricality and humour Mazaika have spent two decades enchanting audiences from the Cadogan Hall to the Crazy Coqs, Glastonbury to The Green Note and far beyond. The duo ignite the stage with Gypsy fire and Tango passion, operatic melodrama and classical virtuosity plus some hot club and hillbilly mayhem! Guaranteed to transport you from the fairytale Russian Steppe to the flickering Romany campfire, from the elegance of the Concert Hall to the glitter of The Moulin Rouge.
The duo have also brought joy, romance and touch of the unexpected to hundreds of weddings, parties and special occasions. Wherever the celebration no venue is too eccentric, no destination too remote.
Expect a unique, humorous and uplifting take on Russian Folk and Gypsy, Classical, Opera, Tango, Gypsy Jazz, Latin, Italian, French Chanson, Balkan Beat, Klezmer and evocative original material inspired by all of the above.
“the musicians tear with beautiful fury into Vivaldi’s Four Seasons” **** The Times
" for all their larking around when the music demands gravitas and expression, it's there in spades" **** The Herald
"Wistful accordion ... the worlds first head banging accordionist" The Guardian
“You are the best entertainer I’ve ever seen, and I saw Elvis!!!” Audience member at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, drunk of
course!….
''Sensational violinist and accordionist '' '**** The Stage
"Hugely entertaining... the duo frequently brought the house down" **** The Scotsman
£15 - £20
