DIASPORA - The Refugee Sessions with The Romany Diamonds Ensemble
The Minories (Girling Room), Colchester, CO1 1UE
Sunday 21st June 2026
DIASPORA: The Refugee Music Sessions
Colchester Unite Against Racism has teamed up with The Minories and The Headgate Theatre to bring you a short series of great and free music gigs by top- notch refugee musicians to celebrate Refugee Week 2026.
The Romany Diamonds Ensemble is a father, son and daughter trio of refugee Roma musicians who will amaze you with back-to-front violin playing and soul-searching ballads followed by musical Gypsy mayhem.
Their music is an energetic whirlwind of violins played at breakneck speed, hurried along by the rhythm section of accordion, keyboards, double bass and guitar. Some great female vocals.
Whilst their music is traditionally Roma in sound, flecks of other genres appear, such as folk music from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, and Jewish music.
Colchester Unite Against Racism has teamed up with The Minories and The Headgate Theatre to bring you a short series of great and free music gigs by top- notch refugee musicians to celebrate Refugee Week 2026.
The Romany Diamonds Ensemble is a father, son and daughter trio of refugee Roma musicians who will amaze you with back-to-front violin playing and soul-searching ballads followed by musical Gypsy mayhem.
Their music is an energetic whirlwind of violins played at breakneck speed, hurried along by the rhythm section of accordion, keyboards, double bass and guitar. Some great female vocals.
Whilst their music is traditionally Roma in sound, flecks of other genres appear, such as folk music from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, and Jewish music.
