Experience the music of Aretha Franklin and James Brown’s Funky Divas played live by one of the most exciting funk and soul bands in the UK. This soul power sensation pairs Lisa Grand on vocals with Hammond and horns from the Jezebel Sextet.
You’ll hear Aretha hits such as Respect, I Say A Little Prayer, Think and Natural Woman, alongside funk classics from James Brown’s favourite female singers Lyn Collins, Marva Whitney, Vicki Anderson and Sugar Pie DeSanto – all performed by an incredible 8 piece band. Plus new music and highlights from the band’s debut album Lift It Up.
ABOUT LISA GRAND
Lisa Grand is a London singer-songwriter and musician who’s written hundreds of original songs including ‘Sauce’ featuring New York rapper Cokah (Wonda Music). She’s sung live on BBC Radio London for Carrie and David Grant and toured the UK and Canada. She wrote and produced her debut EP Paper Airplanes in 2019 and has performed at the Jazz Cafe, 606 Club, Surround Sounds Festival, Caffe Concerto and Soul Stripped Sessions in London, Comedia (Brighton), and Lula Lounge (Toronto.)
ABOUT THE JEZEBEL SEXTET
With over 20 years experience on the live circuit, The Jezebel Sextet has worked with singers such as Mudibu (JP Bimeni and The Blackbelts), Sir Joe Quarterman (Free Soul), Rev Chunky (The New Mastersounds), Liz Swain (Heritage Orchestra), Paris Ruel, Sulene Fleming (Brand New Heavies) and Randa Khamis (Freestyle Records). They’ve played all over Europe and been featured on BBC 6 music and LBC radio. They appear on Freestyle Records’ Fresh Out The Box compilation and released their debut album Lift It Up in 2012 produced by Leigh Gracie (Speedometer).
- “The Jezebel Sextet shine with their majestic horn section”— Emrys Baird, Blues & Soul
- “Cool, slinky, and tight in all the right places” — Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, BBC 6Music
- “Pure unadulterated, funky soulful music born out of sheer love” — Rev Chunky
Book a table for pre-concert dining
Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.
Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.
Then return to the event page to book your table, by selecting the date of your event, number of diners and time you require table. The times shown are the only vacancies left. Please complete your email and phone number as this is required to ensure your table is allocated. You will receive confirmation of your booking by email and text.
If on the date you have chosen no tables are available - no times will be shown and the booking system will revert you back to todays date - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK THE CORRECT DATE!
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.
Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue.
- All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
- Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
- Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
- If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN 7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.