Since Cymande’s reformation several years ago, they have been quite active touring. Recently they’ve played at We Out Here and All Points East to audiences packed with teens and 20-somethings. “And singing along with the songs!” marvels Steve, “They’re familiar with the material.”
CYMANDE
Supafly opening concert
Friday 10 October 2025
Cymande is the most important British R&B/Soul group of their generation, a band that so many people have heard of but have yet to hear of. Endlessly sampled, the band was one of the first to mix African rhythms with rock, funk, reggae and soul.
The early 1970s in South London brought together a group of black musicians who had emigrated to the UK as children from the Caribbean. Led by Patrick Patterson (guitar, vocals) and Steve Scipio (bass, vocals), they formed Cymande, a band so unique and ahead of its time that, despite their success in the US in the 1970s, it is only in recent years that the general public has begun to really take notice of them.
Supafly opening concert
- Cymande’s show is the opening concert of the Supafly Festival on Saturday 11 October.
- If you buy a combo ticket, you can go to both Cymande’s concert on Friday and the Supafly Festival on Saturday.
- Combitickets will go on sale from February 7 at 10:00am.
- Please note that with only a Cymande ticket, you will not have access to the Supafly Festival on Saturday.
- Last year, we had IAMDDB, Reuben James, Bongeziwe Mabandla, Jair Faria, Bnnyhunna, BINA. and Blue Lab Beats at Supafly.
