Opening Party - Rooms Through Time: 1878-2049

Nam Sound

7.40pm in the Atrium

Nam Sound is a Vietnamese funk-fusion band comprised of inter-generational Vietnamese family members (Sophia, Christopher and Phi Luu) and friends (Buu and Phuong). The group is a revival of the original band from when the Luu family first came to the UK in 1980s, but with the additional of younger family members. This is their debut performance. 

For the Museum of the Home they will be sharing a brief history of Vietnamese music through 5 songs, encompassing folk Dân ca, 70s revival and Viet Pop. Expect a mixture of enchanting, chill and danceable tracks.

Auntie Maureen 

8.30pm in the Atrium

Theatrical electronic DJ and queer music curator, Auntie Maureen likes to dig deep, for multi-genre music and for rendering audible the sonic stories of the invisible, the forgotten and the erased.

Queering up DJ sets, they/she has swayed dancefloors at proud events such as Kew Garden’s Queer Nature exhibition and their Pride ’24 Silent Disco, Tate Britain’s Queer Britannia, The Wallace’s Look OUT LGBQIA+ history celebration plus at festival dates for Wilderness, Bestival, Homotopia's Homovision and today Risen.  Auntie Maureen is currently the resident music curator and co-performer for the Big Bingo Show which has made a rowdy appearance at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, The Divine plus Hebden Bridge’s Happy Valley Pride. 

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