Staff Benda Bilili

Staff Benda Bilili @ Union Chapel, London

When I first met Staff Benda Bilili in the Congolese capital five years ago they were playing in run-down bars and rehearsing in the zoo while their leader Ricky Likabu survived by selling cigarettes outside the market from his wheelchair.

Brussels is a great place for gigs and the festival includes 11 days of music over 5 venues with many top names.

Not absolutely full, but enough to pretty much fill up the downstairs and the bottom part of the upstairs rows.

Staff Benda Bilili @ Union Chapel, London

Who: Staff Benda Bilili Where and when: West Holts, 4.45pm Sunday. Dress code: Black suits, shades and an impressive array of berets, trilbys and flat caps. What happened: This Congolese band of buskers consists of disabled musicians and street children, who were discovered in 2005 living in poverty in

But as tonight's show proves Staff Benda Bilili would be a remarkable band regardless of their background.