Multi-cultural music festival features free performances by Cortadito, Venezonix with San Juan USA, Jean P. Jam, Manny Swagg, and Stella Fusion
Islamorada, FL – April 12, 2024 – The award-winning Afro Roots Fest winds its way down U.S. 1 and concludes with a weekend of spectacular concert events at the Florida Key Brewing Company (81611 Old Hwy, Islamorada, FL 33036) Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28, 2024. The performances will represent the best in Afro-Caribbean vibes and offer up music from Cuban, Venezuelan, Haitian, and Colombian artists. All performances are free and open to all-ages, and will be held in the brewery beer garden.
The weekend concludes six-week run of live music by world-class artists, drum and dance workshops, and short film screenings that included stops in Miami, Miami Beach, Gainesville, and Jupiter. On Friday evening, April 26, Jean P. Jam will offer up a special blend of world beat music called “Deep Roots” that combines African, Soca, Caribbean, and reggae influences into one groovy amalgamation. He takes the stage at 6 p.m.
Next up Saturday, April 27 is Cortadito (Cuba), who are Miami’s answer to the Buena Vista Social Club. They will perform Cuban folk standards and original music from their upcoming full-length release titled Guajiro Triangle. Supporting them are Venezonix, an Afro-Venezuelan electronica act featuring keyboardist Andres Ponce (co-founder of Nacional recording artists Elastic Bond), plus San Juan USA,a dance group also hailing from Venezuela. Showtime is 6 p.m.
Finally, the dynamic singer / songwriter Manny Swagg‘s unique melding of Latin jazz, Afro-Latin beat, Caribbean folk, and traditional Cuban music takes center stage Sunday, April 28 beginning at 2 p.m. His group will be supported by Stella Fusion‘s smooth Cumbia Salsa funk representing Colombia. Both are making their Afro Roots Fest debuts and will surely bring the beer garden down.
Originating in 1999 at the now defunct TobaccoRoad bar in Miami, Afro Roots Fest has been named one of the “10 Best Music Festivals in Miami” by the Miami New Times and crowned the “Best Music Festival” in the 2019 “Best of Miami” issue. Past performers include Eliades Ochoa, Oumou Sangare, SunRaArkestra, FatoumataDiawara, FuluMiziki, SalifKeita, VieuxFarkaToure, and ToubabKrewe, among many others. Since 2018, the event has become a nomadic affair that now includes separate events in markets such as Gainesville, Miami, Miami Beach, and Jupiter.
Anchoring the Morada Way Arts & Cultural District, FBKC is the Upper Keys first microbrewery. They always have a great selection of favorite beers, as well as a rotating list of seasonal and barrel aged beers, on draft. There is plenty for everyone to enjoy here. Take a tour of the brewery, enjoy a flight of beers, check out the local artwork, play games, or just relax and listen to some music. Located at Mile Marker 88, the Tasting Room is open daily 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Presented by the Miami-based nonprofit Community Arts and Culture, Afro Roots Fest is dedicated to increasing understanding through the cultivation, preservation and presentation of diverse cultural music and arts offerings. Event support provided by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, the Morada Way Arts & Cultural District, Keys ICE, and FKBC.
Miami, FL – April 9, 2024 – South Florida-based cover band the Latchkey Kids will commence a monthly 80s night at Woody’s Backyard Grill (600 Payne Drive, Miami Springs, FL 33166) on Friday, April 19, 2024, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The popular venue had been temporarily shut down for reorganization and will reopen on Thursday, April 18.
Woody’s is a place to gather with family and friends while enjoying great food and drinks, live music, and sports. The menu offers familiar food with a unique taste, and the establishment offers a full liquor services, including cocktails, imported, domestic, and local beers. Table reservations are available by calling (786) 334-5619 and highly recommended.
Latchkey Kids are a tribute band who focus on songs popular during the 1980s. They debuted at Woody’s in December of 2023 and will become the first live music act in a now expanded live music program.The band is Erik Fabregat (guitar / vocals), Alex Ibanez (drums), Gus Mayorga (guitar / vocals), and Michael Mut (bass / vocals). They perform regularly around the South Florida area. Get more details at latchkeykidsmusic.net.
Multi-cultural event features free performances by Cortadito, Johnny Dread, Venezonix with San Juan USA, and DJ Ephniko
Jupiter, FL, March 28, 2024 – Afro Roots Fest travels to North Palm Beach County for an afternoon and evening of music representing Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela at the enchanting Guanabanas Island Restaurant & Bar (960 N Hwy A1A, Jupiter, FL 33477) on Saturday, April 13, 2024, beginning at 4 p.m. No cover, all ages welcome before 9 p.m., 21 and over after. The nomadic event, named “Best Music Festival” in 2019 by the Miami New Times, is now in year 26, with 2024 being the 7th season of programming set to take place at the popular Jupiter waterfront live music venue.
Cortadito is an award-winning Cuban folk band whose specialty is traditional sounds in the vein of the Buena Vista Social Club. Co-founded in 2012 by treseroJose Elias and guitarist Julio Cesar Rodriguez Delet, the group is now a national touring act and is in the process of finalizing the production of their first full-length release, to be titled Guajiro Triangle, and follows the release of the 2018 EP Canciones de Julio. They have previously backed BVSC star Eliades Ochoa live in concert. Learn more about the band at CortaditoSon.com.
Singer / songwriter Johnny Dread‘s Rastafarian vibes have been rockin’ the globe and bringing the message of Jah to the masses since the release of his debut recording Scarecrow in 1995. Born Juan Carlos Guardiola and originally a drummer, Dread has issued three other full lengths, including his most recent, 2014’s Full Circle, featuring the single and video “Butterfly”. Johnny has toured the world extensively and shared the stage with Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Israel Vibration, among others. More: JohnnyDreadMusic.com.
Andres Ponce is the creative force behind Venezonix, and he’s also the co-founder of Nacional recording artists Elastic Bond. Here he’s teaming up with the amazing percussionists and dancers from the Venezuelan-American cultural organization San Juan USA to bring a vibrant musical show. Venezonix melds the magical fusion of Afro-Venezuelan rhythms with electronic music and technology. Learn more at facebook.com/Venezonix.
In addition to DJing, Ephniko is also an MC who fronts the six-man audio/visual collective NagChampayons, a group that began as an improvisational collective that drew from African, Caribbean, hip-hop, rock and jazz influences. He also leads the PataconConspiracy, which fuses hip-hop and raw lyricism with Pan-African and Latin American rhythms to create a worldbeat sound.
Event support provided by the Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture, and Guanabanas. High resolution photos and artist interviews available upon request. Presented by Roots Music, Inc. and Community Arts and Culture.
March 19, 2024 – The award-winning, nomadic music extravaganza Afro Roots Fest is hosting two world-music shows next week. First, the pioneering Afro-Peruvian sound system Novalima are celebrating their 20th anniversary and latest release La Danza with an exclusive performance at the Miami live music hotspot ZeyZey (353 NE 61st St, Miami, FL 33137) on Friday, March 29, 2024, beginning at 8 p.m. Special guest: DJ Le Spam. All ages are welcome, and tickets are now available online at bit.ly/ARFM2024Novalima.
Next up, one of West Africa’s most beloved chanteuses Oumou Sangare is coming to the Miami Beach Bandshell (7275 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33141) for an exclusive concert on Saturday, March 30, 2024, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are now on sale for the show featuring selections from her 2023 release Timbuktu at bit.ly/ARFMB2024Sangare; reserved seating is available for this all ages show. Opening act: Seafoam Walls.
Now in year 26, Afro Roots Fest is hosting additional events in Gainesville, Jupiter, and Islamorada. Event support provided by the Florida Division of Arts and Culture, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of Miami Beach, and Spirit Airlines. For information available at AfroRootsFest.com.
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Who: Community Arts and Culture presents Afro Roots Fest
The pioneering Afro-Peruvian sound system are celebrating their 20th anniversary and latest release La Danza and an exclusive performance at the Miami live music hotspot
Miami Beach – February 13, 2024 – Latin Grammy nominees and worldwide ambassadors of the nuevo Afro-Peruvian sound Novalima are set to perform at ZeyZey (353 NE 61st St, Miami, FL 33137) as part of Afro Roots Fest on Friday, March 29, 2024, beginning at 8 p.m. All ages are welcome and tickets are now available online at bit.ly/ARFM2024Novalima.This programming is part of the 26th season of the award-winning Afro Roots Fest, with additional concerts scheduled in March and April for Miami Beach, Gainesville, Jupiter, and Islamorada, and is powered by airline partner Spirit Airlines.
Novalima spent part of the 2020 lockdown in the studio experimenting with new sounds from their homeland and the world. Their latest release La Danzacombines not only from their Afro-Peruvian heritage but also from the diverse African diaspora around the world. This diversity has exploded in recent years birthing new urban languages. On this new album, released in May 2023, Novalima went one step further by exploring the new generation of artists around the world who reinterpret their African heritage.
While their sound is futuristic and cutting-edge, the roots of Novalima’s music reach back hundreds of years. In a far-too familiar tale, African slaves were brought to Peru as early as the 1500s until the middle of the 19th Century, establishing an outpost of the African-Diaspora on the Pacific coast of South America. Over the years, the soul and rhythms of Africa melded with the melodies and instruments of Europe and the Andes. The result is rich musical repertoire that existed for generations on the periphery of Peruvian popular culture.
For the 20th anniversary tour, Novalima has prepared a highly energetic live show that takes the audience on a journey through all their previous albums from 2006’s Afro to 2018’s Ch’usay. The tunes have been rearranged from the original studio versions, capturing the audience’s attention from beginning to end. The gradual increase in intensity acts like a wave, lifting up the crowd on a hypnotic journey thru time and history, resulting in a crescendo of non-stop dancing. Novalima sounds and feels greater than ever before.
ZeyZey is a music venue and cultural hub featuring craft cocktails, natural wines and rotating food from local chefs. A vibrant and immersive world of sound and color, both intimate and expansive, the venue’s beverage program is crafted by EstherMerino, a globally recognized beverage consultant and recipe developer, along with the GrassfedCulture team, presents a unique spin on traditional cocktails. Their food vendors AtomicaRoots and ManáTable, are entrepreneurs and passionate individuals who continue to push for their dreams to become a reality.
Additional support provided by the Florida Division of Arts and Culture and the Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, visitAfroRootsFest.com or contact ZeyZey at 305-456-2671.
The two-day event features Orisa, rumba, and Abakua concerts, short films, and master workshops with Lazaro Galarraga, Roman Diaz, Sandy Perez, Barbarito Ramos, Angel Guerrero, and Chief Ivor Miller
Gainesville, FL – March 12, 2024 –Afro Roots Fest returns to North Florida on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6, 2024 for a two-day convening, which includes concerts, dance and drum workshops, short music documentaries, and a dance party. Tickets are available at bit.ly/ARF2024Gainesville. This year’s gathering will focus on the lineage and migration of the religious tradition known as Abakua from Calabar, Nigeria to Cuba, which gave rise to the rumba, one of Cuba’s principal musical traditions.
The first day will feature events at the University of Florida School of School of Music (130 Music Building) and the Greater Gainesville International Center (1314 S. Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601), followed by a dance party at Depot Village (404 SE 2nd St, Gainesville, FL 32601). Activities will include Afro-Latin movie shorts about Cuba and Brazil followed by a lecture and discussion, a master African dance and drum, Afro-Cuban percussion with a focus on clave, sekere, bells, congas, and bata, and a master Orisa and rumba dance workshop.
The next evening, the Odara Afro Cuban Allstars will perform two concerts at the Hippodrome Theatre (25 SE 2nd Pl, Gainesville, FL 32601). The first show at 7 p.m. presents Orisa and rumba, and the second show at 9 p.m. will focus on the Abakua traditions. Featured artists include a group of Afro-Cuban masters and scholars: Lazaro Galarraga, Roman Diaz, Sandy Perez,Barbarito Ramos, Angel Guerrero, and Chief Ivor Miller. The event will also include a film screening of the documentary “Roman Diaz – Como el Agua” by Onel Mulet, which offers an intimate look at the renowned Cuban master drummer and jazz musician.
A teacher, performing artist, actor, writer, choreographer, and mentor, Galarraga has dedicated his life to his love of Afro-Cuban music, culture, and folklore. Master percussionist, scholar, and composer Diaz is regarded as a “living repository” of Afro-Cuban music. After a 12-year stint with the group with Afrocuba de Matanzas, Perez is now one of the best-known and most talented percussionists from the Matanzas province.
A member of Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Ramos is a colorful master Orisa and rumba dancer. Guerrero is an important Abakua chanter from Pogolotti, Havana. Miller is a scholar focused on Cuban cultural history with a focus on Lukumi-Yoruba initiation systems of Ocha and Ifa (Santería) in Cuban society. Together they will deliver an unforgettable night of music, history, and tradition at the Hippodrome. Additional artists to be featured.
Originating in 1999, the Afro Roots Fest has been noted as one of the “10 Best Music Festivals in Miami” by the Miami New Times in 2017 and crowned the “Best Music Festival” in the 2019 “Best of Miami” issue. Past performers have included African music icons Amadou & Mariam, Fatoumata Diawara, Salif Keita, Vieux Farka Toure, and Sun Ra Arkestra, among many others. In 2018, the event became a traveling Florida festival presenting concerts in Jupiter, Miami Beach, Miami, Gainesville, and the Florida Keys.
This program is presented with the generous support of City of Gainesville, University of Florida Center for Arts Migration and Entrepreneurship (CAME), Florida Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Greater Gainesville International Center, the UF Center for Latin American Studies, the School of Theatre + Dance, School of Music, and the College of the Arts. Sponsored in part by Visit Gainesville – Alachua County, FL.
Mali “Songbird of Wassalou” performs show at Miami Beach Bandshell as part of award-winning, nomadic music festival
Miami Beach – February 6, 2024 – One of West Africa’s most beloved chanteuses Oumou Sangare is coming to the Miami Beach Bandshell (7275 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33141) for an exclusive concert during Afro Roots Fest on March 30, 2024, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are now on sale for the show featuring selections from her 2023 release Timbuktu atbit.ly/ARFMB2024Sangare; reserved seating is available and all ages are welcome. This is the 26th season of Afro Roots Fest, and additional concerts scheduled in March and April for Miami Beach, Gainesville, Jupiter, and Islamorada.
In March 2020, shortly after the International Wassoulou Festival (FIWA), an event Oumou launched in 2016 to promote her birth region in southern Mali, the artist traveled to the United States. She’d only planned to stay only a few weeks but then COVID lockdown struck, first in New York, then in Baltimore, a place where she quickly felt at home. “Something in that city drew me in straightaway. I felt so good there that I bought a house!” Once settled into her new abode, she spent her days writing songs with the help of an old friend, Mamadou Sidibé, who has been Oumou Sangare’s kamele n’goni (traditional lute) player since the very beginning of her artistic career.
This period of enforced seclusion gave birth to ten of the eleven songs on Timbuktu. The album weaves intimate sonic connections between traditional West African musical instruments associated with the blues, most notably the kamele n’goni and its distant heirs, the Dobro and slide guitar. “Since 1990, I’ve never had a chance to cut myself off from the world and devote myself exclusively to music,” she says. “I think you feel it in the music, but also in the lyrics which are fruit of all those moments when I was able to withdraw into myself and meditate.”
Timbuktu consecrates this artist who rose up from the ghettos of Bamako, Mali’s capital, to become a global superstar and internatonal feminist icon. The first single “Wassulo Don” was issued March 8, also known as International Women’s Day, on World Circuit Records. The track fuses Oumou’s distinctive Malian sound and voice with elements of blues and rock to create a joyous groove. It’s Oumou’s an expression of hometown pride for Wassulu, an area in the south-western corner of Mali where Oumou’s family originates from.
Since the release of her debut album Moussoulou in 1989, there’s been no respite for the Malian singer. Notable waymarks on her rich and fruitful journey include some of the most definitive recordings in the history of contemporary African music: “Ko Sira” in 1993, “Worotan” in 1996 and “Seya” in 2009, the latter nominated for a Grammy Award. Counting among her many notable fans Alicia Keys, Aya Nakamura and Beyoncé (who sampled the classic “Diaraby Nene” for her 2019 Lion King release), Sangaré has long since broken through barriers that separate continents and musical styles.
She also released the singles “Sarama” and “Sira“.Click here to learn more about the artist; high resolution images are availablehere. Event support provided by Florida Division of Arts and Culture, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, and the City of Miami Beach.
For more information, visitAfroRootsFest.com or contact the Miami Beach Bandshell at 786-453-2897.
Buena Vista Social Club star performs ticketed event at Miami Beach Bandshell as part of ongoing, nomadic music festival
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Miami Beach – January 16, 2024 – Tickets are on sale now for a very special concert featuring one of the founders of Cuba’s Buena Vista Social Club, singer / guitarist / songwriter Eliades Ochoa. The concert will take place Saturday, March 16, 2024 at the Miami Beach Bandshell (7275 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33141), beginning at 7 p.m. All ages are welcome and reserved seats are available online at bit.ly/ARFMB2024Ochoa. Afro Roots Fest is in year 26, with additional concerts scheduled in March and April for Miami Beach, Gainesville, Jupiter, and Islamorada.
Ochoa will be performing songs from his new album Guajiro, out now on World Circuit Records, which was produced by Demetrio Muñiz and features guest appearances by Rubén Blades, Joan As Police Woman, and Charlie Musselwhite. Guajiro cements his reputation as one of the most vital artists to come out of Cuba in the last century. Eliades is well known and loved worldwide as one of the original members of BVSC, having famously lent his vocals to that album’s iconic opener “Chan Chan”. In the wake of the super group’s phenomenal reception, Ochoa has released nine albums, won four Latin Grammys, and received a Grammy nomination for 2010’s Afrocubism.
The rugged features, the signature hat, the cowboy boots, and the iconic ‘man in black’ image. The songs from the school of life are imbued with the sort of hard-earned, country-tinged wisdom that can’t be bought. You don’t have to look or listen too hard to understand why Eliades Ochoa is often called “Cuba’s Johnny Cash”. Yet if parallels abound, his new album also shows him to be a singular voice with his own unique style and sound, rooted deep in the Cuban tradition but with an appeal that is as timeless as it is universal.
“We’re thrilled to be able to launch this year’s Afro Roots Fest with an artist as iconic as Eliades Ochoa,” says Jose Elias, founder and artistic director for the Miami nonprofit Community Arts and Culture. “He’s one of the remaining voices of the Buena Vista Social Club and someone whose contributions to the world of Cuban music have been very significant.”
Afro Roots Fest got its start at the now-defunct Tobacco Road in 1999. It has historically celebrated the widespread influence that Africa continues to have on music and furthers the mission of Community Arts and Culture, which present the arts as a tool for education. It is as much about root African culture as it is about the syncretism of it with Western cultural traditions. Past performers have included Amadou & Mariam, Sun Ra Arkestra, Alsarah, Fatoumata Diawara, Fulu Miziki, Salif Keita, Vieux Farka Toure, Toubab Krewe, and Roberto Torres, among many others.
Established in 2002, Community Arts and Culture is a 501(c)3 Miami-based nonprofit organization that strives to intergenerationally celebrate and inspire the community through the cultivation, preservation, and presentation of cultural music and arts. Through music-based workshops, lectures, performances, and after-school youth programs, CAC provides under-served areas of South Florida with an accessible platform to participate in cultural programs and experiences.
March 30 will see the debut of the “Songbird of Wassalou” Oumou Sangare from Mali, also at the Miami Beach Bandshell. More details about additional Afro Roots Fest dates and artists are coming soon. Event support provided by the Florida Division of Arts and Culture, the Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of Miami Beach, and the Rhythm Foundation.
Eliades will be available for interviews the week prior to the show; high resolution images are available here.
For more information, visit AfroRootsFest.com or contact the Miami Beach Bandshell at 786-453-2897.
Headliner for 10th installment of international concert series is Portuguese-Angolan composer, percussionist and singer MonÁxi
Pinecrest, FL – October 18, 2023 – The Todo El Mundo Dice AHO (TEMDA) music medicine concert will take place Saturday, November 18, 2023 at PinecrestGardens’ Banyan Bowl (11000 Red Rd, Pinecrest, FL 33156), marking the 10 time the international event has been held. The headliner is none other than composer, percussionist and singer of Portuguese-Angolan heritage, MonÁxi. Support acts include Supaman, festival founders Teresa de Jesús and Jesús Hidalgo, plus The Freedom Family Band and live painter Chris Dyer. Tickets are available online through bit.ly/TEMDA2023. Doors open at 5 p.m., music begins at 6. All ages are welcome.
“This year we will be celebrating with great joy and are honored to have the participation of artists from all over the Americas,” says Hidalgo. “Because of the necessary call to strengthen our links to Mother Earth, to return to our center, and to manifest our empowerment as conscious beings at the highest service, and for all our existence, our action prayer will be ‘IT IS NOW’.” Hidalgo is a multi-instrumentalist who will be performing on vocals with his partner de Jesus.
MonÁxi, whose name means ‘Daughter of the Earth” in the Angolan dialect Kimbundo, uses the djembe (African drum) to open doors to concepts that are still rarely embraced by women. Influenced by Afro-jazz, sacred feminine, and world music, she creates a fusion of contagious music that seeks to touch the soul. MonÁxi shortens distances between the various sounds, presenting vibrant, rhythmic and unpredictable songs. Bringing the richness of the blood that runs in her veins and all of Mother Earth’s inspiration, she speaks openly about her emotions and experiences, sharing her deepest feelings with the world.
Born Christian Parrish Takes the Gun to the Native-American Crow Nation, Supaman hails from Seattle, WA. A foster child from humble means, he discovered hip-hop during a very difficult childhood and now employs it, along with a deeply and strongly held religious worldview, to empower his people. Supaman’s travels now revolve around educating people about Native American history and culture through music, which has seen him release five solo records since 2007 and garner numerous awards, like the Aboriginal Peoples Music Choice Award.
Hidalgo is a 2013 Latin Grammy-nominated singer / songwriter who is committed to the care, conservation, protection, and awareness of Mother Earth and our connection with ancestral roots. Partner Teresa de Jesús Padron also hails from Venezuela and considers herself a guardian of Mother Earth. She is a singer / songwriter of the path of consciousness dedicated to facilitating ancestral circular dances, sacred circles, and moon dances. When the couple performs together, they aim to balance the sacred feminine and masculine energies with their experience.
The Freedom Family Band’s patriarch Matt was born in Zimbabwe and raised in Zambia and studied performing arts and sound engineering in South Africa. He subsequently stepped into the fields of sound healing and medicine music. Matriarch Katt was born and raised in Naples, FL, and has been a theater and church choir singer most of her life, which she now dedicates to performing medicine music. Matt and Katt create sacred sounds with native flutes, Japanese flutes, didgeridoo (Australian Aboriginal wind instrument), vocals, guitars, ukuleles, shakers, and jaw harps that open the hearts of all who are present.
Dyer’s art reflects a soul with good intentions who is on a quest for a higher frequency of consciousness. A Peruvian-Canadian, he currently resides in Florida and creates everything from skateboard graphics, to visionary paintings, street art, murals, and NFTs. As a world and dimensions traveler, he experiences different cultures and then re-expresses them into his own vision of Oneness.
TEMDA is an international music festival that brings together different artistic disciplines that manifest a solid relationship and commitment to the conservation and preservation of Mother Earth, awakening a new consciousness and a connection with our ancestral wisdom. Founded by the husband-and-wife duo Hidalgo and de Jesus, past concert events have occurred in Miami, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. This year’s lineup gathers a powerful collection of artists on a spiritual mission, and promises to deliver a path-illuminating experience for all.
The host for the evening will once again be veteran radio journalist and co-founder of BOOM magazine Kike Posada. TEMDA will be co-presented by Community Arts and Culture and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Sponsorship opportunities are available for the festival – click here to learn more.
For more information about the concert, please visit todoelmundodiceaho.com. High-resolution photos are available upon request.
Visit PinecrestGardens.orgor call (305) 669-6990 for more details about the venue.
El Festival de Música Medicina Todo El Mundo Dice AHO regresa a Pinecrest Gardens el 18 de noviembre
Pinecrest, FL – 18 de octubre de 2023 – El Festival de Música Medicina Todo El Mundo Dice AHO (TEMDA) se presentará el sábado 18 de noviembre de 2023 en el Banyan Bowl de Pinecrest Gardens (11000 Red Rd, Pinecrest, FL 33156), para conmemorar el décimo aniversario del gran encuentro internacional. El Festival contará con la participación estelar de la cantautora y percusionista de ascendencia portuguesa-angoleña, MonÁxi, y también con presentaciones de Supaman, los fundadores del Festival Teresa de Jesús y Jesús Hidalgo, The Freedom Family Band y el pintor en tiempo real Chris Dyer. Las entradas están a la venta por internet, pulsando en bit.ly/TEMDA2023. Las puertas abren a las 5 p.m. y la música comienza a las 6. Todas las edades son bienvenidas.
“Este año celebramos con gran gusto y tenemos el honor de contar con la participación de artistas de todas partes de nuestra América”, dice el fundador del Festival Jesús Hidalgo. “En esta edición nuestra oración de acción ‘ES AHORA’. Es una llamada necesaria a fortalecer nuestros vínculos con la Madre Tierra, nuestras relaciones, volver a nuestro centro, confiar en la presencia pura, y manifestar nuestro empoderamiento como seres conscientes al más alto servicio, para toda nuestra existencia”. Hidalgo es un multiinstrumentista que actuará como vocalista con su compañera de Jesús.
MonÁxi , cuyo nombre significa “Hija de la Tierra” en el dialecto angoleño Kimbundo, emplea el ‘djembe’ (tambor africano) para presentar nuevos conceptos de empoderamiento para la mujer. Con influencias de Afro-jazz, sagrado femenino y world music, esta artista de raíces africanas crea una fusión de música contagiosa que busca tocar las fibras del alma. MonÁxi acorta las distancias entre los distintos sonidos, presentando canciones vibrantes, rítmicas e impredecibles. A través de su música, expresa abiertamente sus emociones y experiencias, la riqueza cultural que corre por sus venas y su inspiración que viene de la Madre Tierra.
Nacido como Christian Parrish Takes the Gun, miembro de la nación indígena Crow, Supaman viene de la ciudad de Seattle en Washington. Producto de los hogares de crianza (foster homes), Supaman descubrió su amor por el hip hop a temprana edad durante una etapa difícil de su vida. En la actualidad, el artista nativo americano emplea el género para expresar sus creencias religiosas, empoderar a su pueblo y presentar su visión del mundo. A través de sus giras y viajes Supaman busca educar al público sobre las riquezas culturales y la historia de los nativos americanos. Desde 2007 ha lanzado cinco álbumes como solista y ha ganado números reconocimientos entre ellos el Premio People’s Choice de la la Música de los Pueblos Aborígenes.
Jesús Hidalgo es un cantautor venezolano quien fue nominado al Grammy Latino en 2013. Su música refleja su profundo compromiso con el cuidado, conservación, protección y concientización de la Madre Tierra, además de nuestra conexión con las raíces ancestrales. Su pareja, Teresa de Jesús Padrón se considera guardián de la madre tierra. La cantautora venezolana sigue el camino de la concientización, dedicada a facilitar danzas circulares ancestrales, círculos sagrados y danzas lunares. En sus presentaciones la pareja tiene como meta crear un balance entre el sagrado femenino y las energías masculinas, haciendo uso de sus múltiples experiencias.
El patriarca Matt del Freedom Family Band nació en Zimbabwe, se crió en Zambia y estudió las artes escénicas e ingeniería de sonido en Sudáfrica. Posteriormente incursionó en la sanación a través de sonidos y la música medicina. Su pareja, la matriarca Katt es oriunda de la ciudad de Naples en la Florida. Katt se formó como cantante en el teatro y en los coros de iglesia. Ahora se dedica a la música medicina. En sus presentaciones la pareja crea sonidos sagrados a través de instrumentos primitivos como las flautas nativas y japonesas, los didgeridoo (instrumento de viento de los aborígenes de Australia), vocales, las guitarras, los ukeleles y las agitadoras y arpas de mandíbulas, para tocar el corazón de los presentes.
El arte de Chris Dyer es un reflejo de buenas intenciones y de la búsqueda de una frecuencia más alta de conciencia. De ascendencia peruana canadiense, el artista reside actualmente en la Florida y es creador de muchas cosas, desde gráficos de patinetas y pinturas visionarias hasta el arte callejero, murales y NFT (tokens no fungibles digitales). Como viajero de mundos y dimensiones, experimenta diferentes culturas y luego las reexpresa en su propia visión de la Unidad.
TEMDA es un festival de música internacional que reúne diferentes disciplinas artísticas que representan una sólida relación y compromiso con la conservación y preservación de la madre tierra, despertando una nueva concientización y conexión con nuestras sabidurías ancestrales. Fundado hace una década por la pareja y dúo Teresa de Jesús y Jesús Hidalgo, el Festival se ha presentado en Miami, Colombia, Puerto Rico y México. El cartel de este año reúne una poderosa colección de artistas con una misión espiritual que promete ofrecer una experiencia que iluminará el camino para todos.
El anfitrión de la velada será una vez más el veterano periodista de radio y co fundador de la revista BOOM Kike Posada. TEMDA es una co presentación de Community Arts and Culture y el Departamento de Asuntos Culturales del Condado de Miami-Dade. Oportunidades de patrocinio para el festival están disponibles – pulsa aquí para ver más detalles.
Para más información sobre TEMDA, visite todoelmundodiceaho.com. Fotographia de alta resolucion disponible.
Favor de visitar PinecrestGardens.orgo llamar al (305) 669-6990 para más detalles sobre el teatro Banyan Bowl.
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Miami-based non-profit hosts a traditional ancestral tribute event in the brewery beer garden
Miami, FL, October 17, 2023 –Community Arts & Culture (CAC) presents a special Dia de Los Muertos celebration on Friday, November 3 at the Florida Keys Brewing Co. (FKBC) beginning at 5 p.m. The event location is 81611 Old Hwy, Islamorada, FL 33036, and will feature a traditional sugar skull-making workshop, and performance by the Ameyal Afro-Mexican Folkloric Ensemble, complete with a procession, followed by all genres of live Afro-Mexican music, dance. The event is free for all ages, registration /tickets are required for the sugar skull workshop.
“Dia de Los Muertos is a day that traditionally reunites the living and the dead, and we are very excited to come together with the Islamorada community on this special day,” says event organizer Renee Chavez. “We look forward to coming back to the Florida Keys and honoring our ancestors in a community celebration.” Chavez is a long-time CAC staffer who coordinates children’s programming and the annual River Serenade, which will take place on Saturday, November 4 at Morningside Park in Miami. Kayak rentals are available by clicking here.
FKBC is the gateway to the Morada Way Arts District in Islamorada and was founded with the hopes of bringing great beer to the island chain and beyond. All of their island-themed beers are brewed with top-quality ingredients to make the best beer possible. The tasting room faces the Old Highway, but there is a private residence for rent on the second level, and an expansive beer garden out back complete with an outdoor stage. Learn more atFloridaKeysBrewingCo.com.
Ameyal is dedicated to fomenting and spreading popular Mexican culture by sharing its cultural heritage’s richness through four pillars: pre-Hispanic dance, traditional music, folkloric ballet, and cultural dissemination. Their intention is to create a welcoming epicenter that supports all stakeholders in the community during the cultivation of Mexican artistic expression. To learn more about them, navigate toAmeyal.org.
The celebration in Islamorada is free and open to the public;tickets for the workshop are available online. The event is generously supported by the Monroe County Tourism Development Council, FKBC, and Hot Dog on a Stick.
Incorporated in September 2002, Community Arts and Culture, Inc. is a Miami-based nonprofit organization that fosters an appreciation and understanding of a vast assortment of arts and cultures through workshops, lectures, and artistic performances in local communities for individuals of all ages and social backgrounds.
The organization celebrated 20 years of serving the community in 2022. Their signature event, Afro Roots Fest, is embarking on its 26th season of programming.
