Ecstatic Organic ft. Chris Berry & Esme

Join us for an enchanted outdoor dance with worldclass musicians Chris Berry & Esme Olivia.

Let loose to powerful organic rhythms and electronic infusions under lush tropical canopy. 

Live drumming + vocalist w/ dj set

An all ages outdoor dance not to be missed.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Experience the sonic blend of Ecstatic Organic with Chris Berry, a masterful drummer steeped in the wisdom of African rhythm. He is accompanied by his partner, Esme Olivia. Esme’s angelic voice brings a feminine flare to Chris’ masculine force.

Together they will channel melodies and inspirational lyrics throughout the their set of high vibe, world music! Chris will drum the entire time, pulsing the dance floor with high energy to allow you to shake free any stagnant energy that keeps you from unifying with your true nature.

CHRIS BERRY (USA)

Grammy award winner Chris Berry is an eclectic singer and songwriter, multi-instrumentalist virtuoso, and high-energy performer and teacher. From his humble beginning during Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe, he has blasted his powerful Afro-infused sound around the World for over twenty years; rocking audiences from NYC’s Irving Plaza to sold out stadiums in South Africa and Sydney Australia’s famous Opera House. He has released over a dozen albums; scored the soundtrack for three films; and has been collaborating and performing with some of the World’s best performers like Eminem, Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, Senegalese Afro-Pop sensation Yousoou N’dour, Cuban Legends Los Munequitos de Mantanzas, Jazz artist Paul Winter, Jamaican rhythm and production duo Sly (Dunbar) and Robbie (Shakespeare), Fugee’s producer Handel Tucker, and many more.

Chris has toured extensively around the globe including North and Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Asia, and Africa as a frontman and bandleader. He performed the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia; co-wrote for Paul Winter’s Grammy Award Winning 2009 “Winter Solstice” album; taught music and culture as a guest faculty member at Oberlin and Berklee Colleges of Music, University of Colorado Boulder, Williams College and Stanford University and his own Panjea Foundation for Cultural Education; and has headlined in major Music Festivals around the World.

In the last few years Chris has collaborated with Steve Kimock, members of the Brazilian Girls, Baaba Maal, Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mutukudzi, Manu Dibango, Xavier Rudd, String Cheese Incident, Peter Apfelbaum, Zivanai Masango, Dom Lali; and spent six months working and recording with the Central African Republic Pygmies to score the soundtrack for the film “Oka!”

He is joined by his partner Esme to offer an incredible ecstatic dance journey ~ a first of it's kind in FNQ.