A huge outdoor street party from local community samba band Raio De Sol showcasing URBAN LATIN + ROOTS music from the Canberra community! Family Friendly Event!

A HUGE 8 (!) bands a dance groups decent on Kambri @ ANU representing the street sounds of REGGAE, CUMBIA, SKA, AFROBEAT, LATIN ROCK, SAMBA, JAZZ + FUNK!

This event celebrates local community band RAIO DE SOL's 10 years of existence - and in keeping with their spirit of community, diversity and inclusion - it's 100% free and community based! The band has hand picked legends from our diverse musical city that will help us all celebrate with authentic street party roots + culture!

🥁 4pm to 5pm - FREE WORKSHOP
🥁 6pm - 11pm - CONCERT
🌞 KAMBRI @ ANU (next to Badger & Co)

6:00pm - HIT-N-MISS (West African Percussion)
6:35pm - MOMPOSINA (Colombian Roots Dance Crew)
6:50pm - THIS WAY ORKESTRA (Afrobeat + Ska + Jazz)
7:40pm - SEGALIZE (Mauritian Dance Crew)
8:05pm - RAIO DE SOL (Samba + Street Percussion)
8:50pm - BAILA CHILE (South American Dance)
8:55pm - CHICHARRITA CLUB (Latin Rock + Cumbia)
9:55pm - 🌙👺 Mysterious Performance 👺🌙
10:05pm - LOS CHAVOS (Latin Ska + Reggae)
+ DJ DEDE DA CRUZ (Latin +Salsa + African)

Food + drinks will also be available next door @ Badger & Co and we have FOOD TRUCKS from BRAZBEQUE + JAROCHOS! There is also a Supermarket on site which closes at 8pm

BAND BIOS AFTER THE POSTER BELOW

RAIO DE SOL (your hosts)
Raio de Sol is Canberra’s community samba band - playing rhythms that will get your feet dancing, bring joy to your heart and a smile to your face. We play massed acoustic percussion beats that are intoxicating, vibrant and for everyone, young and old. Raio de Sol is a group with heart – a big, bold, warm and welcoming heart that embraces community. Raio de Sol - meaning ‘sunbeam’ in Portuguese - is apolitical, non-religious and non-discriminatory and welcomes anyone from all walks of life to join.

LOS CHAVOS
Having been a part of CBR's musical landscape for over 14 years, Los Chavos are proud to be on the vanguard of original urban latin music in Australia. The bands studio releases in 2008 + 2012 are tight testament to their live sound and unique vision - showcasing the bands signature energy coupled with complex arrangements and a variety of Afro-Latin rhythms such as cumbia, dub/reggae, merengue, timba and chakarera but never straying too far from their ska/reggae roots.

THIS WAY ORKESTRA
Canberra's very own enclave of Afrobeat + Ska + Reggae sounds - this 10-piece orchestra combines the mighty Afro-Funk of Nigeria's Fela Kuti with a tight brass section and heavy jazz + ska grooves! From West Belconnen to West Africa and beyond, this musical collective will keep your nyash shaking! Originally formed in 2012 by Nicholas Combe and Simon Milman - two stalwarts of the local jazz and reggae scene in Canberra - the band recorded their debut EP as "NYASH" the same year and played around the ACT. 7 years later the band has reformed with original members and some great new additions, including a frontman Jim Sharock on vocals and percussion - flexing new musical influences beyond ska and Afrobeat to include reggae, ethio-jazz, and dub.

CHICHARRITA CLUB
Chicharrita Club is a 6-piece Tropical Latin Rock band formed in Canberra during 2020 + made up of members from Peru and Australia. Their melodic, guitar-driven, Peruvian psychedelic sound extends the roots of chicha to the far reaches of Australia. Also known as Peruvian cumbia - Chicha fuses the tropical sounds of cumbia with the traditional Andean sounds of huayno. Additional influences from international genres such as surf and psychedelic rock, salsa, give Chicha a distinct sound. Chicha music was born in Lima at the end of the 1960s.

HIT n MISS
Local group who play the rhythms of Africa! Canberra's only all female African drumming group!

DJ DEDE DA CRUZ
DJing is 'right of passage' for Dede - a chance to share with audiences the myriad of the Transatlantic and Afro Latin Sounds, music, dance and culture. With a long history in broadcasting and events - Dede brings a wealth of passion and knowledge to any dancefloor. Those who know - KNOW!