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Delve into Tropical Psychedelic sounds on your Sunday as two local bands bring you a taste of LATIN SKA + REGGE with a side serving of CUMBIA + TROPICAL ROCK!

LOS CHAVOS - Latin Ska Reggae

CHICHARRITA CLUB - Cumbia Tropical Rock

Los Chavos (biography)

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.

Chicharrita Club (biography)

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. Featuring members of Rumblr + Mi Tierra - Australia's Leading Latin Band, this new collective will have you dancing and tapping your feet to a distant groove, which is yet to make its way into the Aussie music scene. Come and dance to the soul-warming rhythms of the Chicharrita!
What is Chicha?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.