Hamden Free Summer Concert: Mandingo Ambassadors & Las Cafeteras

The first Hamden Arts Commission and Dept. of Arts and Culture Free Summer Concert will take place on Friday July 5th and will be a double header featuring two full bands beginning with The Mandingo Ambassadors at 7:30pm followed by Las Cafeteras around 9pm.
Mandingo Ambassadors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRvvHOZMLgg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fZR8lXHdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLtUYVspkdk
Las Cafeteras:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsJniWQadM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xv-FjbXaqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGznPUC43k
The Mandingo Ambassadors are a well-known, Guinean Afro-Jazz Ensemble lead by New Haven guitarist, Mamady Kouyaté. Through years of performance and musical collaboration, Kouyaté has learned to incorporate over a half-century of his traditional Guinean musical culture and heritage into hypnotically melodic riffs that will absolutely lift you - body and soul. The Mandingo Ambassadors play weekly throughout Brooklyn and have been featured at the New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas.
Las Cafeteras is a Chicano band hailing from East Los Angeles, California. Their music fuses spoken word and folk music with traditional Son Jarocho, Afro-Mexican music and Zapateado dancing. Described as "creative and socially conscious" by National Public Radio, Las Cafeteras' music "encourages people of all backgrounds to cherish both what makes them unique and what unites them all". They have collaborated with other entertainers such as John Legend, Talib Kweli, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and even Columbian pop star Juanes. This is sure to be a totally unique show.
Thank you to all of our generous community sponsors this year helping Hamden bring quality arts programming to our residents and more. This year our sponsors include: Liberty Bank of Hamden, Dr. Daniel Tarifi of Hamden Chiropractic, The Hamden Rotary Club, Advocates for Insurance Benefits LLC, Yale University, The Hearing, Balance, and Speech Center, Dr. Robert Denes of Chiropractic Health Center of Hamden, Press Cuozzo Realty, Best Video Film and Cultural Center, Family and Esthetic Dentistry of Hamden, BevMax Hamden, Walgreens of Hamden, DiBella’s Subs of Hamden, Tonino’s Pizzeria, Drummer Boy Coffee, The New Haven Independent, Cafe Amici, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Big Y of Cheshire, Costco, Stop and Shop of Hamden, and generous sponsorship from Quinnipiac University.
For more information on the Hamden Free Summer Concert Series or other arts events and opportunities happening in the Town of Hamden, please contact Alisha Martindale at the Hamden Department of Arts and Culture at 203-287-2546 or email amartindale@hamden.com.
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