Macondo is proud to announce Chicago’s first ever Colombian Music Festival. July 1-30, 2010. In honor of Colombia’s Bicentennial, enjoy over twenty different live music events at various venues throughout the month, featuring some of the newest and biggest names in Colombian music. This momentous event will feature five groups directly from Colombia, as well as top talent from across the U.S. and Chicago. The Chicago Colombian Festival has something for everyone. It features both traditional and contemporary Colombian music, DJ events,workshops/dance classes, and radio specials. Most events are free and family-friendly.
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Las Alegres Ambulancias
started in 1905 in San Basilio de Palenque preserving the Afro-Colombian musical traditions of the funeral ceremony known as Lumbalu. They represent the culture of Colombia’s Caribbean coast; a living demonstration of how this 500 -year- old African traditions are surviving in a globalized world.
Lisandro Meza
is one of the most iconic names in Colombian music history. Having playing with such artists as Alejo Duran and Los Corraleros de Majagual, his musical career has spanned more than 50 years. Today he is a living legend of Colombian Cumbia and Vallenato and will visit us for one show with his full orchestra.
La Sonora Carruseles
is a terrifying machinery of nonstop swing. They are one of the most successful Colombian Salsa groups of all time and have circled the globe dozens of times with their 100% dance-party Salsa and Boogaloo. Preparense mi gente para gozar, La Sonora Carruseles les va tocar...
Grupo Cumbé
uses traditional Afro-Colombian percussion with elements of big-band style Cumbia and Jazz made famous by artists like Lucho Bermudez and the Discos Fuentes record label. This fun party band is artisically directed by Victor Garcia and Darwin Noguera, two young pheanoms of the Chicago Latin and Jazz music scenes.
Grupo Rebolú
(from New York City) is North America’s most original and danceable Colombian music experience. Their original compositions and arrangements of classic Afro-Colombian music create a modern cultural event rooted in the Carnaval de Barranquilla. Soulful yet joyous dance music guaranteed to keep you moving.
La 33
is the hottest group on the world Salsa circuit. This 12-piece orchestra is from Bogotá but raised on NYC Salsa legends like Larry Harlow, Eddie Palmieri & Ray Barretto. The result is an old-school salsa band with a uniquely modern Colombian swing. They will be in Chicago only one day before starting their European tour.
Juvenato
is the Midwest’s premier Vallenato group. This small army of musicians from Cartagena are led by accordeonist Hernan Caraballo and have been extremely busy sharing authentic Colombian Vallenato with Chicago for the last five years.
Bomba Estereo
have literally blown up around the world since putting out their second album, ‘Blow Up’. Their infectious fusion of raw Afro-Colombian percussion and classic Cumbia with Electronic music and Reggae is critically acclaimed on every continent. It is absolutely irresistable dance music highligthing the best of the past and the future.
