Nah we really gonna go crazy at Juneteenth this year!!! The Hot 8 Brass Band is coming from New Orleans alongside a full line up of local performers, Staciawa Abbott and friends , Soriba Fofana (African drum & dance), Sol Bentley, food, vendors (interested Black Vendors send a DM asap!), community and celebration!
Mark your calendars for June 15th!
Big up Lensic360 for partnering on this event along with Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department, NAACP Santa Fe , webster collection, Vital Spaces .
Full line up TBA!
All are invited to the Santa Fe Plaza to gather and enjoy great, FREE live music together in the 400-year-old historic heart of Santa Fe.
-Feel free to bring chairs to the concert.
-This is an alcohol-free event.
-Bring your water bottle—we will have water stations on site.
-There is a city parking garage on West San Francisco Street across from the Lensic.
Santa Fe - Juneteenth Celebration 2024!
8 piece New Orleans brass band - Hot 8 Brass Band!
Staciawa Abbott & friends (Jazz group) , Soriba Fofana and friends, (West African Drum & Dance from Guinea), Dj Sol
+ Live performances, DJ’s, vendors, food, poets, and more.
June 15th. 3-9 at the Santa Fe Plaza.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
HOT 8 BRASS BAND
New Orleans-based Hot 8 Brass Band headlines Juneteenth, bringing the big horn sounds of Crescent City all the way to Santa Fe! For over 20 years, one of the most popular and visible funk-style brass bands in community parades and funerals has been the Hot 8 Brass Band.
In 1996 sousaphone player Bennie Pete was instrumental in merging two former Fortier High School student groups, the High Steppers and the Looney Tunes Brass Bands, to form the Hot 8. The players grew up together and maintain strong, family-like bonds and regular membership. Most of them were born between 1975 and ’87 in a generation that grew up hearing mainly modern-style brass bands in community functions.
The band can be larger than many younger groups often featuring ten members, including three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, bass drum, and snare drum. As is common among some more modern groups, the Hot 8 uses only one reed player and like most of the younger bands, the Hot 8’s funk style is a blend of influences from the Dirty Dozen and Rebirth, with more elements of contemporary R&B, rap, and its local variation, “bounce.” The uniqueness of their sound is mainly due to a steady stream of creative original songs and ideas composed or introduced by various band members.
Since the Dirty Dozen, the sousaphone has had a more prominent role in brass bands as a feature and solo instrument; it frequently sets up and maintains short rhythmic (often melodic) grooves that dominate and propel most songs in the band.
Join us to celebrate Juneteenth, also known as “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day.” This federal holiday, considered the “longest-running African-American holiday” in the United States, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Brought to you by Santa Fe’s Juneteenth Committee (a coalition of various members of Santa Fe’s vibrant African American community) in partnership with Lensic 360 and the City of Santa Fe. Join us for live music, poetry, vendors, food, and a joyful celebration on the Plaza as we honor this important moment in history and the ongoing journey toward freedom and equality.