Season of Performing Arts: Empanadas Ilegales
Event Details
Empanadas Ilegales is a seven-piece, Vancouver-based Psychedelic Cumbia & Salsa band that will transport you to a world of contagious groovy melodies and altered sounds. Influenced by traditional Amazonian, Latin-Caribbean, and Andean psychedelic classics, they create a one-of-a-kind atmosphere that’s perfect for letting loose on the dancefloor.
With their infectious beats and unique sound, Empanadas Ilegales will keep you moving all night long. Whether you’re a fan of Latin music, psychedelia, or just love to dance, this band is a must-listen.
Their latest record, “Creepy Mambo,” layers cumbia rhythms, hypnotic guitar melodies, and experimental salsa saxophone lines with surf-rock/free-jazz fusion. The album pays homage to cumbia cult classics and brings their grooves to the post-pandemic 21st century with experimental synthesizer sounds, slinky dub grooves, and feverish percussion excursions.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, April 4
Time: Doors open at 6:30 pm | Show starts at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $28.50 + GST
A bar and concession will be available. The show will be two 45 min sets with a short intermission.
Tickets are available online at harrisonfestival.com, by phone at 604.796.3664, or in person at the Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison Hot Springs.
About the Harrison Festival Society
Known worldwide for its professional artistry and small town hospitality, the Harrison Festival Society has long been a beacon for growing acceptance of diversity and purpose fueled programming. Each July for more than 45 years, the Society has produced the internationally acclaimed Harrison Festival of the Arts, a nine-day, cross-disciplinary, multicultural art event set amidst the small town atmosphere and breathtaking scenery of Harrison Hot Springs, BC. A non-profit, grass-roots organization, the Society also presents an annual Season of the Performing Arts from September to May and works closely with a number of Fraser Valley partners in continuing to bring high-quality, inclusive and accessible performing arts into the area.