FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Free concert at the waterfront bar and restaurant to feature music and artists from Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and the US
April 5, 2022 – Jupiter, FL – The award-winning Afro Roots Fest, a multi-county and multi-event concert series organized by Miami-based non-profit organization Community Arts and Culture (CAC) and now in its 24th season, is headed back to Jupiter. World music fans are in for a treat on Saturday, April 16, beginning at 4 p.m. at Guanabanas Island Restaurant & Bar (960 N Hwy A1A, Jupiter, FL 33477). The lineup features Philip Montalbán (Nicaragua), Panafrik (Ghana / USA), Bad Apples Brass Band (USA), and DJ Ephniko (Colombia).
“We’re happy to once again bring top-notch world-music acts to Guanabanas and appreciate the support from Roots Music,” says festival founder, Grammy-nominated musician, composer, and producer Jose Elias. “This year’s lineup is a diverse mix of American, African, and South and Central American musicians, and we are excited to present them to the Palm Beach community.”
Afro-Latino Reggae artist Montalbán amusingly refers to the term African / English / Spanish to describe his long-standing presence in the music touring industry and to refer to the African and / or Caribbean presence largely located on the Atlantic coast in his home of Nicaragua. Based in a transnational figuring of ethnicity and music, the Afro-Nicaraguan musician calls what has been explained / profiteered / idealized as globalization as “the world getting closer.”
The Bad Apples Brass Band is a fun and funky New Orleans group based in South Florida. Opening and jamming with bands including Rebirth Brass Band, Bonerama, Papa Grows Funk, Glen David Andrews Band, Jon Cleary, Bad Apples Brass Band has brought the Crescent City sound to the area fusing an infectious street beat with the funkiest jazz and the heaviest sounds.
Panafrik mixes the traditions of West Africa, Cuba, Brazil and numerous other folkloric styles of music found throughout the African Diaspora. In addition to DJing, Ephniko is also an MC who fronts the six-man audio/visual collective Nag Champayons and leads the Patacon Conspiracy, which fuses Hip-Hop and raw lyricism with Pan-African and Latin American rhythms to create a worldbeat sound.
Opened by Jupiter surfers as a sandwich shop in 2004, Guanabanas has grown to become an institution in northern Palm Beach County for three reasons: the lush, tropical setting; great cuisine and cocktails; and live music from both national acts and the hottest names in South Florida.
The event is free and open to all ages before 9 p.m. 21 and over welcome after. More information about the festival is available at AfroRootsFest.com.
Learn more about the venue at Guanabanas.com.
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ABOUT COMMUNITY ARTS & CULTURE
Incorporated in September 2002, Community Arts and Culture, Inc. (CAC) is a Miami-based non-profit organization that fosters an appreciation and understanding of a vast assortment of arts and cultures through workshops, lectures, and artistic performances in local communities for individuals of all ages and social backgrounds.
For more information, please visit CommunityArtsandCulture.org.
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