Orquesta GarDel

Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011 Show Starts: 8:00 pm

Cost: Varies

With: DJ Salsa Mike

Orquesta GarDel is a thirteen-member ensemble that unites North Carolina’s finest Latin music artists. Founded in 2006 by David Garcia, a professor of ethnomusicology at UNC Chapel Hill, and singer Nelson Delgado, the band pumps new life into Nuyorican salsa standards and breaks ground with original tunes in the timba style of modern Havana. Orquesta GarDel’s members straddle multiple generations, combining Latino music veterans with African and Anglo-American jazzers. Together, they are on a mission to bring their high-energy dance music to all audiences, having appeared at the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival, Wilimgton's Thalian Hall, NC State University, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and numerous dance and Latino culture events.

Orquesta GarDel released its debut EP, "Lo Que Tú Querías" in 2011. The CD has been hailed by The Independent Weekly as "a shot in the arm for local salsa, composed of four timely, personal songs that well up with hot dance energy and impeccable Latin flavor."

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With very special guest DJ Salsa Mike to start/keep the party going!

Doors @ 8:00 pm
Show @ 9:00 pm
18+ ($2 surcharge for under 21)

$13.00 advance / $15 at door
$15.00 advance / $17 at door under 21