Sunday, July 17, 2016

July 23, 2016 6:00PM 40th Street Summer Series: Dendê & Band w/ Openers PaPa Ed Stokes and Kunu Bi

40th Street Summer Series on July 23

Dendê & Band w/ Openers PaPa Ed Stokes and Kunu Bi

On Saturday, June 23, Dendê & Band will get the audience moving with his unique fusion of Afro-Brazilian traditions like samba de roda and candomble seamlessly melded with world rhythms like rumba, afrobeat, and mbalax. Opening the show will be PaPa Ed Stokes and Kunu Bi--PaPa Ed is a musician who plays more than a dozen instruments and a lifelong student of ethnic and African music and the blues.

6pm at 40th & Walnut St (Field on 40th Street between Walnut and Locust, behind the Walnut West Free Library)

Each summer UCD, Penn, and The Rotunda host free outdoor concerts and performances that capture the soul of the neighborhood. This is the 12th year of the 40th Street Summer Series. This family-friendly event will also feature free ice cream from Ben & Jerry's and free smoothies from honeygrow (both while supplies last), plus face painting, balloon animals, juggling, and more!

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