August 8, 2025 7:30-10:30PM Youba Cisshokho w/ Bronson Tennis & Friends, featuring Ryan Tennis at The Black Squirrel Club

 

Youba Cissokho is a 72nd generation kora player from Senegal. He'll be backed by a fantastic band assembled by Bronson Tennis featuring Ryan Tennis. Born to a griot family in Senegal, West Africa, he performs traditional Mandinka and Wolof music, as well as modern style mixed with jazz, reggae, and afro beats. He comes from a musical family; his dad, Issa Cissokho, is the saxophone player in the legendary Orchestra Baobab. Youba has traveled all over the world performing kora and is now located in Philadelphia, US. Currently, he is performing across the East Coast for private events, ceremonies, weddings, yoga retreats, classical & modern dance, and in clubs.

Tickets: $15 + $1.75 fee

The Black Squirrel Club

1049 Sarah St.

Philadelphia, Pa

August 8, 2025 6:30-8:00PM Casual Fifth Taiko Dancing and Drumming at The Oval

Parkway Presents: Casual Fifth Taiko Dance and Drumming

• Friday, August 8, 2025
• 6:30 PM  8:00 PM

• Eakins Oval2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway (map)

The Parkway Council’s Parkway Presents series highlights Philadelphia’s rich cultural diversity.

This week Taiko drum and dance group Casual Fifth performs. FREE

Casual Fifth, founded in 2020, is a Philadelphia-based Taiko and modern dance ensemble focused on creating innovative work rooted in the fundamentals and history of Japanese Taiko drumming and American Modern Dance. The ensemble is directed by Mac Evans and Alex Pfister, who learned these art forms studying with multiple Taiko and Modern Dance teachers and groups from NYC, Boston, Hawaii, and Japan. They are joined by friends, mentors, and mentees who round out the ensemble with their own musical and movement arts experiences. As an ensemble Casual Fifth pays homage to the origins of Taiko and Modern Dance and derives inspiration from these roots to create new works. Click here to learn more.