Event

Afrofunk Experience

Chunky rhythms mixed with tasty funk-to-metal guitar grooves and blazing horns create the deep soul sound of the Afrofunk Experience (AFE), recent winners of The NAACP Image Award's Outstanding World Music Album "Black President" and winners of The SF Weekly Music Award's Best International Act.

Local rock band Cover Crop will open the vening and DJ DLT will entertain with his selection of hot dance rhythms.

AFE is a Funk music powerhouse that now tours the West Coast of the United States delivering home grown AFROFUNK, AFROBEAT, REGGAE, AND ORIGINAL BAY AREA FUNK. The ensemble's well-balanced instrumentation of dual guitars, bass, drums, percussion, trumpet, and saxophone ensures a wide dynamic range.

The 8-piece band consists of Sandy House-vocals/percussion; David Boyce saxophone; Alan Williams- trombone; David James- guitar/vocals; Ken House - guitar/vocals; Brandon Lee- percussion (Congas djembe various hand percussion); Paul Oliphant- drum kit; Wendell Rand bass.

The Arena Theater bar will be open.