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Downtown DC Live: Chopteenth Afrofunk Big Band
July 20, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Free
Join Washington Performing Arts and DowntownDC for this installment of the weekly DowntownDC Live outdoor concert series.
Chopteeth is a 11-piece Afrofunk orchestra exploring the common groove between the funkiest, most hip-shakin’ West African and American popular music on the planet.
The core of the Chopteeth sound is Afrobeat: a big-band funk invented by Fela Kuti in 1970’s Nigeria. Afrobeat is a spicy stew of modern jazz, Yoruba tribal music and burning, James Brown-inspired rhythms.
This event is in partnership with Downtown DCBID.
