Levitt AMP Ocala: SambaDá w/ Ecliff Telford

1501 West Silver Springs Boulevard,Ocala FL 34475

21 April, 2023

Description

The 2023 Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series presents SambaDá with opening artist Ecliff Telford on Friday, April 21 from 7 – 9 p.m. at Webb Field at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Complex. The performance is free. Please bring your chairs and blankets. Food is available from Billy’s Cheesesteaks, Pepere Joe’s Chowder Wagon, and Kona Ice Ocala. Fun field games and activities with the Ocala Recreation and Parks recreation vehicle. Each concert in the series features a local non-profit organization working to create art accessibility in our community; tonight’s featured non-profit is Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida. More information is available at www.ocalafl.org/levittamp or contact Ocala Cultural Arts at 352-629-8447 or [email protected]. HEADLINING ARTIST: SambaDá SambaDá musically unites the Americas and Africa, drawing from percussion-based styles of South and Central America and Senegal, and blends it with that good-old funk, rock, and reggae backbeat of North America. The band consists of seven members: Papiba Godinho (guitar/cavaquiho/vocals/composer/songwriter), Dandha de Hora (vocals/percussion), Anne Stafford (sax/flute/melodica/vocals), Will Bates (drums), Will Martins (percussion/vocals), Abel Damasceno (percussion/vocals), and Elvis Aeron (bass). For almost 25 years, SambaDá has been mixing contemporary sounds with the roots of Brazilian culture to develop a samba-reggae-funk with a universal appeal! OPENING ARTIST: Ecliff Telford Ecliff Telford is a local Ocala singer and songwriter with influences ranging from soul, R&B, country, and blues music. SUPPORT MUSIC & ART IN PUBLIC SPACES Help us preserve accessibility to music and public art in Ocala through your sponsorship and patronage of cultural arts programs in public spaces. Please share this event! #musicmoves THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Levitt Foundation Marion Cultural Alliance Ocala Recreation and Parks Ocala Electric Utility Downtown Billiards Kona Ice Ocala Angie Lewis State Farm Rasmussen University TJM Promotions Mojos Grill and Catering KTK 98.5 Production by Dillon Media Group The Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, which partners with towns and cities across America to activate underused public spaces through the power of free live music, creating welcoming, inclusive destinations. Presenting a broad array of music genres and cultural programming, Levitt venues and concert sites are community anchors where families, friends and neighbors of all ages and backgrounds come together. Learn more at levitt.org.