Levitt AMP Ocala: Bassel & the Supernaturals w/ Katara

1501 West Silver Springs Boulevard,Ocala FL 34475

28 April, 2023

Description

The 2023 Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series presents Bassel & the Supernaturals with opening artist Katara on Friday, April 28 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 Tropical Tarpon, Wing King, 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 Ocala Storytelling with Marion County Public Library. More information is available at www.ocalafl.org/levittamp or contact Ocala Cultural Arts at 352-629-8447 or [email protected]. HEADLINING ARTIST: Bassel & the Supernaturals Bassel & The Supernaturals tells the story of Bassel Almadani's experience as a first generation Syrian-American using soulful melodies, funk inspired grooves, and captivating lyrics regarding love, loss, and the war in Syria. Deeply inspired by Otis Redding, Bassel uses the stage as a vehicle to engage audiences in over 100 different cities across North America. Upon returning from a service trip working with displaced Syrians in Istanbul in the Fall of 2019, Bassel released a new full-length album, “Smoke & Mirrors,” with his group in April 2020. Their single "Stepping Back in Time" reached over 300,000 streams after being featured on Spotify's official 'All Funked Up' playlist. OPENING ARTIST: Katara Katara is an American songwriter and musician who performs original songs that she writes in both English and Mandarin Chinese. She has performed on a number of popular Chinese and Taiwanese television shows an won 2014’s “Most Loved by the Audience” award of FGM’s “Play and Sing” competition in Shenzhen. 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