FRIDAY: YEMI VALDES & THE REAL CUBAN SOUND @Riksscenen

YEMI VALDES & THE REAL CUBAN SOUND is a popular salsa orchestra with ten top musicians living in Europe, most of them in Denmark. The orchestra offers, as the name suggests, real ‘cuban sound’, with high-quality Salsa, mixed with elements of traditional Son, Changüí, Timba, Bachata, Latin Jazz & Rumba in the repertoire. This evening the dance floor will simply reach boiling point!
YEMI VALDES is a Cuban-born singer and songwriter, with a long career as a musician in various genres such as salsa, bachata, bolero, jazz and pop. She brings her fantastic repertoire to Riksscenen, which will be the band’s first concert in Norway, and with an impressive line-up.

Yemi Valdes – vocal
Benii Henri – vocal
Ernesto Manuitt – vocal
Yasser Pino – bass
Elvio Bravo – tres
Jakob Johansen – trombone
Yuliesky Gonzàlez – trumpet
Peter Ehler – congas
Tony moreaux – timbal
Liso Perdomo – guitar
The concert also marks the start of this year’s Oslo Caribbean Festival, and international DJs provide the best music in both salsa, bachata and kizomba on 3 dance floors throughout the evening. There will also be several dance workshops ahead of the concert.

SATURDAY: DORÉ SOWLO

DORÉ SOWLO is a well-known musician from Martinique and creates jazz, blues, soul and Caribbean-inspired music together with his band. He is also inspired by African-American music, black music in general, and the traditional Creole music from the island he was born and raised on.

Autumn 2024 he will tour Norway for the first time, and we are very proud to present him at Oslo Caribbean for one of his concerts!

Don´t miss this authentic, Caribbean Warm-Up Concert with Doré Sowlo! Oslo Caribbean Festival is proud to present him and his trio at 20:30 hrs in Vinterhagen at Sentralen, Saturday 26 October.  Get into the Caribbean mood with this perfect start of our Saturday Party at Sentralen.
3 different dance floors/music styles until 02:00.