October 25th — FRIDAY
YEMI VALDES & THE REAL CUBAN SOUND
On the first night of the festival, the stage is set for salsa, with the 10-piece salsa orchestra Yemi Valdes & the real Cuban sound. Welcome to a steaming hot October night at the venue with the very best dance floor in town, Riksscenen.
NB! The ticket is included in the Oslo Caribbean Festival pass
OSLO CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL and RIKSSCENEN present: YEMI VALDES & THE REAL CUBAN SOUND
This popular salsa orchestra will give you the ultimate LIVE experience on the first night of the festival. With ten top musicians living in Europe, most of them in Denmark, they will offer, 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!
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.
20.30 Doors open, bar and DJs
21.30 Concert start
More about the artist
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.
International DJs from the Oslo Caribbean Festival play before and after the concert.
3 different dance floors/music styles until 03:00.
Schedule
Line-up
Yemi Valdes – vocals
Benii Henri – vocals
Ernesto Manuitt – vocals
Yasser Pino – bass
Elvio Bravo – three
Jakob Johansen – trombone
Yuliesky Gonzàlez – trumpet
Peter Ehler – congas
Tony moreaux – timpani
Liso Perdomo – guitar
October 26th — SATURDAY
DORÉ SOWLO
Welcome to a real 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.
NB! The ticket is included in the Oslo Caribbean Festival pass
Age limit: 20
Schedule
Line-up
TBA
More about the artist
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!
ALL PARTIES — FRIDAY TO SUNDAY
International DJs
During the festival, we have parties Friday w/concert, Saturday w/concert and a Sunday Matinè.
The parties are served by international DJs well known for their genres and will serve you music to set the mood on your preferred dance floor.
Up to 3 dance floors will be avaliable.