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Tuesdays in the Plaza: Afro Fiesta (Rumba Del Congo)

Healdsburg Community Services

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Tue, 12 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 pm

2 hours

Healdsburg Plaza

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Tue, 12 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm (PDT)

Healdsburg Plaza

Healdsburg Inn, A Four Sisters Inn, 112 Matheson St, CA 95448, California, Healdsburg, United States

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Tuesdays in the Plaza: Afro Fiesta (Rumba Del Congo)
Our weekly summer concerts in the Healdsburg Plaza from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. provide an eclectic and unique line-up of bands, and have been assembled to please a wide array of musical interests. Food vendors will be on-hand to offer locally sourced food for sale starting at 5:00 p.m. with the music beginning at 6:00 p.m.

About the band: Afro Fiesta members Mermans Mosengo and Jason Tamba both left the Democratic Republic of the Congo more than fifteen years ago in search of a better life. Mosengo moved to South Africa in 1998, spending a year as a drummer and bassist with the Young Bakuba Band before going solo and eventually meeting Jason Tamba. A self-taught musician who later earned a degree in classical guitar, Tamba also traveled to South Africa in search of greater opportunity, where he soon met Mosengo and formed Afro Fiesta.

From the beginning, Afro Fiesta has embraced a powerful vision: using music to educate and inspire audiences to find solutions both for their native Congo and for all of humanity. Its first album, the self-titled Afro Fiesta, released in 2005, is full of songs that are a fusion of eclectic styles including Afro-jazz, kwasa-kwasa, makossa, and hints of Latin music.

With Afro Fiesta’s latest album Music is My Ammunition, its first recorded with Playing For Change, they have crafted a reggae rumba roots album with music and messages from deep in the heart of Africa. Music is My Ammunition features Detroit bass legend Reggie McBride as well as Jamaican brothers Courtney “Bam” Diedrick on drums and Sean “Pow” Diedrick on keyboards (both perform in Damian Marley’s band). The result is an album that crisscrosses Africa to blend diverse influences of roots reggae, makossa, and Congolese rumba.

Tuesdays in the Plaza is hosted by the City of Healdsburg Community Services.

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Nuestros conciertos de verano semanales en la plaza de Healdsburg, de 18:00 a 20:00 horas, ofrecen un elenco de bandas ecléctico y único, y se han reunido para satisfacer una amplia gama de intereses musicales. A partir de las 17.00 horas, los vendedores de comida pondrán a la venta productos locales, mientras que la música comenzará a las 18.00 horas.

Sobre la banda: Los miembros de Afro Fiesta Mermans Mosengo y Jason Tamba abandonaron la República Democrática del Congo hace más de quince años en busca de una vida mejor. Mosengo se trasladó a Sudáfrica en 1998, donde pasó un año como batería y bajista de la Young Bakuba Band antes de emprender su carrera en solitario y acabar conociendo a Jason Tamba. Músico autodidacta que más tarde se licenció en guitarra clásica, Tamba también viajó a Sudáfrica en busca de mayores oportunidades, donde pronto conoció a Mosengo y formó Afro Fiesta.

Desde el principio, Afro Fiesta ha abrazado una poderosa visión: utilizar la música para educar e inspirar al público a encontrar soluciones tanto para su Congo natal como para toda la humanidad. Su primer álbum, el autotitulado Afro Fiesta, publicado en 2005, está repleto de canciones que son una fusión de estilos eclécticos que incluyen afro-jazz, kwasa-kwasa, makossa y toques de música latina.

Con el último álbum de Afro Fiesta, Music is My Ammunition, el primero que graban con Playing For Change, han elaborado un álbum de raíces de reggae rumba con música y mensajes de lo más profundo del corazón de África. Music is My Ammunition cuenta con la participación de la leyenda del bajo de Detroit Reggie McBride, así como de los hermanos jamaicanos Courtney «Bam» Diedrick a la batería y Sean «Pow» Diedrick a los teclados (ambos actúan en la banda de Damian Marley). El resultado es un álbum que cruza África para mezclar diversas influencias del roots reggae, la makossa y la rumba congoleña.

Tuesdays in the Plaza está organizado por los Servicios Comunitarios de la Ciudad de Healdsburg.


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Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg Inn, A Four Sisters Inn, 112 Matheson St, Healdsburg, CA 95448, United States,Healdsburg, California

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Tuesdays in the Plaza: Afro Fiesta (Rumba Del Congo), 12 August | Event in Healdsburg | AllEvents
Tuesdays in the Plaza: Afro Fiesta (Rumba Del Congo)
Tue, 12 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 pm