Vieux Farka Touré
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025
Ticket: $35
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Venue: Ivy Ballroom at Surf Hotel
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Artist Bio
Vieux Farka Touré, often called “The Hendrix of the Sahara,” was born in 1981 in Niafunké, Mali, and is the son of legendary Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré. Despite his father’s initial disapproval, Vieux pursued music, eventually gaining his father’s blessing before Ali’s passing. Vieux began his career as a drummer before secretly taking up guitar and recording his debut album in 2007, blending his father’s traditional West African sound with his own influences. Over the years, he has continued to innovate, releasing critically acclaimed albums such as Fondo (2009), The Secret (2011), and Mon Pays (2013). Known for his virtuosity and charismatic performances, Vieux has also collaborated with artists like Idan Raichel and Julia Easterlin, producing genre-defying works. In addition to his musical success, Vieux is a passionate advocate for his homeland, founding charities to support Mali’s cultural preservation and humanitarian efforts. His latest projects, including Les Racines (2022) and a collaboration with Khruangbin, solidify his place as one of the world’s most influential and innovative musicians.
Third World w/ Kumar Fyah
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Ticket: $45
Doors: 7pm
Venue: Ivy Ballroom at Surf Hotel
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Discounted Stay
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About The Artist
Celebrating 51 years, ‘Reggae Ambassadors’, THIRD WORLD is one of the longest-lived Reggae bands of all time, and one of Jamaica's most consistently popular crossover acts among international audiences. Mixing in elements of R&B, funk, pop, and rock and, later on, dancehall and rap, Third World’s style has been described as "reggae-fusion".
With 9 Grammy nominations and catalogue of charted smash hits (including “Now That We Found Love”, ”96 Degrees in the Shade” and “Try Jah Love”) spanning over four decades, sold-out tours, a vibrant and loyal fan base and inspirational messages, one may wonder, "Where did it all begin? What gives Third World the staying power so rare in the music industry?" Third World is more than just one of the top Reggae bands of all time, it is an institution that stands for producing and performing music that, while holding firm to the cultural and ancestral roots of its members, still pushes forward the cutting edge of music worldwide. It is an institution whose themes are positive, progressive and internationally relevant.
Singer Bunny Rugs described the band's sound: "Strictly a reggae band, no. Definitely a reggae band, yes." Guitarist Stephen Cat Coore said of their music: "The hybrid of various types of music is a natural thing because, by growing up in Jamaica, we know the direct roots of reggae and ska. At the same time we live in a country where you get to hear Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and all the R & B artists." Bassist Richard Daley said, "We took roots reggae music and put branches on top of it".
Third World has performed to thousands of music fans on 6 of the 7 continents: TW toured & recorded with late great Bob Marley, including opening for Marley’s first world tour in 1978, TW recorded & toured with master blaster Stevie Wonder, who produced 2 of their albums in the 80’s released with CBS, they toured America with legendary guitarist Santana, opened for the Jackson 5’s first concert in Jamaica, shared stages throughout the world with the U2, Sting, The Police, Whitney Houston, Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Jimmy Buffet, Eric Clapton, Fela Kuti , Gladys Knight, the Marley Brothers and more.
Third World’s hit songs have reached top 40 on the Billboard charts in the US, UK, Europe and Japan and received a platinum award in Japan. In 1986, Third World received the United Nations Peace Medal for their contribution of music and their lyrical prose. They performed on the MTV Amnesty International Concert at a sold out Giant Stadium in 1986, performed at the Rose Bowl with Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, the Welcome Home Nelson Mandala concert in 1990, and have been featured at major sporting events including the Lord’s Cricket Grounds in the UK in 2000, and Opening Ceremony for Cricket World Cup in 2007, America’s Cup Bermuda 2017. TW has entertained millions over the television with performances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, Arsenio Hall Show, Soul Train, Top of the Pops, Shirley Bassie show and more!
Third World has received the keys to the cities of Atlanta, Brooklyn, Atlantic City, Hartford, Key West & Hollywood, Florida. Third World accolades include 1992 and 1996 Jamaica Music Industry Awards for Best Show Band, New York City Ambassador Award in November 2009 at Brooklyn Academy of Music ("BAM"), 2011 Excellence in Music at the Atlanta Caribbean Festival, numerous awards and accolades from Martin’s International Reggae and World Music Awards. In 2012 the group was awarded the Ambassador at Caribbean American Heritage Awards in Washington DC, “The Art of Reggae Music” award for 40 years of quality music and dedication. The Kennedy Center’s National Black Arts Award of Merit 2013. Jamaica Jazz & Blues presented Third World a Lifetime Achievement Award after their performance at the 2013 staging in Montego Bay. Reggae Sumfest presented Cat Coore the Lifetime Achievement Award during the virtual staging of Sumfest July 2020 in Kingston Jamaica. The City of Miramar Florida has honored Third World with the Award of Merit during Black History Month and Reggae Month Celebrations 2021. Stephen “Cat” Coore was presented with the Jamaica Recording Industry Award (JaRIA) instrumentalist of the year during Reggae Month, 2021 and the Luminary Award at the Caribbean American Heritage Awards (CAHAH) in Washington DC November 2023. In 2023, Cat Coore was listed by Rolling Stone magazine as #91 of the top 250 guitarist of all time. Reggae Month 2024, Third World was presented with a Reggae Gold Award from the Ministry of Culture, Entertainment, Gender & Sport. On Jamaica Independence Day, August 6, 2024, Third World, led by Cat Coore was honored at the National Stadium in Kingston as the Prime Minister presented them with an Icon of Reggae Music Citation in front of an in stadium audience of 35,000 fellow Jamaicans.
Third World released a studio LP, More Work To Be Done, August 2019, produced by Multi-Grammy winner, Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, the youngest son of the legendary Bob Marley, under the Ghetto Youth International imprint. The album was nominated by the Recording Academy / Grammys for Best Reggae Album 2020.
The Reggae Ambassadors, Third World are the “Goodwill Ambassadors” for the Issa Trust Foundation’s initiative in providing pediatric care, education and equipment to hospitals in rural Jamaica, as well as the “Oceans Ambassadors” for the Alligator Head Foundation and their Clean Ocean initiatives in Portland, Jamaica.
We invite you to be entertained by the Reggae Ambassadors, THIRD WORLD!
Current Members:
Stephen “Cat” Coore, Richard Daley, Tony “Ruption” Williams, AJ Brown, Norris Webb, Rupert Bent, Richard Barr
Dirtwire w/ LVDY
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Ticket: $60
Doors: 6:30 pm | Show: 7pm
Venue: Ivy Ballroom at Surf Hotel
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Artist Bio :: Dirtwire
Dirtwire stands poised between ancient Mother Earth and modern technology, a blend of ethnomusicology and the psychedelic trance state, gut-bucket delta blues and what the band variously dubs “back-porch space cowboy blues, swamptronica, and electro-twang.” It’s a sound informed by Dirtwire’s travels and performances around the globe, where East meets West and North joins South. From the favelas in Brazil, Femi Kuti’s Shrine in Lagos, Tokyo’s bluegrass clubs, Ayahuasca ceremonies in Central America, Gamelan performances in Bali, desert festivals in the Australian Outback, and the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s modernized new capital Astana, the band spreads its message by building bridges across musical cultures in their own unique way.
Dirtwire plays an array of instruments both ancient and modern, including West African kamale ngonis, jaw harps, space fiddles, whamola basses, Rickenbacher electric 12 string guitars, bowed Banjos and mouth harps from around the globe, all interwoven into modern laptop beat creation. Hailing from the underground west coast electronic bass music scene Dirtwire finds itself at the forefront of experimental electronic music production mixing in their wide array of world instruments with sampled beats and 808’s. Dirtwire’s live shows are a communal psychedelic journey, ranging from down home boot stomping get downs, to bass and blues electronic mashups, to ethereal cinematic beat driven soundscapes. Woven into each is the exploration of where live instruments meet computer production, and where tradition meets experimentation.
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Support Bio :: LVDY
LVDY (pronounced LADY) is a Colorado-based duo comprised of Kathleen Hooper and Aubrey Mable. Their uplifting sound and intimate storytelling is a delightful recipe of singer-songwriter, indie-folk, with powerful melodies and harmonies that speak to the senses. Love anthems weave in and out of their messages, with simple yet important reminders that we’re not alone.
Their ethereal harmonies, musical warmth, and meaningful lyrics find inspiration in the beauty of the outdoors as they draw influence from artists like Maggie Rogers, Rising Appalachia, JOSEPH and Trevor Hall.
Their debut EP, Electricity, was produced by Dreamers Delight and arrived in February of 2019. During their first year of pursuing music full-time, the LVDIES were named the Best Folk Band/Artist by Denver’s renowned music and arts publication 303 Magazine and toured the country playing nearly 100 shows and festivals. This landed them as support to incredible acts like LÉON, JOSEPH, Rising Appalachia, KT Tunstall, Joy Oladokun, Emily Scott Robinson, Brendan James, The National Parks & Morgan Saint. Their dedicated community, known as the LVDYMOB helped support a successful Kickstarter campaign, allowing them to create their debut album, “Gold” which released in April 2021. They released their sophomore album, The Woods, in the fall of 2022.
Their latest 4-song EP, Feathers, was released on February 23, 2024 and reflects their most dynamic and mature sound yet.
The Polish Ambassador
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Ticket: $55
Doors: 7:15pm | Show: 8pm
Venue: Ivy Ballroom at Surf Hotel
About The Artist
Musician. Producer. Beatsmith. Recording artist. Composer. Dance-floor general. Label-head. A mystery man of many hats, The Polish Ambassador rocks more than just a trademark jumpsuit, authoring sublime, intentional artistic works, animated safaris in technicolor sound. At first breath, The Polish Ambassador was an experiment, David Sugalski’s sound-art passion project that came to life. An inventive, imaginary character bor Bold Keyboard shortcut Command+Bn of humble, humorous beginnings, he found his first audiences through the support of primitive digital radio stations. Today, TPA is among the premier EDM/live crossover artists in the country with millions of listeners around the world; he’s consistently in-demand at the live music-focused gatherings and boutique electronic festivals from coast to coast. Founder of independent label Jumpsuit Records, an environmentalist and early progenitor of the permaculture action movement, the world’s funkiest diplomat is here to party with a purpose.
Since 2006, The Polish Ambassador has consistently released critically-acclaimed full-length albums on Jumpsuit Records, alongside a dizzying number of side-projects and multi-form collaborations. All the while launching the careers of a diverse smattering of artists that run the gamut in geography and genre. TPA continues to spread his wings in teaming up with eclectic musicians from around the world, including Matisyahu, Nitty Scott, Zion I, The Grouch, Mr. Lif, and dozens of others. He is one-half of the celebrated folktronica project Wildlight, a duo in which he pairs with ethereal songstress Ayla Nereo.
The Polish Ambassador’s prolific output incorporates many styles, from exuberant global-house to fatback mid-tempo funk, you’ll pick up on West African percussion alongside stirring Kirtan melodies, a psychedelic sax solo or a fresh verse from a Brooklyn female emcee. TPA employs live horns, keyboards, guitars, violins, and a bevy of talented instrumentalists on stage. “The Jumpsuited One” has headlined iconic venues like Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, and the renowned counter-culture gathering Oregon Country Fair. Suwannee Hulaween, Electric Forest, Envision Festival, and Lightning in a Bottle and other national festivals have each repeatedly invited TPA back across different years.
In alignment with TPA’s artistic ethos is a low-key lifestyle that places a premium on being present, living in harmony with nature, participating in community and inspiring it to thrive. Offstage, David Sugalski instigated a village-building convergence in his hometown in Northern California, and manages his own 25-acre homestead in the picture-Esque, rolling Sierra Nevada foothills. The farmer/carpenter lives modestly in a cabin he built on his land of the lush; TPA music is created in a solar-powered recording studio on the property. When he removes the famed bright blue-and-yellow 80’s jumpsuit and reverts back to his humanoid self, Sugalski is an avid solo bicyclist who enjoys venturing up California’s breathtaking coastal Highway 1; he’s a dedicated van-adventurer, having built out an exquisite tiny home inside a contractors van.
Sugalski plans his TPA tours for minimum carbon footprint, he advocates for healthy-beverage alternatives at music venues. Jumpsuit Records has donated tens of thousands of dollars to various non-profit organizations and charities; a portion of the label split goes to supporting non-profits voted on by fans. TPA’s awareness-in-action coalesces with numerous non-profit endeavors, including Jumpsuit Records, own 501(c) certified organization ActionDays.us. TPA decided to eliminate the merchandise from his business model, in order to facilitate a fan-operated buy-and-sell marketplace. The Polish Ambassador has evolved exponentially, from an art project to a vibration; a joyful community that thrives on the dancefloor and finds freedom, connection, and collective oneness through this music.
