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Afro D & Global Soundwaves is a hip-hop-jazz-funk fusion band formed in Champaign-Urbana by Pete “Afro D” Shungu in 2019. Shungu, teaching assistant professor in FAA, is the band’s MC, trumpeter and bandleader. The band consists of Mitchell Killough, a founding member, on bass, Lawrence Parks on alto saxophone, James “Jamie” Mauck on drums, Brighton...
Event in honor of the late First Wave scholar John Vietnam Nguyễn, 8/26-27, UW campus. Saturday: Opening ceremony 11 am, workshops noon and 2 pm, movie 7 pm. Sunday: Open mic 10 am, Elements in the Park 1-6 pm, concert 7 pm, 8/27.
11 am-8 pm, 8/19, 700 block of Mayer Avenue, with music, kids' activities, food carts & beer, raffle. Free admission. Click through for band schedule.
Kids From Wisconsin, Art Fairs on (and Off) the Square, festivals, music, hiking -- there's just so much to choose from this weekend.
Entries have now opened for the fourth annual Soapbox Challenge in Bury St Edmunds, which is set to take place in September.