Shokazoba & DJ Luminus ~ Ecstatic Dance Party 2024!

Marigold Theater & Valley Vibe Productions Present: Shokazoba & DJ Luminus ~ Ecstatic Dance Party 2024! . Valley Legends DJ Luminus & the mighty Shokazoba Funkestra will be staggering sets all night long for an uplifting dance party experience with some brand new music from Shokazoba! $10 to $20 sliding scale. Loving vibes, dancing shoes & funderpants required... . Shokazoba Funkestra ~ The most fun you will ever have dancing at a live show in the Valley and beyond, the much anticipated return of Shokazoba is upon us! Voted "Best of the Valley" five times, nominated for "Live Act of the Year" by the New England Music Awards, winners of the 2017 Valley Music Showcase, & recognized with several honorable distinctions by the African Jazz Review, Shokazoba (Nigerian for shock absorber) is an award winning horn driven powerhouse performing top quality high energy original music designed to move your feet, inspire the mind, & activate our souls. Beginning in 2005 as a Fela Kuti tribute project, they aim to generate greater human awareness through conscious danceable polyrhythmic trance music called New World Funk - an eclectic blend of influences featuring Fela's Afrobeat - delivering passionately honest crucially topical lyrical messages and deriving their spiritual inspiration from deep meaningful connections, the celebration of ecstatic vibrations, and the joyous expressions of dance. Defying categorization existing beyond any expectation outpouring maximum musical creative emanation, be prepared to be absolutely blown away in the best possible way by the Shokazoba New World Funkestra ~ shokazoba.com . DJ Luminus ~ A truly beloved valley legend, DJ Luminus creates sacred dance journeys of multi dimensional holistic stimulation by engaging mind, body & spirit - curating a colorful mix of world fusions, balancing electronic & organic flavors while infusing a global selection of soul driving beats for ecstatic dances, contact improv jams & festivals all over the world. Studying puppetry, improvisation, & drama education in his youth, he later earned a degree in psychotherapy exploring how dance improvisation can contribute to healing blocked emotional energy. Through mind-body connections & accessing the freedom of embodied expression, Luminus dives deep into the energy of music, its impact on the body, & its vibrational universal connections. Leading workshops & dance events internationally & across the US, from places like Vancouver BC to Ometepe Nicaragua to Portland OR & his homeland of Prague in the Czech Republic, he currently holds monthly Vortex ecstatic dance gatherings in Boston. It's an absolute honor to introduce DJ Luminus to the thriving culture at the Marigold Theater ~ facebook.com/LuminusDJ ~ djluminus.com ~ instagram.com/djluminus