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Folkmoot USA – A Latin American Musical Experience: Las Montañitas
May 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$5
Folkmoot LIVE! is pleased to present A Latin American Musical Experience featuring one of Asheville’s newest and most exciting bands, Las Montañitas.
Las Montañitas brings the Andes to the Appalachians. Their music draws heavily from the Chicha Cumbia scene that emerged in Peru in the late 1960s, featuring psychedelic surf guitar tone, Afro-Colombian dance grooves and Andean inspired melodies. Read more below.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 7 PM, Doors at 6 PM
Listen: https://www.folkmoot.org/folkmoot-live
Tickets: https://givebutter.com/UFas5Q
Ticket Donation
Pay What You Can: $25, $15, $5
Donations are Welcome
Folkmoot Friendship Center
112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville, NC
Gabby’s Food Truck On-Site
Las Montañitas features Mar – vocals, charango, flute, guiro; Sparrow Smith – accordion, vocals; Keith Josiah Smith – guitar, timbales; JP Furnas – bass; Sully Martinez – congas, bongos and Ben Colvin – saxophone.
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