Kaleta & Super Yamba Band (with Zanib)
DOORS OPEN: 4:00pm
MEMBER PRESALE: Thursday, April 21st - 10:00am
VIP ON SALE: Friday April 22nd - 10:00am
GA ON SALE: Thursday, June 30th - 10:00am
Molly's Spirits VIP Lounge: Everyone over age 6 must have their own VIP ticket to gain entry to the Molly's Spirits VIP Lounge. Please bring your digital or printed out ticket to the venue to gain entry and pick up your VIP wristband at the Levitt check-in tent upon arrival. VIP tickets include the following:
- Access to premium viewing location in the VIP section
- 1 FREE drink of choice
- VIP bar access and separate bar line
- Limited lounge seating (when available - you are encouraged to bring your own blanket & lawn chair to guarantee seating).
FREE GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: General Admission tickets are one ticket per person. Lawn seating, no chairs are provided. Free ticket holders are asked to arrive at the venue by 20 minutes past showtime, otherwise your ticket may be forfeit to walkup guests.
______________________________________________Kaleta & Super Yamba Band
Brooklyn’s Kaleta & Super Yamba Band are fronted by Afrobeat and Juju veteran Leon Ligan-Majek a.k.a. Kaleta. The singer/guitarist from the West African country of Benin Republic lived his adolescent life in Lagos, Nigeria where Afrobeat was born. Kaleta's guitar chops earned him decades of touring and recording with Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Lauryn Hill and more.
Kaleta got his start in the late 70s performing in church and was soon after picked up by iconic Juju master and world music pioneer King Sunny Ade. A few years later Fela Kuti came calling. Kaleta would go on to tour the world playing guitar for the King of Afrobeat in his storied band Egypt 80 through the 1980s and into the 1990s.
Now based in New York City, Kaleta has been leading Super Yamba Band since 2017. Their debut album "Mèdaho," which was released by California indie label Ubiquity Records, draws on the group’s shared reverence for the raw, psychedelic sounds that captivated Kaleta as a music loving kid in 1970s Benin. Mèdaho means "big brother," "elder" or "teacher" and is dedicated to Kaleta's late brother Ligan-Ozavino Pascal who introduced him to funk and soul music at a very early age. The album was included on Bandcamp’s “Best Albums of Summer 2019” list and two of the songs were chosen for the ABC/Hulu series High Fidelity staring Zoe Kravitz.