This weekend will be Colombia at the park

The Auditorium Fabio Lozano and El Parque de los Novios, in Bogota, will be the stages where on July 19, 21 and 22, the event will take place to promote the musical expressions of the regions On July 19, with a gala in the auditorium Fabio Lozano of the University of Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, will initiate the Festival Colombia al Parque with the participation of three groups; Palo Cruza & # 39; o, who celebrates 20 years of trajectory and will present for the first time the album In Colombian Harmonies with which she won the Latin GRAMMY at Best Folk Album 2016; Cbadón de Timbiquí, another musical gem of the Colombian Pacific, winner of the Petronio Álvarez Festival in different categories and Swing Choir, a winning band in Bogota that will captivate the audience with its popular music arrangements and staging full of effects voice.

The weekend continues the feast in the Parque de los Novios, July 21 and 22, where the Festival will dialogue with the black sounds of the country: the Colombian Pacific music with the Atlantic coast, and the chageta cartagenera with the bunde Chocoano. Del Pacífico will arrive at the Herencia de Timbiquí, awarded at the Festival Petronio Álvarez and the International Viña Del Mar Festival, celebrating his first 15 years of music, and Alex Pichi and Su Banda Show, the artist who moved the Colombian national team. rhythm of his song Bamboleo, which brings one of the most popular and most important shows of Fiestas from San Pacho to Quibdó.

Official poster of the Festival.

The musical quota of the Atlantic coast comes from Barranco de Loba, Bolívar, with Grilbin Sáenz and Golpes Malibú, composer and interpreter of the traditional songs of the people on the banks of the Rio Grande de Magdalena and Koffee El Kafetero, from Cartagena with more than ten years of experience, who became known throughout the country as "The gentleman of champeta"; both will participate for the first time in the festival. In addition, Los Ajices will be presented by Nariño, a band born in Sandoná 15 years ago, whose music combines malice, humor, melancholy, sadness and pleasure.

For the first time, they arrive in Colombia at the Parque mariachi and bolero genres, with Mariachis Flor de Toloache, winners of the Latin GRAMMY prize at Best Ranchero / Mariachi Álbum in 2017, composed of women based in New York (USA ), whose roots come from countries such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Colombia and Mexico; and The Three Kings of Mexico ("The last of the great trios"), teachers in the interpretation of the requinto and bolero icons and Latin American popular music.

On the other hand, thanks to the winning talent of Bogota the sounds of traditional Colombian Andean music through the trio Tres en Uno and the group Ancestral. Each, in its own way and through its own format, seeks to evoke the traditional musical expressions of Andean music while preserving its roots; From the Come to the Scene program of Crea Las Delicias, there will be a collective remix of tropical music, composed of children aged 13 to 15, exploring genres like raspa, cumbia, son, among other rhythms typical to remember the great orchestras of 50 years ago.

Representing the new trends and aesthetics of fused Latin American music, several bands arrive at the Festival's platform. Cocoa Munch, with its particular fusion between the Colombian and African-American genres of our country; María Escobar, with the mix of folklore, electronic and Colombian music, with which she travels through traditional Colombian music through her own contemporary style; and, with a strong influence of Peruvian cumbia and chicha, La Sonora Mazurén, which aims to recall the golden years of tropical Latin discography through its electrifying sound.

To complete the fusion experience, three winning groups innovate musical with its unique combinations. Efilá-Estefanía Lambuley Grupo, mixes not only traditional Colombian and Latin American music with urban music, but also adds to the work of experimentation with pedals and loopers. Terrestrial, with a marimba instead of a piano, becomes an unusual jazz trio with the addition of a voice and Pacific timbre, which becomes something never heard before. On the other hand, Las Áñez has managed to create a particular way of mixing folklore with its versatility. From pedals to minimalist percussion series, they are part of their musical proposal to innovate this mix.

In addition, during the changes of artists, the DJs will accompany the festival of an alternative scene: Meneo (Spain), Monosóniko Champetúo and Perro Loko Megabbad (both of Barranquilla). Each of theirs, they come fill the energy intermediaries to not lose the thread of the party. DJ Meneo with his "electropical" sound mixes house and electronic club with the traditional rhythms of Latin America, while Monosóniko and DJ Perro Loko promise to flood us with its Afro-Colombian sound system and champeta, so that the public can feel the picot movement of the Colombian Caribbean coast

So the nomination is with Colombia at the Park this July 19th at the Fabio Lozano Auditorium and on July 21st and 22nd at Parque de los Novios, a musical space for families from the city which, in addition to the artistic offer, will enjoy a varied gastronomic offer. an area of ​​entrepreneurship and traditional games.