July 19 Cimafunk live in concert at the 2024 San Javier Jazz Festival

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An electrifying Cuban funk show at the open-air auditorium of Parque Almansa in San Javier

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE ONLINE HERE for both season tickets and individual concerts.

Cimafunk is the stage name of Erik Alejandro Rodríguez, a Cuban singer, composer, record producer and spectacular showman who is revolutionizing funk and contemporary and popular music in Spanish. His name is a reference to the “maroon” condition of one of his ancestors, a fugitive slave who took refuge in the mountains and forests to be free, and which Erik claims as his vital inheritance.

His music mixes funk, blues, rumba, hip hop and the rich Cuban musical tradition. Accompanied by his band called “La Tribu”, a group of fantastic instrumentalists and vocalists in perfect harmony with Erik's main voice, Cimafunk promises one of the most electrifying shows in the world in his first concert at Jazz San Javier: not for nothing has he been described as the Cuban James Brown!

Line-up

Cimafunk: vocals

Raúl Zapata: drums

Mario Mesa: major percussion

Katerin Ferrer: sax

Ilarivis García Despaigne: trombone

Arthur Alvares: keyboards

Miguel Villavicencio: minor percussion

Diego Barrera: guitar

Ibáñez Hermida: bass

The eleventh concert in the 26^th edition of the San Javier Jazz festival begins at 22.00 at the open-air auditorium in Parque Almansa in the centre of San Javier. Tickets are priced at 20 euros: click the link above for bookings.

For the full programme of the 2024 San Javier Jazz Festival click here or for more local information go to the home page of San Javier Today.