The Alluvion World Music Series Presents: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

The Alluvion World Music Series presents Ladysmith Black Mambazo - a South African male choral group.

Known internationally after singing with American Paul Simon on his album Graceland. They have since won multiple awards, including five Grammy Awards.

Over Sixty Years Later, The Impossible Dream Continues

Let us tell you a story. An impossible to believe, yet, true story.

Once upon a time there was a teenage boy working on his family farm in apartheid South Africa. The year was 1960. This boy loved to sing, in fact he loved to sing so much that he allowed himself an impossible dream.

In his dream he would create a group of singers, from his family members, to sing traditional South African songs. His group would perform all over South Africa and they would become the greatest music group his country would ever know. How could such a dream come to a young farm boy in a country rife with hardship, violence and trouble? Well, Joseph Shabalala was this young farm boy and his dream would become Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

The year 2025 marks the 65th anniversary of Joseph Shabalala forming Ladysmith Black Mambazo. His group would not only conquer all of South Africa, but would become a worldwide phenomenon, winning more GRAMMY Awards (Five), and receiving more GRAMMY Award nominations (Nineteen), than any World Music group in the history of recorded music.

TWO SHOWS IN ONE NIGHT - 7PM & 9PM

Both shows sold separately.

Both shows will have 75 minute performances.

Fully seated, listening room style show.

General admission