Bazurto All Stars From Cartagena Play & Dance Colombian Fusion Champeta at Flushing City Hall

The Bazurto All Stars are a Champeta fusion band from Cartagena, Colombia. They are the iconic band of the form.

Traditional champeta is one thing. Champeta fusions bring influences from Colombian cumbia and vallenato, Jamaican reggae and ska, and European classical music, because as Colombians we are all of these.

The biggest hit of the Bazurto All Stars is "La Pupileta" (2015) which became a hit all over Colombia and the 2016 theme of the Barranquilla Carnival, the 2nd biggest carnival in the world. African Diaspora culture and carnival are deeply connected because during colonial times it was the only time we were allowed to celebrate our own traditions. The All Stars have won the prestigious "Congo de Oro" prize at Carnival three times.

Bazurto All Stars' biggest hit to date, "La Pupileta" (2015)

A "pupileta" is a little student, a young pupil. The video is a humorous spin on how elites often consider something low class and too mean, but once they learn it, they love it. This is the universal history of Latin music.

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Bazurto All Stars in New York

The Bazurto All Stars, the iconic Colombian band Champeta, make their New York City debut with a performance preceded by a Champeta dance workshop at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Friday, September 30, 2022. Dance Workshop to 19h. Show at 8 p.m. $18. Readers save 20% with code NYLAMAG at ovationtix.com