Join the Fiesta! 💃

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Join the Fiesta! 💃 Jirka Kadlec’s Best of Gipsy Kings stuffs four of the Camargue clan’s biggest floor-fillers—“Bamboléo,” “Volare,” “Djobi Djoba,” and “Bem Bem Maria”—into a non-stop, eight-minute street fiesta for wind orchestra. Expect rumba-catalana hand-clap grooves hammered out on claves and bongos, Phrygian-spiced trumpet fanfares, and woodwind fireworks that swirl through a rainbow of key changes as dizzying as a midnight feria. From Refugee Roots to Global Rumba The Gipsy Kings were born in Arles and Montpellier to Spanish-Romani families who fled the Civil War; their hybrid of flamenco, Catalan rumba, salsa, and pop finally broke worldwide with the self-titled 1987 album—forty weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 thanks to smash singles “Bamboléo” and “Djobi Djoba.” Their take on Domenico Modugno’s “Volare” followed in 1989, scoring Top-10 positions across Europe and cementing the band as ambassadors of fiesta culture. By 1994 they were selling out arenas on the back of “Bem Bem Maria” and 60 million records, making them the public face of rumba catalana. Kadlec’s concert-band medley preserves that carnival sparkle: claves mark the signature 3-2 rumba clave, bongos mimic palmas sordas hand-claps, and trumpets blast Phrygian major-third fanfares that sound like medieval heralds crashing the party. Close your eyes and step into a torch-lit arcade in Arles: guitars strum, palms clap, and the smell of paella floats through warm night air. “Bamboléo” strikes up—feel the sway in your hips before you notice it. Clap along—this party doesn’t end till the final chord bounces off the night sky! Come dance in your seat with us on Sunday 31st August at 2pm. The best of the Gipsy Kings is calling, and the fiesta won’t be the same without you.Tickets available now via www.kgow.org.au or click the yellow button below.