Upcoming Performances w/ Kubatana
Day in the bay
Sunday 9 Feb
10am - 6pm
our set time is 12:45pm at the Reef St Performance Corner
Shorland Park
Island Bay
It's an awesome day starting off with a big parade and carrying on with music, food stalls, market stalls and a lot of fun stuff for kids too :).
www.islandbayfestival.org.nz/
www.islandbayfestival.org.nz/
Diversity Festival 2025
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Karori Karnival 2025
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Newtown Festival 2025
Sunday 2 March
Normanby St Stage
Performance Time TBC - In the morning
Our favourite local street festival!!!!
Recent Performances w/ Kubatana
Kapiti Food Fair
Afrikan Arts & Cultural Festival
Kubatana & Moringa Dancers Live at the TRipod
CourtEnay Precinct
AFROBEAT At The cRosS
We opened the night with Kubatana, then danced the night away
with Sam Manzanza & his Afrobeat Band.
with Sam Manzanza & his Afrobeat Band.
Newtown Festival Community Stage
Sunday 3 March
www.newtownfestival.org.nz/
Newtown Festival Community Stage was da bomb! Dancing with our crew onstage and in the street with the festival goers, dancing with kids and friends new and old, and even inviting a guest drummer onstage! We love Newtown Festival!
Newtown Festival Community Stage was da bomb! Dancing with our crew onstage and in the street with the festival goers, dancing with kids and friends new and old, and even inviting a guest drummer onstage! We love Newtown Festival!
Moon Bar
Saturday 2 March
Karori Carnival
ben Burn park
Sunday 18 February
Lots of fun dancing in the sun, our favourite way to dance, barefoot in the grass on a perfect day!
Diversity Festival, Saturday 25 November
We had so much fun with Kubatana at the Diversity Festival at the Memorial Theatre at Victoria University in Kelburn.
Cultural performances from all over the world and a great celebration of world music and dance.
Cultural performances from all over the world and a great celebration of world music and dance.
thorndon fair, Sunday 3 December
We don't have any pictures of this one - it turned out to be a rain dance! Hoping for sunshine next year!
VOGELMORN BOWLING CLUB 19 NOVEMBER
fun times!!!
El Barrio 20 October
Check out the reel El Barrio posted about our night!
29 APRIL RELAY FOR LIFE
21 April Afrobeat Night El Barrio
1 April Aro FAir
26 March Cuba Dupa "KORANA"
5 March Newtown festival
19 February Karori Carnival
2022 wrap on the waterfront
30th Anniversary Afrobeat night!!!
9 Dec, 2022
A celebration envisioned by Sam Manzanza, celebrating 30 years of African Music in NZ!!!!
We opened for Sam's Afrobeat band and featured our guest artist maestro Agbeko Desouza
from Ghana via Christchurch! Epic night with audience members jumping into the party,
having fun dancing with the community and feeling the energy!
We opened for Sam's Afrobeat band and featured our guest artist maestro Agbeko Desouza
from Ghana via Christchurch! Epic night with audience members jumping into the party,
having fun dancing with the community and feeling the energy!
Kilbirnie Santa Parade &
Summer Vibes After Party!
4 Dec, 2022
A fun casual performance full of community vibes, including student performances!
Hitting the streets parading with the Moringa crew,
dancing to the Afro beats of Kubatana in the sun and the wind!
Hitting the streets parading with the Moringa crew,
dancing to the Afro beats of Kubatana in the sun and the wind!
Korana
A Celebration of
World Music & Dance
26 November 2022
A collaboration of intertwined performances by Wellington Community Choir,
Kubatana, Ollin Yoliztli Life & Movement, and Moringa Dancers.
Thanks to all who came and supported this event! It was extra special for us!
Kubatana, Ollin Yoliztli Life & Movement, and Moringa Dancers.
Thanks to all who came and supported this event! It was extra special for us!
Africa Day 2022
Epic times with Kubatana and Koffie Fugah with sets at Africa Day at Shed 6 and then the After party at El Barrio!
10 April, 2021
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11 April, 2021
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Aro Fair 2021
Koffie's Album Release/
bday Party
el Barrio latino Bar, 13 March 2021
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Yebo Wildflower Festival
Cacao Ceremony
Friday 29 January
8pm-10:30pm
Yebomosaic.art
1510 State Highway 2, RD1 Featherston
Wellington Lantern FEstival 2020!
An awesome event lighting up the waterfront and creating fun in the city all weekend with amazing lantern installations, delicious food, performances and kids activities! What a great weekend! Thanks for the beautiful photos, Dani Fuenza and Wellington Lantern Festival!
We Performed w/Koffie & Kubatana
at Africa Day
Saturday, 7 November
Rise Above:
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Kubatana &
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El Barrio Gig with Koffie, Kubatana & Kadodo!
9 November, 2019
What an amazing night we had! Thanks to all the drummers & dancers, Koffie and El Barrio!
It was so fun to stay after and have a boogie with DJ DOZEN!!!!
It was so fun to stay after and have a boogie with DJ DOZEN!!!!
International Dance Day 2019
This picture by Alexander Garside, starring the Moringa crew, found it's way to the cover of DANZ magazine, WOOT!
Newtown Festival 2019
We had a blast performing at Newtown Festival with Kubatana ft. Robert Koffie Fugah, and additional guest drummers from Kadodo Drum and Dance! Such a fun day!
Hawera Street Festival
It was heaps of fun collaborating with Kubatana and drummers from far and wide to create a high energy performance for the festival stage then taking our party onto a float for the parade, providing a vibrant soundtrack and bringing the energy with some funky moves! It was a beautiful sunny day to be out sharing the joy.
Many thanks to Bizlink Hawera and Whanganui Community Drumming.
Many thanks to Bizlink Hawera and Whanganui Community Drumming.
Open Streets Wellington
When the bicycles and pedestrians took over the streets, we were enjoying taking over our own little patch of Taranaki Street with African Beats NZ! What a cool initiative!
Africa Day 2018
We danced with the 2 maestros of Ghanaian rhythm & dance making the drumming fast and furious for us, and it was an awesome experience!
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Children's
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Upper Hutt Multicultural FestivalWe danced to celebrate diversity and human rights in NZ, amongst many different cultures showcasing their music and dance onstage!
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Bloom Collective OpeningWe had a great boogie with Kubatana to celebrate the opening of this great creative hub, now providing access to arts and music for all to the Newtown community!
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Cuba Dupa with Kadodo24 March 2018, we had a rocking performance with Koffie Fugah & Kadodo on the Swan Stage!
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Chris Berry Retreat2-4 March 2018. We welcomed Chris Berry back to Tapu Te Ranga Marae for an inspiring 2 day/2 night immersion into Bana Kuma rhythms.
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JUST SO FESTIVAL
23-25 February 2018. A camping arts festival for families with kids at last!
We loved performing & roving around all weekend, joining in the merriment!
We loved performing & roving around all weekend, joining in the merriment!
