NextThreeDays: Event Display

2023 Floyd Small Town Summer Series with Beleza and Bio Ritmo
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Beleza, Bio Ritmo
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2023
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Class
Cost: Free

Sponsored Content:

Feature Your Company/Event Here

Description:
The Town of Floyd continues its 6th Annual Floyd Small Town Summer series featuring music from Beleza and Bio Ritmo on Thursday, July 20, 2023 outside at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

Tentative Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM: Gates Open
• 6:00 PM: Dance Lessons by SalsaNoke
• 6:30 PM: Beleza in Concert
• 7:30 PM: Dance Performances by SalsaNoke
• 7:50 PM: Bio Ritmo in Concert

The Town of Floyd offers this series of free events to provide a fun, family-friendly atmosphere in downtown Floyd, VA. Featuring music, movies, face-painting, inflatables, games, food and beverage and special activities presented by a variety of community organizations!

Bio Ritmo is a durable and ambitious salsa collective based in Richmond, Virginia known for a classic Nuyorican salsa sound made famous by the Fania All Stars in the 1970s, that combines African Caribbean rhythms from son, bomba, plena, and samba with electronica and big band brass. They have been around for two decades now, flying under the radar on a mass-market scale but well familiar to fans of tropical dance music since their first EP release in 1995. Bio Ritmo is a very forward-thinking salsa group, one that is not afraid to mix in new sounds and ideas.

Links:

• https://www.bioritmo.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/bioritmomusic
• https://www.youtube.com/@bioritmomusic
• https://www.instagram.com/bioritmomusic/

United by musical interests that include samba, funk, soul, blues, bossa nova, jazz and Spanish flamenco; Humberto Oliveira Sales and Madeline Holly Sales blend the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic riches from North and South America. Berto, native to Brazil, pursued a formal education in classical guitar. His knowledge of Brazilian rhythms and study of Spanish Flamenco add to the unique finger picking style he uses. Madeline brings with her the strong influence of soul, jazz and blues. She sings in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Her sensual, rich voice, playful interpretations, and strong stage presence make their combination extremely unique.

As a duo, they enrich their performances by including live percussion and vocal loops. With a full band, they get people out of their seats.

Madeline and Berto met and began playing together in Salvador, Brazil in 2002. Before relocating to the United States, they performed throughout Turkey in a number of all-inclusive resorts. As both performers and music educators, the duo has traveled with Enrichment Voyages (academically sponsored by the University of Virginia) around Central America, into the Amazon, and throughout the Caribbean. They continue to play concerts and festivals throughout the United States.

Links:

• https://www.belezamusic.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/BelezaMusic
• https://www.youtube.com/@belezacville/videos
• https://www.instagram.com/belezamusic/

The Small Town Summer Event Series is free and open to the public.

Bring your lawn chair and/or blanket.

Gates will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 PM on all Floyd Small Town Summer events. Movies will begin when the sun goes down.

The events take place on alternating Thursdays from mid-June to the end of August.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/P5CSVXzn/image.png.

For more information, visit: http://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/221861257210621.