Qualico Patio Series: Week 5 - Lester Quitzau and BuenRostro

Name: Qualico Patio Series: Week 5 - Lester Quitzau and BuenRostro
Start: 2024-07-31T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-07-31T21:00:00-06:00
Location: 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada, Alberta T8A 5T2

Schedule

Wed Jul 31 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada, Alberta T8A 5T2 | Sherwood Park, AB

The Qualico Patio Series returns for its 27th season!
Enjoy 2 shows per night on the Festival Place lakeside patio every Wednesday evening from July 3 - August 28, 2024.
July 31 performances👇
Meet Canadian multi Juno Award winning roots music artist and snowboarding pioneer Lester Quitzau, a mellow guy who throws down a heavy groove. In a field where intangibles like feel and integrity count for so much, Quitzau has forged an exemplary career. Distilling the experience of the past 35 years of writing, recording and performing his music, Lester has come up with an approach that is his own. His unique style and fluidity on slide, acoustic and electric guitars, coupled with his well crafted songs and warm vocals, are the fruits of this musical journey. Many of his followers have watched his career with love and loyalty in what began as a solid traditional folk/ blues foundation, that has branched out into myriad of influences and a sound that is his own.

BuenRostro grew up listening to the elder Nahuatl speakers—with their deeply rooted traditions and customs—while also being exposed to the modern culture of a cosmopolitan city. These are the sounds that inspired them to experiment and create a fusion of their ancestor’s traditional Mexican rhythms with global melodies. Their music is a combination of sones calentanos from Bajío, jarochos or huastecos; jarabes, pirekuas, cardenche songs and cumbias; sambas, rock, and jazz.