AACA announces bands for festival
Published 10:24 am Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Sonny Knight & The Lakers. Photo courtesy of Press Junkie
Malamanya. Photo provided by Malamanya
The Austin ArtWorks Festival is looking to bring a dancing-good time to the Historic Paramount Theatre late this summer.
The Austin Area Commission for the Arts announced Twin Cities bands Malamanya and Sonny Knight & The Lakers will headline the 2016 Dick Schindler Celebration Concert at 7 p.m. Aug. 27 during the Austin ArtWorks Festival.
Both acts bring music that organizers expect with have the crowd dancings.
“You’re going to want to get on your feet,” AACA Executive Director Jennie Knoebel said.
The concert is moving from Marcusen Park to the Paramount, in part to showcase Austin’s historic theater.
Last year’s show in the park was also canceled due to thunderstorms, but the bands performed inside at Dusty’s Lounge.
Knoebel said they’re working on ways to remove some seats near the from the front of the theater to offer people a chance to get up and move around.
Malamanya is blend of traditional Cuban and Latin American rhythms. Photo provided by Malamanya
Both acts will feature full bands with drums, guitars and horns.
Malamanya will start the show at 7 p.m. with their blend of traditional Cuban and Latin American rhythms. Austin’s The Peter Jacobs Trio will play on an outdoors stage during intermission.
Sonny Knight & The Lakers will close the show with its blended rock and R&B music often described as hard-soul.
“We really want it to be a party,” Knoebel said, adding it will be a Saturday night near the end of summer and they want people to have fun.
