We are playing a double concert with the Afrobeat Funk Band Atanga Boom on Queensday, April 30th, in club BIRD in Rotterdam. Quite early in the day, let’s release some mayhem!

Entrance is for free, so what are you waiting for?!

Check their website for more info and the complete line-up: www.bird-rotterdam.nl
See ya there!

Queensday Massive Blockparty // BIRD, Rotterdam
April 30th
16:00

Buyakano has been invited to play on this years’ Bremer Karneval.

We play 2 sets, once a short preview of 25 minutes on the openAir stage at 16:00 o clock, and the second time on the stage of the Schlachthof in the evening at 21:45.

We are highly anticipating these 2 shows as they are the perfect showcase for all those samba fanatix in Germany. And, since we do something different than the rest, the audience is bound to either love or hate it

Bremer Karneval // Bremen, Germany
February 2nd
16:00 openAir
21:45 Schlachthof

Once again playing for FullMoon Babylon!

Buyakano once again sets out to blast a show on this year’s first FullMoon Babylon Concert, even more so happy as this is an anniversary for the event. A warm welcome for all those that arrived to Rotterdam recently, and a long-awaited reunion of the FullMoon and Buyakano.

“Oh my god, this shit is getting funky” – check out the videos from the last time we performed there!





FullMoon Babylon // Grounds, Rotterdam
October 29th
23:00

Buyakano will collaborate with our very own Jenny Thiele to present the long awaited release of her first album Haus on September 16th in Cologne.

Not only will we blast her arrangement of the title-song, but perform during the aftershow party as well. Cologne was a blast last time, we are very much looking forward to playing there once more!






Cologne here we come!

Haus record release party // Bühne der Kulturen, Cologne
September 16th
20:00

Volkstheater is supported by Buyakano once more on September 8th for a festival in Spinosapark, Rotterdam Zuid.
Playing once with our Percussion section followed by a show in our full-power-line-up this event is sure to be a blast! Hello Rotterdam, nice to be back!

Volkstheater // Spinosapark, Rotterdam
September 8th
14:00-16:00

Buyakano is playing a set for KaarstTotal on September 1st!
The whole city is a party on this week-end, and we are glad to be a part of it! We will be playing as a walking act prior to our show on the VW Stage. More info can be found on their website at www.kaarsttotal.de. Yet another fun trip to Germany!

Kaarst Total // Kaarst
September 1st
18:00 & 20:00

It is our greatest pleasure to announce that Buyakano is performing during the opening night of the Zeltival!
Officially the evening is called Zeltival – the next generation and we will gladly deliver just that: The next generation of danceable music.

Karlsruhe, here we come!

Zeltival // Tollhaus, Karlsruhe
June 29th
20:30

Buyakano is performing 2 sets with the whole band on in the very center of Rotterdam on June 15th!

15-people-horns-bass-rap-singers-percussion-hyper-action! Be sure to not miss it, one of the last shows before our traditional summer-break!

The details of the event are still unknown, but we know it will take place between 17:00-20:30 o clock.

Schouwburgplein Festival // Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam
June 15th
17:00

Buyakano is performing on the Werelds Delfshaven Festival on Heemraadsplein, Rotterdam with a compact set of 45 minutes.

Whole Line-up! Come and see!
Showtime around 20:00 o clock, better be there at 7 to be sure…

Werelds Delfshaven Festival // Heemraadsplein, Rotterdam
June 9th
20:00

Buyakano will be playing a set on this years Dunya Festival on Sunday the 27th of May.

Stay tuned for more info!

When,Where?

Dunya Festival // Euromastpark, Rotterdam
Mai 27th
14:00

To close their upcoming France-Tour, Buyakano will open the International Camac Harp Festival in Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire. Opening the festivities both on the 25th and 26th it is a perfect closing of our tour, leading us back to Rotterdam on the 27th for Dunya on the next day.

Camac Festival // Ancenis, France
May 25th & 26th
18:00

So ask yourselves:

What do ultimate frisbee and modern blasting samba have in common?

Rising High 2012!

Buyakano has been enlisted to give a smashing show for the party of this year’s Rising High international ultimate frisbee tournament.

Do you happen to play ultimate frisbee for fun? Gather some friends, enlist for the tournament, and get ready for a nasty live band in the evening!
Be there or be ☐…

Repeat after me:

Rising High // TU Delft
Mai 19th
21:30

Buyakano will be performing for the OpenDans Festival on the 18th of May.

We will be playing during the opening at 20:00 Mini Mall with our Percussion section, and later on start the after-show party in BIRD with our complete line-up!

Be sure to come and see, it will surely be great fun performing for and with so many professional dancers and choreographers…

OpenDans // Mini Mall & BIRD, Rotterdam
May 18th
20:00 & 23:00

Buyakano is pleased to invite you to the presentation of their long-awaited
debut EP @ grounds!

Apart from presenting their album, Buyakano will of course give one of their well-known killer shows, and invite to a danced-through night to remember…

EP release party // Grounds, Rotterdam
May 17th
21:30

Buyakano is playing a small show on a neighbourhood event on May 9th on the corner of Zwaanshals/Wolstraat, Rotterdam North.

Neighbourhood Event // Rotterdam
May 9th
13:00

Buyakano is joining the Sprookjesparade to give the thing some groove!

Hoping for good weather…

Sprookjesparade // Center, Rotterdam
April 13th
19:30

Buyakano a.k.a. “some of the people behind” will be joining forces with mc Andy Smart for his showcase @ WinterWolven in Worm on
January 7th twothousandandtwelve.

Buyakano’s first gig for 2012…See ya there!

WinterWolven // WORM, Rotterdam
January 7th
26:00 o clock

Buyakano will play a compact set at the anniversary-party of the KlangWelten Festival. After 25 years, this yearly tour has become a true institution of trans-global musical communication in Germany and beyond, and we feel honored to have been invited to play there.

The venue is none other than the TollHaus, a beautyfull venue with a welcoming atmosphere and great sounding hall.

For further details check their website at www.tollhaus.de

Karlsruhe, here we come!

25 Jahre KlangWelten // TollHaus, Karlsruhe
December 20th
22:00

Buyakano will showcase it’s newest repertoire on this December’s FullMoon Concert!
Modern Samba in it’s truest form, untamed and rough, straight from her Majesty’s Port of Rotterdam…
Be sure to be there as it will be something unlike anything you have seen before! We will play songs you would never expect, promised. The rest will remain a secret until the show-date, but rest assured, it will be boom-bastic!

See you there!

FullMoon Concert // Grounds, Rotterdam
December 9th
23:00

Playing at grounds as part of the 24 uur cultuur -program One Giant Leap. There will be music, poetry, theater and other forms of art, all night until the next morning at 10 A.M. where the night & the last concert ends…

Buyakano – modern samba percussion, freshly baked in Rotterdam city,
feat. Irene Novoa on vocals!

Be sure to also check the individual websites for other locations&events on that day, as there will be something happening everywhere!

24 uur cultuur // Grounds, Rotterdam
September 10th
23:45

Buyakano plays for a Primary-School. There will be Pancakes & Drinks (Coffee for the Parents, Hot Chocolate for their offspring) to welcome the kids back to the new year…And with Buyakano there, it is assured that the kids remember the day for more than just the free lesson time!

Basisschool de Klimop // Erasmusstraat, Rotterdam
September 7th
12:00

Buyakano’s first engagement in September is happening on Schouwburgplein in the very center of Rotterdam.

Last time was a blast, playing here has been a great pleasure and we are looking forward with enthusiasm towards this upcoming show.

Come by and enjoy finest fresh samba/dancehall/funk/dnb/hip-hop with:

10 kick-ass drums, 4 smashing horns, singers, mc and bass!

EDIT: canceled last minute due to budget-problems with the subsidies. This was exactly what we were protesting against, back then…
What a pity, but well, next time then!

FunxForceFive // Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam
September 2nd
17:00

Buyakano closes the summer season at a festival in the south of Rotterdam on deliplein.
Gather the last bits of sitting-outside-with-a-drink-in-the-sun with a huge show with featuring break-dance, show-dancers, smashing mc and horn-section!

Buyakano feat. Andy Smart (NY)

Showtime around 19.30 o clock, further details are yet to be announced.

Welkom Thuis Festival // Deliplein, Rotterdam
August 20th
19:30

Buyakano has been booked to perform at the official inauguration of some street art painted on one of traffic-routes into the city.
We walk from the Blijdorp Library until Schieweg, leading the procession and making the trip a walking-party…

Onthulling // Schieweg, Rotterdam
June 29th
11:30

And yet again Buyakano sets out to play in extended formation, performing a compact set for midzomerfeest this saturday!

Phat groove + Phat 4-trombone-hornsection = Phat sound
Phat sound + 2 stunning singers = bombastic!

We are going to play Haus & Mais Que Nada since this day also functions as last rehearsal before our recording session on monday.

Enjoy!

What now?

Midzomerfeest // Brinkplein, Rotterdam
June 18th
15:00

Buyakano is closing the Werelds Delfshaven Festival on Heemraadsplein in Rotterdam with a compact set of half an hour.
Sporting blazing horns and Irene Novoa on vocals!

Showtime around 5 o clock.

Kazam!

Werelds Delfshaven Festival // Heemraadsplein, Rotterdam
June 12th
17:00

Buyakano opens the Endexam of Julius Oppermann with a killer arrangement and a huge line-up of 20 people!

Featuring:

GMB – MC
Irene Ayala – vocals
Joao Perstana – phat bass
Blazing horns

and even more surprises!

Be there for this bombastic blast!

Endexam Julius Oppermann // WMDC, Rotterdam
June 9th
21:00

Buyakano plays on the Endexam of Jenny Thiele !

Fresh groove and featuring Jenny Thiele on vocals!

Let’s move it!

Endexam Jenny Thiele // Artez, Arnhem
June 6th
21:00

Buyakano is performing a set on this years Dunya Festival during the Battle of the Drums!
The stage is called “couleur locale” and the showtime is around 14.00 o clock.

Killer MC, smashing horn-section, singers, phat bass and the energy of buyakano are sure to be a blast!

Let’s make some noise!

Dunya is known for…very dry weather…so be sure to bring good shoes and an emergency raincoat.

Dunya Festival // Euromastpark, Rotterdam
May 29th
14:00

Buyakano plays a set with horn-section on Snellemanplein in Rotterdam on Saturday the 28th of May. One day before Dunya, this is a nice opportunity to warm up!

Snellemanplein // Rotterdam
May 28th
16:00

Buyakano has been invited to play for the march of the Protest against Racism and Discrimination on Dam Square, Amsterdam.

The demonstration will have speeches from numerous politicians from different political parties, and a march through the center of Amsterdam. We will lead this march, playing a killer one-hour-set. Thousands of people are expected for this event, and as on the last protests we have supported, Buyakano will unleash a fulminant party for the masses.

Showtime: (+/-) 15.00 o’ clock @ Dam Square Amsterdam
Demonstratie tegen Racisme en Uitsluiting

There is a facebook page for the event.

Buyakano will play on this years Sprookjes-Parade. The Parade will be through the center of town and take around one and a half hours, starting 19.00 at the Museumspark.

See you there, and be sure to dance a lot so you keep warm

Sprookjes Parade // city-center, Rotterdam
March 18th
19:00

The bar in the WMDC will go through extended renovation during this winter and will be re-opened as grounds. This new venue will include the concert-hall of the WMDC and a new small stage.
Furthermore grounds will function as the host of future events in the WMDC.

Buyakano will play at the opening ceremony, and start this new place with fresh spirit.
Be sure to come by for free champagne!
(no, this is not confirmed by organisation yet…)

Opening of grounds // WMDC, Rotterdam
January 27th
18:00

EDIT: This gig got canceled last minute due to budget-problems of the host. But worry not, and come see us another time!

Buyakano has been invited to play on this years first fullmoon concert in the wmdc on the 19th! With a set of about 30 minutes, dancing will be inevitable as we start the fullmoon concerts of 2011 with a boom. We will close the party, so showtime should be somewhere between 23 and 24 o clock.

Enjoy!

Fullmoon Concert // WMDC, Rotterdam
January 19th
23:00

Buyakano has been asked to open the Numoon-Festival this year!

Will update as soon as further infos are known.

Numoon Festival // WMDC, Rotterdam
December 17th
19:00

Buyakano has been booked to play fresh samba in the Ahoy in Rotterdam. This is a private event for the Kamer van Koophandel and as such closed to the public.

Oh well…see you at the Numoon Festival 2 days later then!

Buyakano supports yet another outcry against the planned cuts in the cultural sector.
Nederland Schreeuwt om Cultuur is a simultaneous protest throughout the Netherlands. We are going to open and close the demonstration in the center of Rotterdam, on Schouwburg Plein, on the 20th of November starting at 15.00.

Let us be heard!

Schreeuw om Cultuur // Schouwburg Plein, Rotterdam
November 20th
15:00

edit: check out the videos from this amazing event!

Buyakano will perform a set at the Horror Party @ WMDC.
Costumes, voodoo rites, the works!

This next show will have us showcase our blazing horns section:

Efe Erdem (TR) – Trombone
Roberto Lorenzo Elekes (ES) – Trombone
Sigrún Jónsdóttir (NO) – Trombone
Koko Donoso (CL) – Trombone

Evil-East-Side Samba HipHop meets Brass in the fair kingdom of the Netherlands

Horror Party // WMDC, Rotterdam
November 3rd
21:00

Our next gig is in the groote zaal in De Doelen in Rotterdam for the event Music Matters.
We have been invited to play a set of half an hour, which is extraordinary, since most other bands will have to play shorter…

Buyakano has its own showcase, such as other known institutions in Rotterdam (Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Gery Mendes – GMB, Ntjamrosie…).
What a pleasure to be considered equals…

Live samba @ de doelen…come and see!

Music Matters // De Doelen, Rotterdam
October 30th
21:00

Buyakano happily announces that we have been asked to play the complete second set at this months fullmoon concert! One hour of dancing to modern urban grooves and pounding samba reggae…

After conquering Hamburg last weekend it will be great to play for a Rotterdam audience again.

Furthermore we are very happy to confirm that we are going to be featuring a great rapper and MC: Gery Mendes, aka GMB
Mixing Samba with Hip Hop, powerfull percussion grooves with a smashing MC…that should be interesting!

See you there?

Fullmoon Concert // WMDC, Rotterdam
September 23rd
23:00

Buyakano happily proclaims that we have been invited to play a gig at an urban underground street-festival in Hamburg:
We are going to open and close Augustenfest.

Buyakano will start playing in the square in front of the Rote Flora at around 18.00, and slowly progress towards the Sternstraße, walking up Schulterblatt, arriving on the festival-grounds an hour later. Modern Samba in Hamburg!

In our second set we will join forces with Le Grand Uff Zack and finish off the evening with a boom!

Augusten-Fest // Hamburg
September 11th
18:00 & 22:00

Fullmoon Party // WMDC, Rotterdam
June 21st
26:00

Buyakano has been asked to open this years’ Dunya on Tour Festival

Opening Dunya on Tour // Heemraadsplein, Rotterdam
May 9th
13:30

Buyakano plays at the opening of the new stadspark Johan Ida Plein

Opening Act // Johan Ida Plein, Rotterdam
May 5th
16:00

This time, Buyakano supports a childrens benefit:

Childrens Benefit // Jeugttheaterschool, Rotterdam
April 21st
19:00

Buyakano supports a benefit for Haiti:

Haiti Benefit // WMDC, Rotterdam
February 6th
20:00