Downtown Carson City outdoor concert features psychedelic Cumbia stylings of Tropa Magica
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 12:54pm
Event Date:
July 23, 2022 - 7:00pm
The Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series at The Change Companies stage continues Saturday, July 23 with the charismatic psychedelic cumbia punk, rock and grunge stylings of headliner Tropa Magica. Opening for them is northern Nevada's favorite Latin and funk party band Drinking With Clowns.
Arrive early for the opening of a new exhibition at the Brewery Arts Center, "Part of the Machine Rock & Pinball" which is on loan from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ahead of the outdoor music series concert.
The exhibit features playable retro pinball machines with corresponding Rock & Roll artifacts. Some of the items include the KISS pinball machine with Peter Kris’ drum set, “Tommy” pinball machine with Pete Townshend’s guitar and many more.
Come play real, working pinball machines along side artifacts and memorabilia from the biggest names in Rock & Roll. Beginning with this week's concert, the Brewery Arts Center is offering the exhibition with free admission every Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. before each Levitt event.
After touring the exhibit, settle into a night of great live music at The Change Companies stage.
“Invigorating,” “brilliant,” and “charismatic” are just a few adjectives used to describe Tropa Magica. “The East L.A. duo made a name for themselves by combining alternative, grunge, and psychedelic rock with cumbia,” according to Spin Magazine.
Having toured nationally and on multiple southwest and west coast tours, they have supported established acts such as Bomba Estereo, Molotov, and comedian Felipe Esparza. The band has boldly and successfully taken on larger LA stages at venues such as The Microsoft Theater, El Rey Theater and The Hollywood Palladium.
In 2018 and 2019 Tropa Magica performed at So-Cal festival favorites Desert Daze and Tropicalia. At the end of 2019 the band self released a limited edition 7inch vinyl EP “Smells Like Cumbia” featuring Nirvana songs as cumbia renditions.
Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a busy year for the band. They wrote and recorded the theme song for comedian Felipe Esparza’s new Netflix special and collaborated with the notorious Foo’s Gone Wild on the “Foo Files Cumbia” track released earlier this year. The band has partnered up as “authenticos” with 805/Firestone Beer and is sponsored by Fender guitars and Ernie Ball.
Levitt AMP Carson City offers an extremely diverse line up filling out the rest of the summer. On July 30 Levitt AMP presents (for their first time out west) The Vindys. Other concert headliners are Bad Mother Nature on August 6, Grammy Nominee Danielle Nicole on August 13, Eddie 9V on August 20, and High Step Society will finish the series on August 27.
The public is invited to bring their own picnics, blankets and lawn chairs to the concerts, which has an open setting. There will be food trucks, drink vendors and kids activities at every concert. The Levitt AMP concert series is located at 449 West King Street at the corner of King and Minnesota Streets. Admission is free. Music begins at 7 p.m.
Visit breweryarts.org for a full schedule of concerts, directions and information on parking and wheelchair accessibility.
Since 2016, Carson City was named one of 18 small to mid-sized towns and cities across America to win a Levitt AMP (Your City) Grant Award of $25K in matching funds to present a free concert series at what is now, The Change Companies stage. The Brewery Arts Center submitted the Levitt AMP proposal and is presenting the concert series. In an effort to inspire and engage communities across the country around the power of creative placemaking.
