April 30th, 2012 
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“One Sunday in May” Jazz Festival will be held on Sunday 27th of May 2012 at Min y Mor Hotel in Barmouth Mid Wales.
The line up is as follows:
1.00-3.00pm – Violinist Billy Thompson with Huw Warren on accordion, Andy Mackenzie on guitar, Eryl Jones on vocals, mandolin & guitar, Phil Gardiner on rhythm guitar, & Greg Robley on bass
3.30-5.30pm – Mellow Baku, vocalist, with Ray Butcher on trumpet, Huw Warren on keyboard, Huw Vaughan Williams on double bass, & Zoot Warren on drums.
5.30 & 7.00pm – break – evening meal available from the hotel
7.00-9.00pm – Gwynedd & Anglesey Youth Jazz Orchestra. Trumpet player Byron Wallen will be featured with the band, as well as a in a duo with Huw Warren.
9.30-11.30pm - Banda Bacana with some funky Afro Cuban grooves, to finish a glorious day of music.
The Hotel will be serving Sunday lunch & bar snacks throughout the day. Specialist diets can be catered for. For accommodation and more information about the Hotel & venue contact: 01341 280555
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April 10th, 2012 admin
An amazing line up of world music artists are coming to The Faenol Estate near Bangor over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend Friday 1st June to 3rd June.
Warm up on the Friday Night with your favourite funk and soul DJ Craig ‘get yer sunglasses on’ Charles, The Man from Timbuctu and North Wales’ home grown DJs from Racubah, Vibrations and Freedom Sound Systems! And we are so excited about the line up featuring Tony ‘say no more’ Allen, Kanda Bongo Man, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Ska Cubana.
There are a lot of Welsh bands playing as well. Banda Bacana are playing on the Saturday.
Check the website for all the mouth watering details.
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March 8th, 2012 admin
Banda Bacana love parties! And we are very glad to say we are invited to play at lot’s of them! Thanks to Rosie for her lovely card – the wine and chocs helped make our latin grooves smoother and our afrobeat funkier!
Dear Bacanas – Thank you for your superb playing and for helping to make my party so fab – love Rosie
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December 29th, 2011 admin
New Years Eve party with funky afro latin music from Banda Bacana and chilled jazz and Latin sounds from DJ Roadrunner (Tim Foulkes) at Caban in Bryn Refail nr LLanberis, North Wales.
Event Info
tickets are £18 and a buffet courtesy of Caban with a glass of mulled wine! Tickets available from Caban 01286 685500
- Doors open 7pm
- Dancing until 1am
- Fancy dress is Afro-Latino-Funky-Groovy!
- More info on Facebook
How to get to Caban
Caban Cyf, Yr Hen Ysgol, Brynrefail, nr Llanberis, LL55 3NR google maps
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November 18th, 2011 admin
To this day Banda Bacana have built up a strong reputation for being a dance band and have gigged far and wide across the country bringing Afro Latin funk to people’s ears. We play a variety of different events, from Weddings and party’s, to pub and club gigs, right up to mini and larger festivals.
Just ask anyone who’s heard us and they’ll testify that they had trouble staying still because the grooves can REALLY grab you by the hips and make you swing.
Banda Bacana started out in 2003 as an offshoot of the local samba band in Bangor. John and Kate decided it would be a fun idea to get together and play some Bossa Nova’s with some percussion from Simon, Saxophone sounds from Sandy and some sassy vocals from local singer Joy Lily. The gigs they were playing were local events held at the Greenhouse, Shekina and local pubs where they became more and more popular going on to play mini festivals at Hendre Hall with Byd Mawr. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 30th, 2011 admin
Saturday, July 16th · 8:00pm – 11:30pm
Victoria Hotel, Menai Bridge (The Vic) LL59 5DR
Celebrate the summer with some funky afro latin dance grooves. Learn some new dance steps with Helen McGreary who will be leading us through some moves. Banda Bacana are playing 2 sets with DJ Onda Latina supporting with tunage from Reggaeton, Latin hip-hop and Salsa Moderna.
8 Till Late, £7 on the door
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June 27th, 2011 admin
We are happy to that we are now running the latest version of WordPress. And as usual the lovely folk in the WordPress community kept us on the right track. As well as running new software on our website Banda Bacana is enjoying the summer!
We’ve been invited to play at some lovely events. Botanical Beats in Treborth Botanical Gardens was great! As usual the event was a colourful mix of music, food, art and crafts with a lovely friendly vibe, raising money and awareness about the Gardens and the work that goes on there. The photo above is taken by Edyta of Emagine Pictures. See more of Emagine’s wonderful photos of botanical beats on Facebook Another highlight was our first foray down the Conwy Valley bringing Afro Latin dance grooves to Trefriw Village Hall. Great night, great crowd! We’d love to go back and play there!
Festival season is upon us. And you may find the BBs at a wedding, party or beach near you! Check out our Myspace or connect with us on Facebook for up to date info 
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Chasing the winter blues away at Bangor Railway Inst. BandaBacana, the L.G.C. (Latin Groove Collective) and the eclectic Jah Bah DJs. Fueled by yummy south american food from Oren (