Levitt’s Free Concert Series
Sunday, May 28th, 2023
All Ages | Rain or Shine
VIP Doors Open: 3:30 PM
GA Doors Open: 4:00 PM | Show Start: 5:00 PM
Free RSVP / VIP Opens April 14th at 10am MT
Alliance for Music Education Equity
The Alliance for Music Education Equity (AMEE) is the backbone organization of a collective impact effort of music organizations that are passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusivity, and are committed to cooperatively making systemic change in music education across Denver. The AMEE Music Festival and Resource fair hopes to highlight BIPOC students and professional musicians as well as provide information about different music programming and education opportunities happening around Denver.
Members include:
Denver Young Artists Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Inside The Orchestra, Youth on Record, MSU Department of Music, Deeply Rooted Music School, El Sistema Colorado, Colorado Children's Chorale, Playground Ensemble, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, VOCO, Swallow Hill Music, Augustana Arts, CO Youth Mariachi Program, Radical Arts Academy of Denver (RAAD), Denver Children's Choir, A Child's Song, & Colorado Music Bridge
Orkesta Mendoza
Orkesta Mendoza is a Latin music band from Tucson, Arizona. It was founded by singer and guitarist Sergio Mendoza in 2009. Through the use of Latin percussion, accordion, brass, and steel guitars, the band's style, dubbed "indie mambo", is a combination of ranchera, cumbia, psychedelic and indie rock.
Los Mocochetes
Los Mocochetes is a Xicano/Funk band from the ancestral, occupied and unceded lands of the Tsis tsis'tas¹, Hinono'eiteen², Ka'igwu³, Weenuchiu⁴, Anasazi⁵, Newe⁶, Diné, Ndee⁸, Inday⁸, and Dine'é⁸ (commonly referred to as Cheyenne¹, Arapahoe², Kiowa³, Ute⁴, Pueblo⁵, Shoshone⁶, Navajo⁷, Apache⁸) and other peoples now known as Denver, CO. With deep roots from the Mora Valley in northern Nuevo Mexico and to the south from Juarez, MX. By combining elements of cumbia, reggae, hip-hop, rock, funk, and more, Los Mocochetes composes music to unite the gente and create revolutionary music you can dance to.
The word Mocochete is a term coined by the group to mean “mocosos con machetes”. In life, most mocosos (snot-nosed “brats”) develop physically to the point where they are strong enough to wield a tool or weapon, such as a machete. How you use that tool has lasting consequences and defines the mark you leave on the world with great potential for both creation and destruction. This duality exists in all of us.
Los Mocochetes have devoted their lives to using their machetes for good. Every performance draws on the elements, the directions, the ancestors and the great mystery. Each song is a prayer meant to move your feet, stir your spirit, and to remind you of the incredible power you have to heal yourself and the 7 generations forward and back. Aho. Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ. Ōmeteōtl. Aṣẹ.