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[DID NOT ATTEND: March 10, 2024] Red Baraat

My family and I saw Red Baraat seven years ago at a free festival.  They were great.

Their sound?

Red Baraat is “the pioneering 8-piece Brooklyn Bhangra, party juggernaut…. the drum and brass + guitar band delivers an unprecedented, high energy, gut-busting fusion of jazz, hip-hop beats, rock muscle, funky go-go, and scalding hot bhangra.”  And what’s that?  Well, bhaṅgṛā is a type of upbeat popular music associated with immigrant Punjabi youth. It was invented in England starting in the 1970s by people from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

I have definitely wanted to see them again. They play around, but never conveniently.   They played in Philly on the 29th, but I couldn’t go.  Then I found out that they were playing in ArtYard in Frenchtown!

I went to get us tickets and found out it was sold out!   Which is awesome for the band and the venue.  I hope this means they’ll bring even more cool bands to their location and I hope it means that Red Baraat will come back.