Welcome Back Bash 2024

© Western New Mexico University

Saturday, August 24
Gates open at 5:30PM
Regents Square

Free

7PM-Recognized as one of the best bands in the state, The Mango Cakes hail from the vibrant streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their music is a delectable fusion of pop and soul with a sprinkle of funk. With years of success and experience, they have electrified stages creating spaces of spontaneity and joy for hundreds every night. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience The Mango Cakes’ LIVE MUSIC FOR EVERYONE.”

9PM–DJ Dirtyverbs-Born and raised in the Arizona-Sonora borderlands to a family of Irish-Slavic descent and now based in Tucson, Arizona, Dirtyverbs was a resident DJ at Tucson’s historic Hotel Congress 2012-2022 and is an organizer and host of El Tambó (“Best Danceparty,” Tucson Weekly). He has played and hosted a number of Arizona’s keystone cultural events, including the All Souls Procession and the Rialto Theatre’s New Years Eve Party, playing both events annually 2013-2018. Dirtyverbs has played Montreal, Bogotá, Mexico City, SXSW and has shared the stage with Buyepongo (LA), A Tribe Called Red (Canada), Lido Pimienta (Colombia / Canada), Dos Santos (Chicago), Amadou & Miriam (Mali) and many more. Though a specialist in cumbia and other styles of latino music, he also mixes hip-hop, soul, funk, disco and more.

Food trucks, Q’s Bistro, WNMU Student Life clubs and games.

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