7:30pm at The Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY
Friday,May 19, 2023
BUY TICKETS – Adult $20
Student (with College ID) $10
Youth $10 (ages 6 to 18)
Children ages 5 and under are free.
Tickets are available online and may be available at the door the evening of the show.
Cooperstown Concert Series presents
Ola Fresca
Latin Roots Dance Music
Ola Fresca translates to “Fresh Wave.” Throughout their history spanning 15 years during which they released three acclaimed original albums, ‘freshness” is exactly what this Brooklyn-based band has consistently brought to the world of Latin Music, with their sound often referred to as “Modern Salsa.”
Ola Fresca is an 8-piece band featuring tropical Latin roots dance music that bridges several genres of “the Cuban sound,” blending Cuban son, cha-cha and mambo with salsa, timba, and Afro-Cuban funk.
Led by Cuban American composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, Jose Conde, Ola Fresca evolved from the rustic sounds of Cuban son, cha cha and mambo as showcased on the band’s 2004 debut album Ay! Que Rico, to the funky, eclectic sounds of (R)evolucion, which won Best Latin Album Winner of the 2008 Independent Music Awards.
In 2016 their epic Kickstarter funded album ELIXIR fused a “Salsa Dura” dual trombone sound with Conde’s songs of social consciousness and humour. Ola Fresca has meandered through a spectrum of Latin roots styles and instrumental formats and fusing liberally all while making music that has been praised by many such as the NY Times for having an “emphasis on songs with characters, wordplay and mild social ideas…good for dancing and thinking!”
7:30pm at
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake Street
Cooperstown, NY
Map and Website
BUY TICKETS – Adult $20
Student (with College ID) $10
Youth $10 (ages 6 to 18)
Children ages 5 and under are free.
Visit the band’s website
Listen on Spotify
Tickets are available online and may be available at the door the evening of the show.
