This concert is being held in conjunction with the Eastern Music Festival. Contact Triad Stage for tickets at 336-272-0160.

The Afro-Peruvian Sextet was formed in January 2005. Composer and trumpet player Gabriel Alegría made a long distance phone call to drummer Hugo Alcázar, his long-time friend and band mate. "I have an idea and I need someone who can dance," said Gabriel.

Since then, the Afro-Peruvian Sextet has produced two albums and performed more than 400 shows in North America and Peru. Their audiences come from all over the globe and include a legion of dedicated fans who work directly with the band on various projects including concert promotion, merchandise sales, and most notably, Tour Peru, a successful concept by which fans of the band literally join the musicians on the road in Peru.