Five horns, a whole battery of drums… getting Longo Longo on stage is a real puzzle. But once they're there, magical things happen. This fourteen-piece Afrofunk band combines ancient African rhythms with a warm, beating Cuban heart. Yet, they have their roots in our own Utrecht. Formed in 2022 as a tribute to Afrobeat founding father Fela Kuti, they've rapidly grown into a truly impressive live monster. A fourteen-piece, toning, sweaty groove machine that has already set Oerol and Valkhof Festivals ablaze.

Yet this isn't just another Dutch Afro band with cheerful floral blouses. A Longo Longo show is a ritual. A centuries-old dance ceremony where audience and band merge into one seething body of sweat, movement, and euphoria. With Spanish lyrics about healing, letting go of old burdens, and celebrating life in its fullest form. An hour and a half of ecstasy and freedom, after which you leave the venue feeling reborn. Freed from all your daily worries. Okay, except for that burning muscle ache in your buttocks.