The Neighborhood Story Project Presents: Alune Wade & Special Guests

Friday, November 28, 2025
Performance at 7:00PM | Doors at 6:30PM
Suggested Donation: $25 – General Admission // $15 – Student, senior, etc.
None turned away for lack of funds, no pressure

New African Orleans: The Neighborhood Story Project presents Senegalese bass virtuoso Alune Wade & Friends!

The Neighborhood Story Project is honored to present a celebration of the musical connections between Dakar, Lagos, and New Orleans. Led by Senegalese musician and composer Alune Wade to celebrate the release of his album, New African Orleans, we helped to produce, the concert will feature Alune’s band with New Orleans-based artists Corey Henry (trombone), Kirk Joseph (sousaphone), David McKissick (trumpet), St. Julian X (saxophone), Sunni Patterson (poetry) with back-up vocals by the incomparable Sula Evans and Nana Anoa Nantambu.

New African Orleans is the thrilling new project from acclaimed bassist, vocalist, and composer Alune Wade. Blending Afrobeat and jazz, Wade traces the deep connections between West African rhythms, Lagos grooves, and the bold brass sounds of New Orleans. “I explore a world from my Senegalese roots to the lost branches across the Atlantic… I wanted to head west and start a musical conversation with the finest artists in Nigeria and the U.S.” — Alune Wade

Artists:

Alune Wade – Bass, Vocals- Senegal

Victor Ademofe – Trumpet- Nigeria

Harry Ahonlonsou – Saxophone- Benin

Cédric Duchemann – Keys- Reunion Island

Alix Goffic – Drums- French Guiana