We’ve just finished up the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Fun, Fun, Fun Fest is coming up in November.
In between those festivals the third annual Xemumba Festival will be taking center stage in Austin. The festival showcases Latin and South American music.
“This particular festival is just a celebration of all the many different Latin and South American cultures that are in those regions south of our borders,” Xemumba creator, Brandon Badillo, said. “I created this festival to just give people a chance to listen to all these different types of music that was created and/or inspired by those regions.”
This type of music doesn’t generally get a lot of attention in Austin, but there is this big scene around it.
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News 8's Andy Langer sits down with the creator of this festival to talk about what it means for Austinites.
 
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“A big goal is to help promote these bands and kind of diversify the music scene in Austin and to try to create more attention and more awareness of this world music that we have here in our beautiful city,” Badillo said.
It’s an all day festival starting off with Afro-Cuban styled music. Brazilian Jazz musicians also take the stage early. Other styles of music include Mexican Folklorio, Latin Rock, Gypsy, and a fun blend between Samba and Salsa.
Close to a dozen bands will be performing during the festival in Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, 1106 E. 11th Street. Tickets are $10 online and $15 at the door and all ages are welcome. The festival takes place Oct. 24.
