EMEFE

📅 Fri Sept 18, 2026

⏰ 8PM – 10PM

📍 The BAG

🎟️ $25 ADV | $28 DOOR

👥 All ages | standing show with dance floor

Dinner: 5-9PM

🍽️ Caribbean inspired menu + our Zephyr classics

An inscription on the new EMEFE vinyl reads: “This album is for you - our listeners - thank you for inspiring us to keep moving forward.” EMEFE has developed a loyal-turned-fervent following since their beginnings as classmates in NYC jazz programs, hungry to revel in the joy of musicmaking together. Back then, they yearned to express their musicianship as individuals and connect as a whole, free of judgment and focused on fun. 15 years later, with band members having played with Mark Ronson, David Byrne, The Roots, Sharon Jones and many more musical luminaries, their 2025 album FORWARD showed that their initial mission remains exactly the same. Through 10 energetic and inspired tracks, the album exhibits a tight knit group of longtime friends seasoned in accessing that musical joy together. “We just flip a switch, and boom, we’re locked in - it’s a level of connection we don’t take for granted,” says drummer and producer Miles Francis, who founded the band in 2009 just before joining acclaimed New York band Antibalas and mentoring under legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. EMEFE’s initial guiding light was Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, but they would incorporate funk, new wave, and neo soul influences to create their own unique sound that recalled past classics while leaning into the future. From their 2012 album Good Future to signature tracks like “Sun Spat,” their songs - lead by their iconic horn section as the proverbial lead singer and anchored by the bass presence of Doug Berns - have garnered millions of organic streams and have been played by school ensembles and marching bands around the world. At their legendary live shows, as cathartic and potent as ever, the crowd is made up of both longtime followers and many who just discovered them online in the last few years. “We’ve been actively motivated by our fans to celebrate what we’ve built so far and stay true to our path ahead, ” says Berns. “They are the engine that propels us to keep making new music that we’re overflowing with excitement about." Saxophonist Jas Walton chimes in: "Same as it ever was!”

website: emefemusic.com

bandcamp: emefe.bandcamp.com

instagram: instagram.com/emefemusic

youtube: youtube.com/emefemusic

tiktok: tiktok.com/@emefemusic

facebook: facebook.com/emefemusic

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7gsslWrdzzkV3jf7cAws95?si=DwZN_yLZQ1KiwWDZSJJAjw

apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/emefe/394838180

linktree: linktr.ee/emefemusic

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