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SOUL ON THE MOVE Brings House Music To New Bedford's Abolition Row Park in August

Free community dance event will feature WAMPTRONICA and celebrate Indigenous and Diasporic rhythms.

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SOUL ON THE MOVE Brings House Music To New Bedford's Abolition Row Park in August

Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. will present SOUL on the MOVE: House Music in the Park on Thursday, August 8 at 5:00 p.m. in New Bedford’s Abolition Row Park. The free, all-ages event transforms the historic space into a vibrant celebration of movement, music, and community.

Blending the ancestral rhythms of the African Diaspora and Indigenous traditions with modern house beats, the event features WAMPTRONICA—a cutting-edge music and media collective known for their genre-blurring, high-energy sets. Drawing from Cape Verdean, West Indian, Latino, and African musical forms alongside disco, jazz, and soul, the group is redefining contemporary dance music with a sense of cultural reverence and innovation.

“House music is a latter-day soul dance tradition,” said Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor, Artistic Director of Oversoul Theatre Collective and a founding member of WAMPTRONICA. “This isn’t just a performance—it’s a celebration of living culture, a reclaiming of joy, and a reminder that the heartbeat of our communities is alive and well.”

Set in a neighborhood once home to Black abolitionists and early Cape Verdean families, SOUL on the MOVE reclaims public space for joy and cultural expression. The evening promises a mix of live performance, communal dance, and liberation-in-motion.







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