East Kensington Spring Festival 2 with DOGO du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band (Fire Muesum Presents)
Fri, May 15
|Philadelphia Brewing Co.
Philadelphia Brewing Company Courtyard | 2440 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, Pa. 19125 | 7pm-10pm | Free, donations appreciated |
Time & Location
May 15, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Philadelphia Brewing Co., 2440 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125, USA
About the event
Join us & East Kensington Neighbors Association + East Kensington Arts Committee for the East Kensington Spring Festival 2 featuring DOGO du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band!
Emerging from Lomé, Togo , Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band is a collective of top Togolese musicians led by Massama Dogo, aka Dogo du Togo, who are putting Togolese music on the map by blending psychedelic rock and afrobeat into a genre-defying sound Dogo calls the "Alagaa Beat."
Combining Togolese festive and ritual rhythms, hypnotic voodoo melodies, and lyrics that speak to a new generation of young Africans with a message that resonates globally, Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band embodies the heart and soul of modern Togo in its music.
The Alagaa beat (Alagaa means trance in Ewe) and Dogo's melodies are anchored in Togo’s rich cultural history, based on traditional rhythms and unique pentatonic scales…