2025 Line Up
Roosevelt Park - 700 Longs Peak Avenue, Longmont, CO 80501
June 21st, 2025, 3:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
SOUL SCHOOL
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When your entertainment needs are for an intimate gathering of friends and family, a college party, a wedding, or you are planning to impress a large corporate crowd for your next company event, Soul School delivers the music and performance you and your guests want to see and hear. The extensive entertainment experience and vast repertoire of music – which includes Golden Oldies, Motown, Country, Jazz, Rock, Funk, Rhythm and Blues and Contemporary – allows Soul School to offer music that all your guests are sure to enjoy. Because Soul School works with you to customize your entertainment experience for your guests, emphasis is put on what is important to you, the client. |
SARIDAE
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Saridae is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and musician. She proves to be an innovative artist who is able to balance storytelling through melodic, sultry vocals, and rich live instrumentation. She is currently working on finalizing the last pieces of her next solo project! In addition, she plans to continue to connect with her fans and supporters via social media and upcoming live shows! Both the near and distant future appears to hold much promise for her as a clever and well-rounded artist in an ever- changing industry. |
MAPUTO MENSAH
Photo Credit: CELESTE NAOMI PHOTOGRAPHY
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Maputo Mensah was born and raised in Accra, Ghana, in a family of professional musicians and dancers. While still a small child, he was dancing and drumming with his family and before he reached his teens, he was teaching and performing these traditional Ghanaian arts professionally. Later, he was honored to study for many years with Mustapha Tettey Addy, one of Ghana’s premiere artists in traditional music and dance, at the Academy of African Music and Arts. Over the years, Mensah performed and taught with various dance troupes such as the Akrowa Cultural Ensemble in Kokrobite and the West African Folkloric Troupe in Accra. He also has broad experience as an international performer and currently performs with his own dance troupe, Logo Ligi, based in Boulder, Colorado. Maputo is an accomplished master of the African performing arts—dancing, drumming, singing and storytelling—and he’s passionate about sharing the art and culture of Ghana and Africa with the West through the classes he teaches at CU Boulder, the University of Denver, K-12 schools and community classes. He also leads a month-long trip to his native Ghana each summer, offering students the opportunity to deeply experience the culture he is devoted to preserving and promoting. Additionally, he is developing a new cultural center in Kokrobite, Ghana, to teach West African performing arts to local and international students, and established artists. Mensah is a world-class artist, a much-loved teacher and an ambassador for the culture he cherishes. |
CONGRESSMAN JOE NEGUSE
Congressman Joe Neguse
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Congressman Joe Neguse represents Colorado’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was elected to his first term in November 2018, becoming the first Black Member of Congress in Colorado history. In December 2022, Rep. Neguse was elected by his colleagues to serve in House Leadership as the Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), becoming the first Colorado Member to serve in a senior leadership role in over 85 years. He serves on the Natural Resources and Judiciary Committees, and was also appointed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to serve as one of four Democrats on the prestigious Rules Committees. Rep. Neguse also serves as Ranking Member on the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, which he previously Chaired from 2021-2022.
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DJ BIGG DADD
Tim Hall, commonly known as DJ BIGG DADD, has over 26 years of experience as a professional deejay. He began his career as a mobile deejay, performing at local parties, weddings, and school events before moving on to deejaying in Atlanta Metro Area nightclubs and adult bars. DJ BIGG DADD also provides music editing services to other DJs.
Later in life, he would transfer his passion for music to the roller-skating world. He has been the featured deejay for gospel, adolescent, family, and adult programs. After more than two decades of spreading his love of music in the Atlanta metro area, he married and moved to Aurora, Colorado, where he founded BIGG DADD Entertainment, and deejays in local Denver skating rinks. He continues to entertain at parties, schools, and community events. He currently deejays the adult skate night at Roller City in Lakewood, Colorado.
He's a great deejay because of his wide range of musical tastes. Curtis Mayfield, Outkast, Leela James, and Steely Dan are among DJ BIGG DADD's favorite artists. "I like to offer a WOW factor when I deejay and not only am I a deejay but, a mixologist," he remarked when questioned about his deejaying approach.
He’s known for providing “Bigg” mixes and his mixes can be enjoyed on the Mixcloud website at www.mixcloud.com/djbiggdadd.