March 24, 2025
The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (VRCFA) at 51°µÍø will host World Fest performer, LADAMA from South America on Thursday, Apr. 3. The show, held in the Eloise Covert Smith Theater of the VRCFA, will begin at 7:30 p.m.
LADAMA is an ensemble of female musicians from across the Americas who write and arrange original music influenced by music from their respective countries – Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela – to create a unique sound with universal appeal. As well as performing as a touring band, LADAMA strives to engage youth in their respective communities in the process of music-making, composition, and audio production through collaboration and performance workshops celebrating cultural exchange as a source of creativity. With rhythm and percussion driving their original compositions sung in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, they combine disparate, traditional roots music with pop.
The VRCFA has been selected to partner with regional arts partner, Arts Midwest, for the 2022-2025 World Fest cycle. During this three-year partnership, Arts Midwest is brining six music ensembles from inside and outside the United States to Portsmouth for week-long residencies. Portsmouth is the only Ohio community to be invited to participate in this cycle.
Ticket and seating information for LADAMA is $10 and can be purchased by contacting the McKinley Box Office at (740) 351-3600 or by visiting .
To learn more about upcoming shows and performances at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, visit .