Come Enjoy ‘Live’ Music & Hang Out With Friends!
“The days of spring and summer are upon us and our hearts are beaming with hope and light. We look forward to an amazing summer that we have planned to share with you all. Our community is our biggest fans and we are so grateful. This precious music is shared from deep within our hearts and it is always very meaningful to share Zimbabwean music with all of you!”
Spring & Summer Performances for 2025!
Double Bluff Brewery
Saturday, June 14, 2025
AND
Saturday, July 26, 2025
121 Second Street
Langley, WA 98260
6-8pm
We will be playing our beloved Zimbabwean tunes outside in the clamshell. Delicious local beers and food, another great place for our community to gather to dance and sing until our hearts content!
See you there!
Bayview Farmer’s Market
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Bayview Road
Langley, WA 98260
11-1 pm
A summer day at the market, featuring Rubatano, Tafara, Zuva and Mumhanzi! Stroll the market, supporting our local artisans, all the while sweet tunes will be flowing through the air.
Be sure to wear your hats and sunscreen!
South Whidbey Tilth Farmers Market
Sunday, July 20, 2025
2812 Thompson Road
Langley, WA 98260
11am - 1pm
Our incredible local market is a family-friendly place on a lush meadow with picnic tables, live music, educational and children's activities. We are so happy to be a part of this magical day, Zuva and Kurera will be the bands playing the sweet sounds of Zimbabwean music!
Bayview Street Dance
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
5603 Bayview Road
Langley, WA 98260
6-8 pm
Playing music is what we love to do, dancing is what you love to do…this is what happens when we gather together during the Bayview Street Dance. A summer night of amazing music, dancing, singing and clapping, all coming together as a community of familiar friends and family. Many special memories have been made at this venue and we so look forward to adding 2025 to the memory book!
Zimbabwean Music Festival
August 8 thru 10, 2025
Centeral Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
https://zimfest.org/
The Zimbabwean Music Festival is an annual celebration of Zimbabwean music and culture. A fun-filled four-day weekend of concerts, workshops, community conversations, a marketplace and more, Zimfest is the largest annual gathering in North America of students, teachers, performers, and fans of Zimbabwean music. This is a wonderful opportunity, just over the mountain!
Our performance date TBD, stay tuned!
Little BIG Fest!
August 17, 2025
https://littlebigfest.org/
2 pm
We honored to be in the 2025 line-up for our very own, island grown, Little BIG Fest! It will be an unforgettable weekend and we can’t wait to be a part of it!
Dancing Fish Winery
Friday, March 21, 2025
1953 Newman Road
Freeland, WA 98249
5:30pm - 7:30pm
An unforgettable evening is planned at our beloved Dancing Fish Winery. Sarungano and Rubatano are joining together to take you on a magical journey with music from Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. We are so excited to have our dear friend, Blessing “Bled” Chimanga, an international acclaimed Zimbabwean musician, singer and songwriter join us for the evening.
Blessing “Bled” Chimanga
A virtuoso on the marimba, drums and vocals, Blessing has toured extensively, gracing stages at major festivals across Africa, Europe, Asia and America, earning recognition as a true cultural ambassador. His ability to connect with audiences transcends language and borders. A storyteller and crowd-pleaser, Blessing Chimanga is more than a musician - he is an unforgettable experience.
Pamwe Marimba
Bayview Hall
Saturday, January 18, 2025
6:30pm
5642 Bayview Road
Langley, WA 98260
Rubatano Center is super excited to host Pamwe Marimba.
This talented dynamic ensemble of marimba players are uniting from New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Montana to share their passion of marimba music.
Pamwe Marimba brings a unique blend of sounds to the stage, from rich traditions of Shona Music to their own creative compositions. Their performance celebrates the marimba’s versatility and reflects the diverse musical backgrounds of the band members.
Marimba Jam!
Bayview Hall
Friday, November 22, 2024
5642 Bayview Road
Langley, WA 98260
Doors open at 5pm!
Rubatano Studio has created an exciting evening planned with nine groups sharing their music! As the fall marimba session comes to a close, we will celebrate the joy of the music, and our wonderful friends and teachers in Zimbabwe who have so generously shared their music with us. Admission is free, although, there will be a donation jar.
WICA Summer Series
Friday, July 5, 2024
565 Camano Avenue
Langley, WA 98260
5-7 pm
We are happy to be invited to the Whidbey Telecom Summer Nights Series, featuring concerts and community under the big tent, and concerts and theatre on the Mainstage. Summer Nights began during the Covid shutdown to provide entertainment and good company while social distancing − and helping local merchants manage overflow when capacity was not yet open. That first night, with the sounds of a piano filling the air, bringing us all together, we knew the power of the arts could and would help us heal. And so, Summer Nights was born!
Bayview Street Dance 2024
We are thrilled that Othnell Moyo also known as "Mangoma" (freely translating as “the one with the drums”) is going to join us on this magical night. He is a multi-talented, internationally touring artist, teacher, ethnomusicological researcher, and preservation activist, deeply rooted in Zimbabwean Culture, who makes 75% of the instruments he plays himself.
You can read more about him in the Featured Musicians tab!
Whidbey Island Fair
Saturday, July 27, 2024
819 Camano Avenue
Langley, WA 98260
2-3:30 pm
We will be playing on the Main Stage - there is a great line-up at the fair this year. We are excited to be a part of it!
Beats on the Bay
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Bellingham Bay
Bellingham, WA 98225
5:30-8 pm
“We are the Music Makers and we are the Dreamers of Dreams.”
Rubatano Center - Dana Moffett marimba@whidbey.com 360.661.6187
