1612 Alcaldesa St • Santa Fe NM

Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience

Name: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
Start: 2025-06-19T17:30:00-06:00
Location: Santa Fe Railyard Plaza

w/ Crawfish Boyz & Creole for Kidz

Santa Fe Summer Scene

June 19, 2025 • 5:30 pm

DOORS 4:30pm • All Ages

LOCATION

Santa Fe Railyard Plaza

1612 Alcaldesa St

Santa Fe NM 87501

This event has already ended.

Special thanks to our presenting sponsor:

VENUE: RAILYARD PLAZA

SEATING: Standing or feel free to bring chairs

ADA: Ask for accommodations

PARKING: Yes, ample parking is available in the underground garage just north of REI. We encourage those who can to walk or bike.

WATER: Bring your water bottle—we will have filling stations

FOOD/DRINK: Are available inside Second Street Brewery, Violet Crown Cinema, As Above & So Below, and La Lecheria for your ice cream needs. Food vendors will also be on site.

Please be advised that by entering this event, you are agreeing to being filmed and/or photographed, and the resulting assets may be used for Lensic marketing or promotional purposes. Should you wish not to be photographed or recorded on video, please notify a staff member or one of the event photographers/videographers.

RAIL RUNNER LATE-NIGHT TRAIN

Starting June 5, a late-night southbound train departs the Santa Fe Depot Station at 10:05 pm during all Summer Scene Railyard concerts and makes every stop between Santa Fe and Downtown Albuquerque. Whether you’re coming from Albuquerque or stopping down the line in Santa Fe, the Rail Runner’s new schedule makes it easy to hop on the train and have some fun! See the full schedule here.

TERRANCE SIMIEN & THE ZYDECO EXPERIENCE

When it comes to Creole culture and Zydeco music, two-time Grammy award-winning Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience represent hard. They represent the past, the present, and the future of American roots music. This six-piece inter-generational and multicultural group is highly skilled, formally trained, and very experienced performers. Their expertly curated repertoire is a hypnotic blend of zydeco-roots-reggae-gospel-old soul-funk and New Orleans jazz. This unforgettable live music experience inspires joy, hope, and a deep feeling of community.

Zydeco is the roots music of Black and multiracial, French-speaking Creoles of Louisiana. The main instruments are accordion and frottoir (zydeco rubboard) driven by African and Caribbean rhythms, and in the case of this dynamic group, anchored by extraordinary lead vocals and harmonies. Meet the group: Terrance Simien, (accor-dion, vocals) Danny Williams (keyboards, vocals), Stan Chambers (bass guitar, vo-cals), Ian Molinaro-Thompson (drums), Noah Boshra (saxophone) and a rotating trombone or trumpet.

CREOLE FOR KIDZ & THE HISTORY OF ZYDECO

Bring the whole family at 5:30 pm for a special kids program! Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco is an innovative music and information program for all ages. Since it was created in 2000, it has reached over 250,000 K-12 and college students, parents, and educators at 100s of schools, art centers, and festivals around the globe! Bring the whole fam!