About us

Notable TV Commercials

Japan TV commercial — Summer Festival 1998
Live it up in Queensland
Queensland Tourism
Queensland Media Awards
Brisbane Festival — ABC documentary 1997
Oasis Broad Beach & Pacific Fair Shopping Cer’s
Broncos Football Club “Are you with us” TV Commercial & 25th Birthday Promotion 2013 -Mexican Mariachi

Notable Performances & Residences

2015 & 2016 Singapore Grand Prix
2019 QLD Home Garden Expo — annually for the past 10 + years
2014 & 2015 Caravan & Camping Show @ Brisbane — annually for the past 5 years
2014 & 2015 Movie World Carnaval — 8 nights @ Gold Coast
1996, Celine Dion Concert — 14 piece support stage show. Conrad Jupiters Casino. Gold Coast
Eagles Concert Support 1996 — Mexican Bandido’s –Boondal Ent. Cre.
World Expo Brisbane Australia 1988 — street entertainment
South Bank Craft Village (Brisbane) — 12-year residency (Roving).
Better Homes & Gardens — April 2010
Japan 5 Star Hotel & Shopping Complex — 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, & 2004
Royal Brisbane Show (The Ekka) — 97, 98, 03, 05, 09, & 2010
Movie World, Sea World, Dream World Fun Parks -– Holidays
Taiwan Water Park — 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011
Five Star Resorts Stage Band (Hilton, Hyatt, Westin) — China, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, etc.
Qld Ag. Shows & Festivals — everywhere From Cairns to Tara, etc.
Store Opening & Product Promo — Bunning’s, Woolworths, Bi Low, Bacardi, Cuervo Tequila, CC’s, Virgin Blue, etc.
Turf & Horse Races — Brisbane, Gold Cst, Cairns to Roma, etc.
1986 Nth Qld Tour — 5-week multicultural musical theatre show (backed by Australia Council /Arts Council)
Malaney & Woodford Festivals — many times 1990 to 2010 (Stage & Roving)

THEMES

Roving “BandOnWheels”, Latin, Cuban, Mexican Mariachi Band, Calypso, Caribbean Pirates, Indian “Bharat” wedding parade.

As an extra…

Salsa dance duo floorshow
Women’s dance group, & Colombian dance group
Larger and smaller bands — from 2 to 6 piece to tailored
4 CD’s available
Larger stage PA, (small “BandOnWheels” PA is free)

CLIENT PROTECTION: 20 Million Public Liability insurance, Work Cover Insurance by Fiesta Tropicale

With horns and drums blasting, rhythm, color, and motion, Fiesta Tropicale brings Latino Caribbean carnival happiness you can’t resist. *These two to six-piece sought after Brisbane musicians and dancers bring authentic folkloric Latino style rhythms, excellent instrument improvisation, with Spanish and English vocal harmonies.

*It’s dancing time when trumpet/ trombone, key, congas, bongos, and maracas vibe up. *Just listen or sing along to your Latin favorites: La Bamba, Guantanamera, Belafonte Calypso’s, Coconuts, Banana and Jamaican songs. How about the recent Cuban “Buena Vista Club”, Gypsy Kings, Santana inc. latest songs like: Quato de Tula, Compai, Hot Hot Hot etc? * Our Colombian dancers may teach you some salsa and samba moves. You may even want to join in Limbo, Lambada, Makarena, and conga lines.

Note! This is a live band that does not use backing tracks. There are not many of us left.

In the past 34+years Fiesta Tropicale performed at venues from Port Douglas Mirage and Sydney Rocks, to Melbourne’s Grand Prix, regularly at 5-star resorts and all fun parks in Queensland. Not to mention 20+ international tours: Hilton Shanghai China, Japan Hyatt (10 times), Taiwan fun park (3 times), Westin Resort Indonesia (3 times), New Caledonia and Solomon Is. and more recently Hong Kong and Singapore.

Our Specialty, ROVING / strolling “Band On Wheels”, is undoubtedly one of Australia’s best export act’s, and successful performers of Latin / Mexican / Caribbean / Calypso music styles. They are famous strolling/roaming/walk act/entertainer performers.

“Musica Tropical” History – Latin/ English Caribbean Music
When the Spanish and English colonized the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Trinidad, and Jamaica, West Africans worked in plantations of tobacco, sugar, and coffee. Skinned hand drums, wooden sticks, bells, and voice fused with European melody instruments: horns, strings, and keys formed “Musica Tropical”, the broad name given to the danceable music from the Caribbean islands and the Central and South American mainland.

“Arriba!” Fresh, colorful, versatile, innovative, and tropical party band , Fiesta Tropicale, will add color and rhythm to your occasion.