About Us

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 instrumental 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, Macarena, 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/walking 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.