SamaSama Project
Friendship Chinese Restaurant
2830 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
Jul 30, 2016
7:00 PM UTC
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Enjoy Pop favorites and Filipino music served up by SamaSama Project alongside innovative Chinese fare & cocktails served in a dimly lit, trendy dining room accented with Buddhas.
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SamaSama Project Biography
SamaSama Project was launched as one of Chicago’s premiere Filipino Folk Fusion band in 2008. “SamaSama” translated as “united, together” truly live up to their name creating a blend of Filipino folk, rock, ska, and Latin music, inspired by a 1970s musical movement called Manila Sound.
Over the years, the talented group led by Baron Lloyd Cabalona, a versatile musician and arranger and wife, Lou Maningas Cabalona, a TV and musical theater actress in Asia and in the US have made their mark showcasing a fusion of Filipino traditional folk and contemporary music at many notable venues and events. SamaSama Project regularly performs around Illinois and other Midwest States notably at the Windy City Ribfest, Chicago Loop Alliance’s ACTIVATE Series, Old Town School of Folk Music – World MusicWednesday Series, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s MOSAIC Fundraiser, Chicago Wildlife Conference, Bolingbrook Piyesta Pinoy 2014, Morton Grove Festival of Cultures, Northbrook’s Taste Of Asia.
They also performed in Madrid, Spain for the Pope’s World Youth Day MacroFestival Concert for over 12,000 youth.
Inspired by the drive to promote Culture through music and the arts, SamaSama Project continue to captivate audiences with their unique sound that transcends all boundaries.
July 2008- World Music Concert @ Old Town School of Folk Music
June 2009- SamaSama Project's Independence 111 Concert
Aug 2009- Pinoy! Concert
Oct 2010- Piyesta Pinoy Showcase@Wheaton College
Nov 2010- Sarsuela Ni Lola
Jan 2011- Coming Together in Skokie presents Alamat
June 2011- Alamat, Legends of the Islands Philippines @ Instituto Cervantes
August 2011- MacroFestival, World Youth Day 2011, Madrid, Spain
Sept 2011- Rizal's Sweet Stranger the Musical (Untold Stories of Josephine Bracken)
December 2011- Museum of Science and Industry's Christmas Around the World
January 2012- Navy Pier's "Winter Wonderfest"
February 2012- Sendong All our Love: Fundraising for typhoon Sendong
April 2012- Piyesta Pinoy at Navy Pier Crystal Gardens
April 2012- IpinoyChicago presents @ Chicago Sports Hub
May 2012- Thursday Night Out at Downtown Oak Park
June 2012- Philippine Fiesta, Indianapolis
July 2012- The Angelos in Concert (Featured Artists)
August 2012- Chicago Inferno vs Philippine Azkals (Star-Spangled Banner)
September 2012- Glimpse, Bettendorf, Iowa
October 2012- Musika SamaSama 2012
December 2012- Museum of Science and Industry's Christmas Around the World
January 2013- Navy Pier's "Winter Wonderfest"
July 2013- Piyesta Pinoy at Navy Pier Crystal Gardens
September 2013- Adobo Fest
October 2013 - Musika SamaSama 2013 with Lea Sailing
Read MoreOver the years, the talented group led by Baron Lloyd Cabalona, a versatile musician and arranger and wife, Lou Maningas Cabalona, a TV and musical theater actress in Asia and in the US have made their mark showcasing a fusion of Filipino traditional folk and contemporary music at many notable venues and events. SamaSama Project regularly performs around Illinois and other Midwest States notably at the Windy City Ribfest, Chicago Loop Alliance’s ACTIVATE Series, Old Town School of Folk Music – World MusicWednesday Series, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s MOSAIC Fundraiser, Chicago Wildlife Conference, Bolingbrook Piyesta Pinoy 2014, Morton Grove Festival of Cultures, Northbrook’s Taste Of Asia.
They also performed in Madrid, Spain for the Pope’s World Youth Day MacroFestival Concert for over 12,000 youth.
Inspired by the drive to promote Culture through music and the arts, SamaSama Project continue to captivate audiences with their unique sound that transcends all boundaries.
July 2008- World Music Concert @ Old Town School of Folk Music
June 2009- SamaSama Project's Independence 111 Concert
Aug 2009- Pinoy! Concert
Oct 2010- Piyesta Pinoy Showcase@Wheaton College
Nov 2010- Sarsuela Ni Lola
Jan 2011- Coming Together in Skokie presents Alamat
June 2011- Alamat, Legends of the Islands Philippines @ Instituto Cervantes
August 2011- MacroFestival, World Youth Day 2011, Madrid, Spain
Sept 2011- Rizal's Sweet Stranger the Musical (Untold Stories of Josephine Bracken)
December 2011- Museum of Science and Industry's Christmas Around the World
January 2012- Navy Pier's "Winter Wonderfest"
February 2012- Sendong All our Love: Fundraising for typhoon Sendong
April 2012- Piyesta Pinoy at Navy Pier Crystal Gardens
April 2012- IpinoyChicago presents @ Chicago Sports Hub
May 2012- Thursday Night Out at Downtown Oak Park
June 2012- Philippine Fiesta, Indianapolis
July 2012- The Angelos in Concert (Featured Artists)
August 2012- Chicago Inferno vs Philippine Azkals (Star-Spangled Banner)
September 2012- Glimpse, Bettendorf, Iowa
October 2012- Musika SamaSama 2012
December 2012- Museum of Science and Industry's Christmas Around the World
January 2013- Navy Pier's "Winter Wonderfest"
July 2013- Piyesta Pinoy at Navy Pier Crystal Gardens
September 2013- Adobo Fest
October 2013 - Musika SamaSama 2013 with Lea Sailing
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