RUBEN MORENO and KEVIN WIMMER join together for a special project steeping themselves in the Creole roots of Zydeco music … each bringing a unique take on the seminal Creole heritage from which Zydeco music and dance emerged … what emerges will be captivating and invigorating for all fortunate enough to experience.
VIDEO PREVIEW OF RUBEN & KEVIN IN ACTION during the Bayou Boogie Festival All-Star set: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GzwXEUst6/
Who is Ruben Moreno? A dynamic musician of mixed Creole-Tejano lineages who rides atop the Zydeco scene in Houston TX and brings a magnetic youthful energy with a sizzlin-hot locked-down dance groove to everything he touches. Ruben is a steward of the next generation of Zydeco musicians with his band, The Zydeco Re-Evolution … balancing fundamental respect for the traditional sounds and dance grooves … with a willingness to take Zydeco in fresh directions absorbing rhythmic and melodic edges from the cultures and generations he’s immersed in. Ruben delivers. Engages. Inspires. Intrigues. Captures. Thrills.
Who is Kevin Wimmer? One of the most revered fiddlers out of Louisiana today (for years with Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys). Kevin began his musical training at age four with his mother, a respected violinist on faculty with Juilliard School of Music in NYC. Ever since meeting Dewey Balfa 32 years ago, Cajun fiddle has been Kevin’s passion. Kevin has toured four continents and countless cities with Balfa Toujours, the Red Stick Ramblers, Racines, Ray Abshire, Ann Savoy and her Sleepless Nights, as well as Preston Frank and the Frank Family Band.
Get ready, because you’re in for a real treat when Ruben & Kevin hit the stage backed by the Creole Swamp Krewe … you’re sure to be swept off your feet and onto the dance floor.
DETAILED BIO: RUBEN MORENO
Ruben Moreno – a proud young Creole- Tejano Zydeco artist born and raised in Houston, Texas. Dynamic Youthful Energy. Hot ~ Sizzlin Hot … Locked down dance groove … A new breed of Zydeco artist taking the form to whole new levels. Ruben has started his very own “Zydeco RE-Evolution” and is sharing it with the world.
Ruben is a dynamic steward of this generation of Zydeco musicians, balancing fundamental respect for the traditional sounds and dance grooves … with a willingness to take Zydeco in fresh directions absorbing rhythmic and melodic edges from the cultures and generations he’s immersed in. Over the past two decades Ruben has set the world on fire with his melodic voice, his skills as one of the world’s finest rubboard players and as a uniquely innovative Zydeco performer.
Ruben has been immersed in music his WHOLE life starting with his father’s Chicano lineage, rich with Grammy Winning Tejano artists. A child prodigy, he learned to play percussion by 8 and the accordion by age of 11. Yet it was his mother’s Creole lineage which had the gravitational pull that drew him up on stage playing scrubboard with his uncle, Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners.
A veteran of the musical road, he began playing in clubs at age 13, and by age 15 he hit the road, never looking back, playing professionally with his uncle Leroy Thomas, Grammy nominated Zydeco artist and crowned Prince of Zydeco … CJ Chenier, and finally Andre Thierry … his musical idol and mentor in the San Francisco Bay area, having toured all over North America, Central America, and Europe.
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PRESENTED BY
Rochester Cajun Zydeco Network … with Support from Lafayette Travel – www.lafayettetravel.com
LOCATION
Harmony House, 58 East Main St, Webster, NY 14580
DATE: Sunday, May 17
TIME
4:00 PM – Doors Open
4:15 PM – Zydeco Dance Lesson
5:00-7:00 PM – It’s show time!!!
TICKETS
Advance (NO FEES) – $20
Day of Show – $25
$10 with student ID
Kids 14 and under are FREE!!
RCZN Members pay advance price at the door
ADVANCE TICKET OPTIONS with NO FEES:
ONLINE (thru 5/16, NO FEES): www.valleyticketing.com
IN PERSON: Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave, Brighton NY 14618
MORE INFO
(585) 727-4119
EMAIL US
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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT OUR ZYDECO DANCE COMMUNITY
• All are welcome. To dance. To watch. To chat. To laugh.
• In the “Social Dance” tradition, feel free to come solo, with friends, with your partner.
• All are encouraged to bring a dish/snack to pass for our Community Culinary Corner.
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VIDEO PREVIEWS:
Kevin ripping it on fiddle, with Ruben lighting his board on fire (Deep Dive, 2025):
Ruben Moreno crooning with Kevin on fiddle – Why Do You Want to Make Me Cry? (Skylark Lounge, 2025) –
Ruben Moreno @ Big Easy Social Club in Houston TX. “Trail Ride” –
Kevin Wimmer w/ Preston Frank @ Blackpot Festival –