Global Roots Ensemble at Picnic on the Plaza

We’re kicking off the Cultural Caravan’s June Festival with an open-air concert at Festival Plaza in Lafayette! Bring a lunch, a blanket, and your curiosity to Picnic on the Plaza, featuring a live performance by the Global Roots Ensemble—a band that brings together musical traditions from around the world in a deeply personal, joy-filled experience.

Founded and led by Mumbai-born, Boulder-based percussionist and composer Bobby Bringi, the Global Roots Ensemble creates original music at the intersection of modal jazz, Indian ragas, Delta blues, and melodic folk. Their concerts blend enchanting melodies, ancient and modern instruments, storytelling, and improvisation to spark the imagination and dissolve boundaries — between genres, cultures, and people.

This performance features:

• Elden Kelly – fretted and fretless guitars

• Sheela Bringi – bansuri (Indian bamboo flute), harp, harmonium, voice

• John Gunther – saxophones and woodwinds