REGGAE IN THE PARK
SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2025 | 2 - 8 PM
YAMAGUCHI PARK, PAGOSA SPRINGS CO
Elevated Productions is thrilled to partner with NFA Productions and Four Corners Flyers to bring you another incredible year of Reggae in the Park! Get ready for a day of live reggae music, community vibes, and outdoor fun in the heart of Pagosa Springs.
Fayuca
Pheonix, Arizona based, Fayuca, is a Reggae-Rock/Latin group, fronted by founding member, Gabo Fayuca. Their sound shifts through genres while blending modern reggae melodies with Latin percussion, tied seamlessly by razor guitar riffs and progressive rock breakdowns.
Their music has been featured on MTV, Univision, Fox Sports, and other popular TV Networks. Fayuca's instrumental, La Venganza, was hand-picked by movie director Robert Rodriguez to be used as the main title theme to El Rey Network's original series, MATADOR.
Currently backed by bass player, David Pineda, trumpet player, Prichard Pearce, drummer, Brandon Downs, and keyboardist, Joe Irizarry, the 5 piece has become a national and international touring act. They have shared the stage with leaders in their genre like Molotov, 311, Cultura Profetica, Slightly Stoopid, Sublime with Rome, Damien Marley, and many more.
While finishing high school in Tolleson, Arizona, Gabo sparked an interest in writing music and forming a bilingual rock band. Since their first album release in 2004, Fayuca has launched four studio albums, including Barrio Sideshow, released on Fervor Records in 2013. Their songs promote Latin culture, good vibes, and self-identification. Touring insatiably between writing and recording music, Fayuca strives to inspire people around the world by spreading a message of courage, love, and empowerment.
Green Buddha
Est. 2015, Green Buddha is Colorado's original NoCoast Reggae Rockers. Green Buddha’s unique original sound mixes influences from reggae, funk, ska, and New Orleans soul. What some have argued as Colorado’s best live Reggae Rock Band, Green Buddha delivers a blistering live performance experience full of original songs that continue to captivate the hearts and minds of concertgoers. Green Buddha has played shows with Stephen Marley, The Wailers, Arise Roots, Sa Martinez (311), Common Kings, Collie Budz, The Green, Fortunate Youth, Iration, John Browns Body, Artikal Sound System, Denm, and many more amazing artists at shows and festivals around the United States
After nearly 10 years on the scene, Green Buddha is arguably Colorado’s best live Reggae Rock band right now, in terms of both popularity and longevity. The band’s ability to adapt themselves to these challenging times, new musical trends, and shifting personnel has ultimately been the driving force behind their unwavering commitment to delivering top-notch live performances.
Founded by vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Seth Strickland who leads the band, Green Buddha’s personnel lineup also includes bassist & percussionist Matt Grundstad (Euforquestra, Dubskin); Drummer Lem Williams and keyboardists Matthew Wright (EUF/Dubskin)
“Green Buddha is a potent musical hybrid… A green salad of the freshest ingredients from Colorado, Southern Cal, and New Orleans… a heady mix that rivals any of the top bands in the burgeoning new reggae movement… one of our favorite sounding albums of the last year”
— Jon Phillips, Silverback Music
FUTUREFOLK
Future Folk is a retro-futuristic one-man looper band created by Edward Kruse IV, AKA "Cuatro". Born in neon-soaked 1985 and raised in Durango, CO, Cuatro grew up listening to roots reggae with his Dad, playing video games, exploring nature, and teaching himself how to play guitar and electronic keyboards. With influences spanning from punk rock, 80's synth-pop, roots reggae, tribal techno, shamanic chants, dub, the Pixies, Pink Floyd, Ween, Jimi Hendrix, and synthwave, to Reggie Watts, DubFX, Mark Rebillet, and modern electronic Euro/steppers reggae, each performance is a unique blend of bass-heavy grooves mixed with a healthy dose of improvisation, making every show one of a kind.
Cuatro uses a mixture of analog synthesizers, drum machines, guitars, digeridoos, mouth harps, percussion, and live vocals, all tied together with live loopers and the magic of MIDI, which creates what he calls his "SoundShip". Using this SoundShip, every FutureFolk song is performed, recorded, arranged, mixed, layered, and manipulated live, piece by piece in front of the audience to create an engaging, exciting, and adventurous live-looping musical experience.
Cuatro lives on a self-designed/built off-grid homestead in Pagosa, CO, where he powers his "SoundShip" using 100% solar-generated electricity. When he is not flying his Soundship, Cuatro enjoys hiking with his dogs, silversmithing, glassblowing, yoga, skiing, carpentry, milling lumber, cold plunges, and soaking in hot springs. Cuatro is passionate about building community and educating people about how to be more sovereign, self-reliant, and creative. He is a proud "Durangutang", and very grateful to call Pagosa Springs his home!
DJ I-GENE
DJ I-Gene spins all-vinyl reggae sets, bringing classic and deep-cut tracks to keep the vibes flowing. DJ I-Gene, also known as Eugene Salaz, is a Colorado-based DJ and music promoter. His deep love for reggae started on the airwaves, where he took over a Friday night reggae slot on KDUR Community Radio, eventually launching the Babylon Collapse Sound System.
Beyond the turntables, Eugene is a driving force behind live music in Durango. As the talent and production manager at Animas City Theatre, he has spent over a decade booking top-tier acts, helping shape the region’s vibrant music scene.
With a passion for vinyl, reggae, and live events, DJ I-Gene continues to bring high-energy performances to audiences across Colorado.
