Zoufris Maracas

On October 7, 2026, at the Cabaret Sauvage, Zoufris Maracas returns with their roaming songs and social verve. Alter-globalists without borders, activists without flags, these eclectic troubadours bend the codes of French chanson with ornate guitars, melodies gathered from all four winds, and choruses that get you dancing while hitting a nerve. Between rumba, cumbia, swing and echoes of African percussion, their lyrics mix everyday poetry with contemporary concerns, using a sense of chorus and counterpoint that invites celebration as much as reflection.

Born of the complicity between Vin’s and Micho, nourished by a trip to West Africa and then by years on the Paris métro, the Zoufris imposed themselves through live performance: four albums, more than 700 concerts, bridges with La Rue Kétanou, and comparisons that place them near Mano Negra or Les Négresses Vertes. Their “poetry of defiance” draws a line from “Prison Dorée” to their latest tracks, with a way of carrying the crowd through serious subjects without losing the groove. At the Cabaret Sauvage, you’ll find them where they excel: marrying commitment, poetic drift and musical journeys.