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[FUNK] The Public Presents returns to Nietzsche’s this month with a humungous band from New York City. Burnt Sugar Arkestra are no strangers to Buffalo, but this time around they’re set to deliver their impressive Prince tribute set. The 12-piece band has been active since 1999, delivering a cosmic combo of jazz, funk, and rock, but after the death of the Purple One, the band decided to add a tribute set to their repertoire, which they pull off with cosmic perfection. The women of Burnt Sugar are what makes this more than just a cover set, as the four part vocal group harmonizes perfectly—led by supreme Prince fangirl Shelly Nicole, also of the band Blakbüshe.

The band, founded by George Tate of the Village Voice and lead by bassist Jared Michael Nickerson will also perform their latest release, 2018’s All You Zombies Dig the Luminosity—a 17-track freak-funk odyssey. David Fricke of Rolling Stone once called the band “a multiracial jam army that freestyles with cool telekinesis between the lustrous menace of Miles Davis’ On The Corner, the slash-and-om of 1970s King Crimson, and Jimi Hendrix’ moonwalk across side three of Electric Ladyland.” Sounds like a good enough reason to check out Burnt Sugar Arkestra this Thursday, July 20 at Nietzsche’s with support from DJ Milk.