Beyu Goes LIVE At The Hayti: Dinner & Show Featuring Renowned Artist Chip Shearin

Durham, NC – On Friday, June 21st, Beyu Caffe and the Hayti Heritage Center present “Beyu LIVE at Hayti: Dinner & Show” with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee guitarist Chip Shearin. This event was specifically curated for live music lovers and will be an evening of community engagement you don’t want to miss. Beyu Caffe and the Hayti Heritage Center have been live musical venues serving the Durham community for many years. The creative arts community was buzzing with questions about when they would see another live performance from Beyu Caffe. The community spoke and these two amazing musical venues listened. Beyu Caffe & Beyu Blue President Dorian Bolden was asked what can we expect from the upcoming event. 

What can community members expect when attending this event?

I think the community can expect to get the fullest flavor of Durham that they love! You get amazing music from a Durham native and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who will bring the funk and heart of great soul music. You’re going to get delicious food served by a downtown staple, Beyu Caffe, with its award-winning Shrimp ‘N Grits. You’re going to experience the attraction of the Hayti Heritage Center and its amazing Performance Hall which was beautifully renovated from a historic church years ago and offers fantastic sound quality for a live music show. Most importantly, you’re going to automatically be among friends and fellow community members who love Durham and know how to “be you” at the Hayti Heritage Center.

Get your tickets today for this one-night-only show that will feature two music sets just for you. 

Tickets are now on sale exclusively at https://hayti.org/beyu-live-at-hayti/.

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The Hayti Heritage Center: Did You Know?

The Hayti Heritage Center, voted Durham’s Best small venue for live music performances for 2019, greets more than 46,000 visitors per year. The Center is a cultural destination for the entire community and promotes its mission to preserve and promote the African American experience through visual and performing arts programs. Attendees of this event will enjoy an intimate 375 seat venue with virtually flawless acoustics that brings together music lovers to honor Hayti’s rich music heritage, Beyu Caffe’s current popularity, and the vision for a sustained partnership that connects Hayti and the heart of Durham. – Angela Lee, Executive Director

Learn More About Beyu Caffe & Beyu Blue President Dorian Bolden: Did you know?

“Although I love coffee, I used to think coffee was the worst tasting beverage when I tried it as a kid from my mom’s cup, and I went all throughout high school and college never trying the beverage again. It wasn’t until I was working as an adult after college that I tried a caramel latte which opened me up to trying coffee, and over the years, I became a fan of the flavor and various drinks.” – Dorian Bolden

About Chip Shearin

Chip is highly recognized as a first-rate producer, on top of being the low-end pulse for jazz greats Donald Byrd, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Marion Meadows, Alex Bugnon, Bob Baldwin, Cheilli Minucci, Warren Hill, Paul Taylor, Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum, and many others; soul icons Aretha Franklin, Staple Singers, Temptations, Gladys Knight, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes; rap creators Sugar Hill Gang, The Sequence, Grandmaster Flash, Tupac and Master P; and current pop stars Janet Jackson, Polina, Christina Aguilera, Ceelo, Will Downing.

As a producer for commercial music, Chip Shearin’s compositions and bass playing can be heard on ads for Ford, General Motors, Carnival Cruise Lines, BMW, Radio Shack, JC Penney, and Mac Cosmetics just to name a small few. Also, television shows for ABC, CBS, HBO and Fox networks. Also, scoring scenes for Daddy Day Camp, Blade Trilogy, Bad Boys, Iron Man 3, The Day After Tomorrow, Sky Captain, Young Guns and Shattered.

Chip, a native of North Carolina, lives bi-coastally in Los Angeles and Raleigh. He studied Music and Business at Duke University and North Carolina Central University. He studied composition and arranging at the Manhattan School of Music. Chip entered law school but found it a poor fit for his interests!