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    Rock/Pop

    Alan Cavé 25|35 "Se Pa Pou Dat" Live Concert

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    Saturday, May 30, 2026

    9:00 PM

    UBS Arena

    Belmont Park, NY

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Alan Cavé is a Haitian-American singer and composer, best known as the lead voice of Zin and a practitioner of kompa with ties to zouk and kizomba; his career spans more than 30 years and over 20 albums. At UBS Arena, "Alan Cavé 25|35 'Se Pa Pou Dat'" places Caribbean dance-band repertoire into an arena-scale setting shaped by diaspora audiences, with performances that favor groove and vocal directness over spectacle.

    About Se Pa Pou Dat(song)

    “Se Pa Pou Dat” arrives at UBS Arena as a Rock/Pop-leaning concert built around the compas lineage that shaped Alan Cavé’s career. Billed as Alan Cavé 25|35, it places a Haitian-American bandleader—known as the lead voice of Zin—into a New York arena context, where diaspora audiences have long sustained kompa in clubs and community halls. Featured performers include Alan Cave and Alan Cavé. The shift in scale reads as a quiet argument about visibility: Haitian popular music belongs in the city’s largest rooms.

    About the Artists

    Alan Cave

    About Alan Cavé, known as the “King of Kompa Love,” is a Haitian American singer, songwriter, and composer whose career spans over 30 years and more than 20 albums. Renowned for his captivating ballads, poetic lyrics, and distinctive voice, Cavé has pushed the boundaries of traditional Kompa and Zouk music, reaching audiences across the globe.

    Alan Cavé

    Alan Cavé

    kompazoukkizomba

    Alan Cavé is a Haitian-American singer best known as the lead voice of Zin, working in the kompa tradition with ties to zouk and kizomba. His appearances in New York City include UBS Arena, where “Alan Cavé 25|35 ‘Se Pa Pou Dat’” places a Caribbean dance-band repertoire into an arena-scale setting shaped by diaspora audiences.