ज्वजलपा
Jwajalapa
Hello
Said with palms together — the greeting you will hear all night.
Say“jwa-ja-la-pa”
Kuma Sagar & The Khwopa Band — Live in New York, USA Tour 2026. Friday, October 2, 2026 at Amazura Concert Hall, Queens, New York City.
ज्वजलपाJwajalapa · Welcome
USA Tour 2026 · One New York date
Friday, 2 October 2026
Amazura Concert Hall · Queens, New York City
Khwopa to New York — one night of Newa sound, live.
18+Physical ID required
The Night
From Khwopa
to New York
New York — get ready for a night of Nepali music, culture and energy. Kuma Sagar & The Khwopa Band bring their USA Tour 2026 to Amazura Concert Hall in Queens for one live performance, and one only.
Newa roots, contemporary edge
Kuma Sagar's sound leans on traditional Nepali and Newa musical influence and pushes it somewhere modern — folk melody carried by a full live band.
The Khwopa Band, complete
Sarangi, madal, bansuri and dhime alongside guitars and drums. The full touring line-up from Bhaktapur, on one New York stage.
A room full of your people
This is a night for the Nepali and Newa community across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — friends, neighbours, and anyone who has been waiting to hear these songs live.
The Band
The Khwopa Band
Khwopa is the Newa name for Bhaktapur — the walled city of brick, wood and drums the band is named after. Their live set carries those instruments straight into a modern rock line-up.
सारङ्गीSarangiBowed four-string 
मादलMadalTwo-headed hand drum 
बाँसुरीBansuriBamboo flute 
धिमय्DhimeNewa barrel drum
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Say It in Newa
Learn a little Newa
Nepal Bhasa is the language of the Kathmandu Valley — the language Khwopa is named in. Six words is all it takes to say hello properly on the night.
लसकुस
Lasakusa
Welcome
The word of welcome at a Newa door.
Say“la-sa-ku-sa”
सुभाय्
Subhāy
Thank you
Learn this one and use it at the bar.
Say“su-bhaay”
भिन्तुना
Bhintuna
Best wishes
Congratulations, blessings, happy anything.
Say“bhin-tu-na”
ख्वप
Khwopa
Bhaktapur
The walled city the Khwopa Band is named for.
Say“khwo-pa”
म्ये
Mye
Song
What everyone came for.
Say“myeh”
Nepal Bhasa has no single standard romanization, so you will see these spelled a few different ways. Say them anyway — nobody at this show will mind.
Tickets
Get in the room
Tickets are live on TixFix, and the price goes up as the night gets closer. Buy while the early bird is open and you pay the least it will ever cost.
18+Physical ID required
- The full live set from Kuma Sagar & The Khwopa Band
- Doors at 8:00 PM, music through 1:00 AM
- Amazura Concert Hall — Jamaica, Queens, New York City
- 18+ only — bring a physical ID, no photos or scans
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Friday, October 2, 2026 · Amazura Concert Hall
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The Venue
Amazura Concert Hall
A long-standing concert hall in Jamaica, Queens — a proper NYC live-music room, with the whole of Downtown Jamaica's transit at its door. About half an hour from Midtown Manhattan on the E.
Amazura Concert Hall
91-12 144th Place · Jamaica, NY 11435
Friday, October 2, 2026
One night only
8:00 PM – 1:00 AM ET
Doors at 8:00 PM, music past midnight
18+ only
Physical ID required at the door
Getting there
On the subway: Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport and Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, both on the E, J and Z, are a short walk — about 26 minutes from Jackson Heights. On the LIRR it is roughly 8 minutes from Woodside–61st Street to Jamaica, and the AirTrain from JFK connects at Sutphin Boulevard. Resorts World Casino is about a 15-minute drive away. There is no valet, but paid parking is available nearby — on a show night the train or a rideshare is the easier call.
The team behind the night
Presented ByLight Inside The Box 
Tour ByDakwo Events
Promoting Partners
k garira?kgarira.com 
MOMO Entertainment
Sponsorship
Put your name
on the night
Amazura Concert Hall on Friday, October 2, 2026 is billed as the biggest Nepali concert of 2026 — and it is the tour's only New York date. Packages are being finalised now, and the earliest conversations get the pick of them.
Packages coming soonNew York, New Jersey and Connecticut
One room, three states
Amazura holds a serious crowd, and this is the tour's only New York date — so the Nepali and Newa community across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut comes to this one night rather than spreading across a season.
A community that turns up together
Families, students, first-generation business owners. A night like this is where the tri-state Nepali community actually gathers in person, which is a very different thing from an impression on a feed.
Your name on the night
Packages are being finalised now, which means the earliest conversations get the pick of them. Tell us what you have in mind and we will build it into the plan rather than around it.
Sponsoring as a business, or backing the night as a supporter? Tell Light Inside The Box what you have in mind and they will build it into the plan rather than around it.
Light Inside The Box INC · lightinsidethebox@gmail.com
Good to Know
Questions, answered
Kuma Sagar & The Khwopa Band play Amazura Concert Hall in Queens, New York on Friday, October 2, 2026. Doors are at 8:00 PM and the night runs through 1:00 AM. It is the tour's only New York date.
Amazura Concert Hall, 91-12 144th Place, Jamaica, NY 11435 — in Jamaica, Queens, NYC. Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport and Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, both on the E, J and Z, are a short walk, and Jamaica LIRR is a few blocks away. From Midtown Manhattan the E runs there in about 35 minutes; from Brooklyn, change to the J or Z.
Ticket prices run in phases and rise as the show gets closer, so the current price is always shown at checkout on TixFix rather than quoted here — that way it is never out of date. Early bird is the cheapest the ticket will be.
Tickets are sold through TixFix. Use any of the ticket buttons on this page to go straight to the event's checkout, where whatever is currently on sale is listed.
Early bird opens 4:00 PM ET, Friday 4 September and closes 11:00 PM ET, Sunday 6 September on TixFix, or sooner if the allocation sells out. There is a countdown to it on this page.
Yes — this is an 18+ show. Physical ID required: bring a physical government-issued ID to the door. Photos, scans and screenshots of an ID are not accepted.
Kuma Sagar & The Khwopa Band play the full live set — Kuma Sagar's blend of traditional Nepali and Newa music with a contemporary edge, backed by the complete touring band from Bhaktapur.
Every ticket is general admission with full access to the show. There is no assigned seating; get there early if you want to be near the stage.
All sales are final and non-refundable. If your plans change, the easiest route is to pass the ticket to a friend — but the 18+ and physical-ID rules still apply to whoever walks in.
Close, from most of Queens. On the LIRR it is about 8 minutes from Woodside–61st Street to Jamaica, right by the venue. On the regular subway it is about 26 minutes from Jackson Heights. Driving or taking an Uber works too.
Yes — within about a 15-minute drive. An Uber between the two runs around $14.
There is no valet parking, but you can find paid parking nearby. On a show night rideshare or the train is usually the easier call.
Yes. Amazura Concert Hall on Friday, October 2, 2026 is the tour's only New York City date — there is no second NYC night and no other venue in the five boroughs on this run.
Light Inside The Box INC present the New York date, on a USA tour by Dakwo Events, with k garira? and MOMO Entertainment as promoting partners.
Call (917) 463-7770 or email lightinsidethebox@gmail.com for questions about the show, group bookings, or working with the night.
Get in Touch
Talk to the organizers
Questions about the show, group bookings, or bringing your business to the night? Light Inside The Box, who present it, are one call or one email away.
Oct 2, 2026 · Amazura Concert Hall
ONE NIGHT.
ONE BAND.
ONE CITY.
भिन्तुनाBhintuna · See you in New York