La Rumba Me Llama: Festival de Música Afrocubana

Afro-Cuban music for all ages, along with two open-level music classes!

Director and culture bearer Einar Leliebre Nuñez has selected top-notch musicians and dancers to perform at this one-of-a-kind Bay Area Festival! We will bring together Cubans, Caribbeans, Latinos, and people from the African Diaspora, as well as allies and supporters of culture from all walks of life.

This event will be at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, an important community space that is dedicated to supporting Latino-Caribbean culture and where Einar currently teaches Rumba classes. If you’d like to help out and enjoy this event for free, sign up to volunteer here!

This festival would occur during the first week of June, which is Caribbean Heritage Month.

SCHEDULE:

• Kids Class (free): 3:30pm-4:20pm – for children 4-15 years old, 4-6 should be accompanied fully by an adult.  These will be instructions in the basics of Afro-Cuban percussion and song and some movement, with focus on the Rumba.
• Adult Class ($10): 4:30pm-5:30pm. These will be an open-level class of Afro-Cuban percussion and song with focus on the Rumba.
• Dinner Break and Community Building: 5:30pm-6:15pm
• Rumba Concert/Presentation: 6:30pm-7:30pm
• Rumba Jam with special guests: 7:30pm-8:00pm
• Music / Socializing: 8:00pm-9:00pm

¡Nos vemos, familia!