Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop’s Student Showcase & Community Bombazo

Doors open at 4:30pm / Performances start at 5pm

$10 Advance / $15 Door / $5 Kids under 12

Join us for a special evening featuring live music and dance performances by the Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop’s Youth and Adult ensembles!

The showcase will be followed by a community bombazo jam! So bring your dancing shoes, skirts, y todo eso!

ABOUT BAY AREA BOMBA Y PLENA WORKSHOP: 

At the Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop at La Peña, youth and adults study and perform traditional forms of Puerto Rican music and dance. Bringing together folks from diverse cultural backgrounds united by their common love and passion for Puerto Rican music, in particular the traditions of Plena and Bomba. 

Under the direction of Shefali Shah and Héctor Lugo, with the generous support of el maestro Román “Ito” Carrillo as well as numerous masters and practitioners from the Island, The Workshop has been in existence for 17 years promoting the study and appreciation of traditional Puerto Rican music, its history and evolution, and its place in the broader Afro-Caribbean musical culture. The group performs Bombas, Plenas, as well as pieces from the Jíbaro music tradition using a variety of typical instruments such as the barriles, the cuás, panderos, güícharo, maracas, cuatro and guitar.