Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage attendees to donate online to ensure that we keep this community event alive! Folkloric Afro-Cuban Rhythm & Dance Every 1st & 3rd Sunday! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban […]
This event is FREE ADMISSION. Donations to La Peña are welcome and greatly appreciated! La Peña Cultural Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating inter-cultural understanding and social justice through the arts. It was founded in response to the 1973 military coup in Chile, which ousted the democratically elected president Salvador Allende, and lead […]
Free Event / Donations Encouraged This critical thinking-focused organization meets Every Second Thursday of the month with a different topic and guest speaker for every conversational meeting. THIS MONTH'S TOPIC: "Successful Skepticism: Creating Lasting Community" by Tucker Phelps We often look at youth as a source of hope for the future: we want them to […]
Door Cover: $4.44 in advance online / $8 at the door ($9 with credit card) DJ José Ruíz is back at La Peña! Get ready to dance to a variety of rhythms from Latin America and around the globe! Thanks to the generosity of DJ José Ruíz, proceeds from this event will go towards getting […]
Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage attendees to donate online to ensure that we keep this community event alive! Folkloric Afro-Cuban Rhythm & Dance Every 1st & 3rd Sunday! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric […]
$ 20 Entrada anticipada / $ 25 En la puerta ($2 tarifa de tarjeta de crédito en la puerta por cada boleto) $ 18 Estudiantes y personas mayores $ 12 Niños menores de 12 años Puertas abren a las 5pm / Concierto empieza a las 5:30pm El Centro Cultural La Peña presenta: Fiestas Patrias Chilenas […]
Youth ages 17 and younger can present their music, poetry, dance, theater, comedy, special talent in a safe and fun environment. Each night will feature a different Bay Area kid performer. Anyone can sign up for an open mic spot before and after the main performer. We hope to see you and bring your friends!
FREE - Donations of any size are welcome and greatly appreciated! Enjoy a lively evening of son jarocho music, dancing, and zapateado– bring your dance shoes and instruments, or just come and enjoy the music and dance! There is no entrance fee, but any monetary donations are accepted in support of programming at La Peña. Son […]
$20 General Admission Show starts 7:30pm Musician Mariee Sioux has long been a fixture in the California folk scene, revered for her delicate fingerpicking and mystical songs that reflect her Native American heritage and her upbringing in the Sierra Nevadas, land that resides on occupied Nisenen territory in Northern California. Mariee Sioux will be bringing […]
Doors open at 7:30PM / Performances at 8PM Door Cover: $5-$10 Sliding Scale Donation No one turned away for lack of funds! All proceeds go towards covering the costs of presenting this event. La Peña Cultural Center, UC Berkeley Womxn of Color Initiative and the Queer and Trans Advocacy Project present: THE EMPOWERING WOMXN OF […]
Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage attendees to donate online to ensure that we keep this community event alive! Folkloric Afro-Cuban Rhythm & Dance Every 1st & 3rd Sunday! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban […]
$20 in advance / $25 at the door Doors open at 6:30pm / Concert starts at 7pm Come join La Peña Community Chorus for their 40th anniversary concert! The Chorus will be sharing great songs and memories from 40 years of solidarity, singing for peace and justice in the Bay Area and internationally. ABOUT LA […]