Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Door cover: $5 (Cash Only.) Attention Aspiring Salsa Dancers (beginners encouraged)! Come brush up on your salsa dancing skills at Orquesta La Peña's Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class the last Monday of every month! (Beginners Encouraged! All levels welcome!) The evening starts off with a FREE beginners salsa dance class from 8pm-9pm! Followed by […]
FREE/Open to the public! 7-8pm Charla/Platica 8-11pm Fandango Come meet real live jaraneros from Chicago! They're doing a West Coast tour of jaranero communities and are looking forward to meeting Bay Area jaraneros and, surprise, getting a chance to fandango with you all! Come early for a chance to talk about our shared interests and […]
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR BOBI CÉSPEDES ARE SOLD OUT! Late night entry tickets will be available after midnight for $10 with DJ Antonio spinning timba y más until 2am! $30 Early Bird (Before Dec. 25, 2016) $35 General Admission (After Dec. 25, 2016) $50 VIP *General Admission holders, please note there is very limited seating to […]
Door cover: $3-$5 (Sliding Scale) Dance Class: 8pm-9pm DJ jose Ruiz: 9pm-12am 100% of the proceeds benefit La Peña's mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding, peace, and social justice through the arts! Get ready to dance to a variety of rhythms from Latin America and around the globe! DJ Jose Ruiz will be throwing down his eclectic international […]
After World War I, as grieving widows and mothers wanted to contact their dead husbands and sons, the number of professional psychics and occult mediums exploded. Harry Houdini traveled across American exposing these people as the frauds they were. Being the world’s most famous magician, he knew all their tricks. Lecture by Mark Tarses, President […]
¡VIVA FIDEL! The Struggle Continues/La Lucha Continúa $10 general entrance (no one turned away for lack of funds) Door opens at 6:30pm, program will start at 7:00pm Photo Exhibit Fidel is Fidel by Roberto Chile Live Music and Poetry in Tribute to FidelPanel discussion on Fidel's legacy, the Cuban Revolution, and how to move forward to end […]