Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Kids, do you have talent? Come out to our open mic series every 3rd Thursday of the month designed especially for youth under 18! 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. […]
FREE / Donations Encouraged! The Wallmapu Support Committee's goal is to bring global attention to the human rights violations that are being committed against the Mapuche people in Chile and Argentina. The criminalization of mapuche demands, imprisonment of community leaders, police violence and discriminatory use of anti-terrorist laws has reached a culminating point. We stand together […]
100% of donations collected will go toward relief efforts in MEXICO & CALIFORNIA! Everyone is welcome to attend this son jarocho community jam as we commemorate the 1910 Mexican Revolution: November 20, Día de la Revolución, a National Holiday in Mexico! We dedicate this monthly fandango jarocho to raise funds for communities that have been […]
$5 for kids, $10 for adults and $15 for families La Peña Cultural Center and the Free Land Project present: The 10th Annual Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving For Kids! A day of art and culture celebrating Indigenous resilience Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving FOR KIDS is an annual cultural arts event that brings artists, activists and communities together […]
$10-$25 Sliding Scale La Peña Cultural Center and the Free Land Project present: The 10th Annual Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving A day of art and culture celebrating Indigenous resilience Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving is an annual cultural arts event that brings artists, activists and communities together to explore the complex history of Thanksgiving and to acknowledge […]
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 […]