Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
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 […]
8-11 pm, $15 advance, $18 door Join us for an evening of music and dance within and beyond the boundaries of the Middle East. Mira Betz has been performing Traditional and Contemporary forms of Middle Eastern dance for 20 years. Her work has been instrumental in the emergence of a new style known all around […]
Join Food First every third Wednesday of each month for their community meeting. This meeting is open to everyone who wants to learn or help with food injustices on a local and global level. This month's topic is Dismantling Racism in the Food System. Food First is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland. Founded in 1975 by Frances […]
$15 Advance, $20 Door If you're looking for a new Latin sound that makes you rethink the possibilities of music and still keeps you moving and grooving on the dance floor, Dos Four may be what you've been craving and don't even know it! With his distinct blend of reggaeton, hip hop, salsa, […]
La Peña Artists-In-Residence DANCE MONKS present: TLAOLI PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATION - One weekend only! June 24-26, 2016 at 8pm Tickets: Tel. 510.849.2568 $15 Advance / $20 Door The internationally renowned dance troupe DANCE MONKS, will be transforming La Peña into a mythical world of tlaoli ( Nahuatl for corn). The audience will be immersed by […]
Jacqueline Castro Ravelo and Essential Women Drawing on a rich tapestry of rhythms and genres from Latin America including cueca, tonada, polka, joropo and zamba, Castro Revelo performs a wide variety of protest music known as Nueva Canción. A singer, songwriter, and storyteller, Castro Revelo masterfully weaves these arts into a powerful performance. Her inspiration comes from Latin American […]
