Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
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 […]
Doors & finger food for sale at 6:15pm / Program starts at 7pm $15-$25 Sliding Scale General Admission / $5 Youth Under 18 / Lap Children Free La Peña Cultural Center, Bay Area Boricuas, La Tertulia Boricua, Bay Area Alliance for a Sustainable Puerto Rico and the International Committee for Peace and Justice present: WHAT […]
Doors open at 4pm / Event begins at 4:30pm $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door / Children and Youth (under 18): Sliding Scale $5-$10 La Peña Cultural Center and the Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop present a very special ¡BATEY BORICUA! featuring REDOBLES de CULTURA from New York City! The event will […]
DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM / PERFORMANCES AT 8PM Donation based entry: $5 Suggested Donation (No one turned away for lack of funds.) All proceeds will go towards covering the costs of hosting this series. La Peña Cultural Center and UC Berkeley Womxn of Color Initiative present: THE EMPOWERING WOMXN OF COLOR OPEN MIC FALL SERIES! Back by popular […]
Doors open 6:30pm / Concert starts 7pm Tickets: $16 Advance / $20 Door ($22 if paying with credit) Women in traditional folk arts from Latin America have been pushing the envelope of what it means to be a woman, more specifically, a woman artist. With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA's) […]
