Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Doors open at 4:30pm $10 Advance / $15 Door / $5 Kids under 12 The Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop invites you to remember and celebrate life and growth that results from loss and suffering. Through death and loss comes rebirth and strengthening. Join us in remembering & celebrating by participating in our […]
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 […]
Free/Donations Welcome Taught by Miguel Ballumbrosio, master Zapateador and leader of the Atajo de Negritos de Amador Ballumbrosio del El Carmen, Chincha Peru, this class focuses on Zapateo, one of the last traditions that still exists in the Afro-Peruvian culture. Join us for this high energy class that features live music! Miguel Ballumbrosio has come […]
$15 Advance / $20 Door Doors open @ 8:30pm, Event starts @ 9pm Atajo de San Francisco is a zapateador group dedicated to preserving and spreading knowledge about La Danza De Negritos, a one-of-a-kind tradition from the district of El Carmen, Chincha, Peru. The group was created in 2009 to honor the memory of […]
$15 Advance / $20 Door Doors open at 9pm / Event starts at 9:30pm Edgardo Cambon & La Peña present a Salsa & Candombe night in celebration of Uruguyan Independence Day! Come celebrate Uruguayan Independence Day with LIVE SALSA MUSIC by Candela and traditional CANDOMBE MUSIC by Edgardo Cambon y su grupo! Edgardo & Candela is a Salsa Band based in the San Francisco […]
