Fandango Jarocho & School Supply Drive

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

Enjoy a lively evening of 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. Plus, we will be collecting school supplies for the children of farmworkers through […]

Event Series Afro Peruvian Dance & Cajón

Cajón is King: Afro-Peruvian Film and Performance

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

$12 Advance / $15 Door Doors open at 7:45pm / Film & Live Performance at 8pm   Join film director Eve A. Ma, for a special film screening of her recently completed award-winning documentary film Masters of Rhythm. Shot in Peru, the film focuses on Afro-Peruvian music, dance and culture and especially on the cajón, a percussion instrument developed by […]

Event Series Latin Fiestas & Parrandas!

Fiesta Puertorriqueña – Puerto Rican Dance Party & Food Pop-up

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

$5 Kids / $10 Advance / $15 Door Doors open at 2pm / Performances start at 2:30pm   Join the Puerto Rican community at La Peña for a family-friendly Fiesta Puertorriqueña!   Featuring live music and dance performances by La Mixta Criolla, The Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop ensemble and Quenepas youth enesemble. Plus, […]

Felices Fiestas Patrias Peru!

Entradas: $15 Adelante / $20 Puerta ¡Venga a celebrar el Día de la Independencia Peruano con música y baile afro-peruano! Venga preparado para bailar! Ademas habra deliciosa comida y bebidas Peruanas a la venta: Habrán papas rellenas a la venta por $7. Arroz con pollo por $12, y empanadas a 3 por $10! (Cash only). Disfrute […]

Event Series Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class

Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

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 […]

Event Series Cuban Rumba Jams & Events

Cuban Rumba Jam

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

Free/Donations Encouraged  Folkloric Afro-Cuban Rhythm & Dance Every 1st & 3rd Sunday! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric drums, dances, and songs of rumba. Rumba is the word used for a group of related, community-oriented, music and dance styles in Cuba. Rumba developed in rural Cuba, with strong influences from African drumming and Spanish poetry and […]