Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
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 […]
$23 Advance Ticket NOTE** ONLINE TICKET SALES END AT 5 AM ON THE DAY OF SHOW, HOWEVER TICKETS CAN STILL BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR. Join us for the annual fundraiser of the LGBT Sanctuary Project (OLAS)! Music, door prize, silent auction, drinks and light snacks provided. For more information about our program, visit: www.olas-sanctuary.org […]
Avoid the mall and support your community this holiday season! Come find the perfect handcrafted gifts for sale by local vendors as well as unique imports from Mexico and beyond! Come hungry to enjoy yummy food from local vendors while you shop! A tianguis is an open-air market or bazaar that is traditionally held on […]
$15 Advance/ $20 Door Doors open at 7:30pm / Show starts at 8pm La Peña Cultural Center presents: In her fifth annual showcase, Flamenco artist Melissa Cruz presents her dancers performing new repertory and solo pieces in a setting for a fiesta, where the dancers and musicians - collectively referred to in Flamenco as “el cuadro”- converse to create […]
$5 Kids / $15 Advance / $20 Door Doors open at 2pm / Performances start at 2:45pm BORICUAS EN BERKELEY WILL BE COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR PUERTO RICO! CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF SUPPLIES THEY WILL BE COLLECTING! Join the Puerto Rican community at La Peña for a family-friendly Parranda Navideña! Featuring live music and […]
Free/Donations Encouraged! The cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands and fingers. Cajones are primarily played in Afro-Peruvian music, as well as contemporary styles of flamenco and jazz, among other genres. Gabriela Shiroma, director of De Rompe & Raja Cultural Association, will provide a lecture and demonstration of cajon history and […]
