NY Bomba: Bomba Yo's Toy Drive - Friday January 3, 2014

"This is Dr.Drum and you are cordially invited to BombaYo's 1st Annual Three Kings Day Toy Drive. Our mission in this special time of cultural revival is to bring and celebrate culture at the Ruth Fernandez Housing where over 100 children in need will be served. On January 3rd & 6 we will have the opportunity to educate our people more about Puerto Rican traditions and celebrate who we are. Our children will be left with a true sense of pride and joy and most of all self value. Everyone that is supporting this event is truly SUPPORTING this event and I must say that we "BombaYo" are so proud and grateful to each one of you. On behalf of BombaYo,I leave you with one of many; THANK YOU!" 

Event: Bomba Yo's 1st Annual Three Kings Day

Artists: Bomba Yo, Jesus "Papoleto" Mendez, Batala N.Y.C.

The Herreras, and Sery Colon

Date and Time: Friday January 3rd, 2014 at 7pm

Venue and Location: The Point CDC at 940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474

Admission: 1 new (non-violent) unwrapped toy (ages 1-12)

*The drive will benefit the children of the Ruth Fernandez Residences in the Bronx, NY.  The toys will be distributed on Three Kinds Day January 6th 2014.*

For info go to the event's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/255530694602350/

Tampa, FL Plena: Plenazo de Pre-Despedida de Año - Saturday December 28, 2013

Come and start celebrating New Year's with us Puerto Rico style Saturday December 28th from 8pm with A Son de Plena and their New Year Plenazo! $3 Medalla all night! Coquito bottles by Coquito Borike'n for $20! Reservations at 813-251-4604!

Event: Plenazo de Pre-Despedida de Año
Artists: A Son de Plena
Date and Time: Saturday December 28, 2013 at 8pm-10pm.
Location: Catrinas Cocina y Galeria located at 2402 South Macdill Avenue, Tampa, FL 33629
Admission: Not listed

For information go to the event's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/625973377463936/

Tampa Plena: A Son De Plena Parranda Performances for December 20th and 21st 2013

Performance #1

Event: Parrandon en Whiskey North
Date and Time: Friday December 20, 2013 11:30-2:30PM
Venue and Location: Whiskey North at 11921 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, Florida 33618
Event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1385395495043715/

Performance #2

Event: Parranda ASDP #2 2013

Date and Time: Saturday December 21, 2013 at 9PM

Venue and Location: Walmart Tampa at 14941 North Dale Mabry Hwy, Lake Magdalene, FL 33618

Corillooooo!!!!! Si fuiste a la primera parranda el pasado sabado, ya tu sabes lo que te espera en la segunda....plena, plena y mas plena.

Nos vamos a reunir en el parking del Walmart localizado en Bearss y N Dale Mabry a las 9:00pm. Salimos para la primera casa a las 9:30p, y luego arrancamos para la segunda casa en New Tampa. Sip, dos casitas esta semana pa que afinques!

Recuerda traer tu botellita o six pack para ayudar a los anfitriones que estan tirando la casa por la ventana por nosotros. Nos vemos este sabado, y recuerda...si es A Son De Plena , tiene que ser bueno!!!!

Event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/678131578877656/

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Miami, FL Bomba and Plena: PARRANDA NAVIDEÑA en JIMMY'z KITCHEN con SON D' PANDEROS - Saturday December 28, 2013

Vente a gozar las Navidades en Jimmy'z Kitchen en esta PARRANDA super especial. Estamos celebrando TRES AÑOS de haber abierto en WYNWOOD y queremos que todos nuestros Amigos y Familia vengan! 

Entre NaVidades y Año Nuevo 
Sabado, 28 de Diciembre

NO COVER CHARGE

An amazing Puerto Rican Parranda!!

Event: PARRANDA NAVIDEÑA en JIMMY'z KITCHEN con SON D' PANDEROS 
Act: A Son De Plena
Date and Time: Saturday December 28, 2013
Venue and Location: Jimmy'z Kitchen at 2700 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127
Admission: No charge
Event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/250660448425515/

Chicago Bomba and Plena: Parranda on PASEO BORICUA!!!! - Saturday December 21, 2013

Bring your panderso, guiros, campanas, cuatros, guitars, good spirits and more it's time to bring an awesome TRAVELING PARRANDAAAAA to our local businesses and our neighborhood! El barrio del BORICUA!!!! Everyone is invited and encouraged to come and celebrate with us!!! 

We will start at the Teresa Roldan Apartments on Campbell and Division we will visit a few businesses and end up at La Bruquena as the last stop!!!

Bring your family, your friends! everyone is welcomed we would love to bring a huge crowd!!!!

Vamo' quien se apunta???
Who's coming??? I know I am

SPREAD THE WORD! RIEGA LA VOZ! - Ivelisse Diaz

Parranda is hosted by: HUMBOLDT PARK NO SE VENTE association and all of us of course!! PLEEENAAAAAAA

Event: Parranda on PASEO BORICUA!!!!
Hosted by: HUMBOLDT PARK NO SE VENTE
Date and Time: Saturday December 21, 2013 from 4pm till 6pm CST
Location: Teresa Roldan Apartments on Campbell and Division 
Event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/457044787734955/

Chicago Bomba: AfriCaribe's Bombazo and Parranda - Saturday December 21, 2013

Event: AfriCaribe's Bombazo and Parranda
Host organization: AfriCaribe
Date and Time: Saturday December 21, 2013 at 7pm.
Venue and Location: AfriCaribe Cultural Center at 2547 W. Division, Chicago, IL 60622
Admission: No admission fee listed

Chicago Bomba: World Music Wednesdays - Wednesday December 18, 2013

Event: World Music Wednesdays
Act: Bomba Con Buya (Buya)
Date and Time: Wednesday December 18, 2013 at 9PM
Venue and Location: Mr. Brown's Lounge at 2301 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Admission: Not listed

Fredericksburg, VA Bomba: Semilla Cultural Bomba workshops and classes starting February 2014

Semilla Cultural (Fredericksburg, VA)

Semilla Cultural conducted workshops during Fall 2013 they will have more starting February 2014. For more information contact the group at info@semillacultural.org or go the group's website at http://www.semillacultural.org/ or go their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/semillacultural

NY and Brooklyn Bomba: Ilu Aye - Friday December 20, 2013

ILU AYE Performances That Can't Be Missed!!

FRIDAY Dec. 20th @ Camaradas

SATURDAY, Dec. 21st. @ Bklyn Beast

Artist and Venue: Ilu Aye at Camaradas El Barrio
Location: 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY (at the corner of 115 Street)
Date and Time: Friday December 20, 2013 at 10PM
* This performance will feature a special Bomba set
Admission: $10 at the door

Ilu Aye has cancelled for this show.
Artists: Kiwi Roots (a roots reggae band) and Ilu Aye
Date and Time: Saturday December 21, 2013 at 10PM-4AM
Venue and Location Beast at 230 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Admission: $15 advance online and $20 at door (drink ticket included)
www.BKLYNBEAST.COM

Chicago Bomba: Celebrating Coco's 10 year Anniversary with Tradition - Friday December 20, 2013

Celebrating 10 years on Paseo Boricua with traditional Puerto Rican music. Bomba is one of the oldest known genres in Puerto Rico. Live music, song and dance will be provided by Buya. (bombaconbuya.com) The rhythms are contagious...So make sure you get ready to dance. Great food and drinks all night.


Event: Baile de Bomba at Coco's: Celebrating Coco's 10 year Anniversary with Tradition
Artist: Bomba Con Buya
Date and Time: Friday December 20, 2013 at 9PM CST
Venue and Location: Coco's Restaurant at 2723 W. Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622
Admission: Not listed

Chicago Bomba and Plena: Parranda Allstars Navidad - Tuesday December 17, 2013

Event: Parranda Allstars Navidad
Artists: Las BomPleneras
Date and Time: Tuesday December 17, 2013 from 6PM - 10PM (doors open at 6PM)
Venue and Location: Tumbao Bar & Grill at 3213 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL 60647
Comp buffet from 6pm-7pm.
Admission: Not listed

Denver, CO Bomba: Bomba Dance & Percussion Workshop - Saturday December 21, 2013

Intensive Bomba Workshop: Percussion and Dance.
Register today! No experience necessary.

Bomba has a very unique dynamic between singers, dancers, drummers – everyone is involved and essential. Earliest musical genre known from Puerto Rico. Root of Latin Rhythms, Salsa, Blues, Jazz and more!

Miami Plena: De Parranda en Brickell - Sunday December 15, 2013

Event: Fiesta Navidena - De Parranda en Brickell
Artists: Unknown
Date and Time: Sunday December 15, 2013 at 5PM
Venue and Location: Finnegan's River at 401 SW 3rd Avenue, Miami, FL 33130
Contact: (305) 285-3030
Admission: $10, Under 18 years old are free

Tampa, FL Plena: Parranda A Son de Plena 2013 - Saturday December 14, 2013

Meet at a food truck at Waters and Armenia Avenue in Tampa, FL and then make your way down to La Cocina Boricua.

Event: Parranda A Son de Plena 2013
Date and Time: Saturday December 14, 2013 at 10PM (page for the event on Facebook says 9:30PM)
Venue and Location: La Cocina Boricua at 8438 North Armenia Avenue, Tampa, FL 33604

For more information (in Spanish) click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/451213804976264/?source=1

Chicago Bomba and Plena: Las BomPleneras shows - Friday December 13 and Saturday December 14th, 2013

Las BomPleneras 

Friday December 13th at Segundo Ruiz Belvis! Oldest Puerto Rican Culture Center re-opening! The girls will be jamming Friday night at 4046 W. Armitage! DALE

Saturday December 14th at The Chicago Cuatro Orchestra Christmas Concert at 7pm! They will be bringing Bomba Y Plena pa' gozar! click on link for more info and to buy tickets!!! DALE


For more information clink on here Las BomPleneras

Elizabeth, NJ Bomba: Bomberitos Bomba Program Recital - Saturday December 14, 2013

If you are interested in an Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba MUSIC and DANCE program for your child, please join Cynthia Renta and her kids this Saturday, December 14, 2013 for The Elizabeth Society's "Bomberitos" end of program recital at The First Baptist Church 402 Union Ave. Elizabeth, NJ 07208, 5 to 9 pm, $10.

Event: "Bomberitos" End of Program Recital
Venue and Location: The First Baptist Church at 402 Union Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Date and Time: Saturday December 14, 2013 from 5-9pm.
Admission: $10

Philadelphia Bomba: Puerto Rican Institute of Music Student Recital Fall 2013 - Saturday December 14, 2013

Event: IPM Student Recital Fall 2013
Venue and Location: Lillian Marrero Library at 601 W. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19133-2228
Date and Time: Saturday 14, 2013 at 2PM.
Admission: Free
For  information contact: (267) 240-8111, ipm.prim@gmail.com or www.ipmusica.com

Bomba Con Buya's Tribute to Ricky Soler

If you have the time go to Facebook and checkout Bomba Con Buya's tribute to Ricky Soler.  You may or may not be able to play the video below but its playable on Facebook's actual website.

Post by Piro L'Primero Lopez.

Kissimmee, FL Plena: Plena Para el Pueblo- Saturday December 7, 2013

Event: Plena Para el pueblo

Artist: PLeneros Son D'La Kalle 

Date and Time: Saturday December 7, 2013 at 3:30pm.

Venue and Location: Rancho Latino at 4000 South Orange Blossom Trail, Kissimmee, Florida 34746-7262, Rancho Latino phone number (407) 870-9977.

Admission: Not listed

Event as listed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/587564311293548/

NY Bomba: Moyo Nights at Camaradas El Barrio - Thursday December 12, 2013

Event: Moyo Nights at Camaradas El Barrio
Artists: Alma Moyo
Date and Time: Thursday December 12, 2013 at 9pm.
Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio at 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029 (corner of 115th Street and 1st Ave.)
Admission: $7 cover at the door

Chicago Bomba: AfriCaribe Performance Ensemble Auditions - December 9, 2013

AfriCaribe is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, research, promotion and development of the Puerto Rican and Caribbean cultures through music, dance, theatre and other artistic mediums.

AfriCaribe will be holding open auditions for their Performance Ensemble on Monday, December 9th, 7pm. Please RSVP to reserve your spot or contact AfriCaribe's Director Tito Rodriguez at #773-879-2123 with any questions.

Be Part of the Tradition, Be Part of the Culture, Be Part of the Family. 12 years in the community and counting!
https://www.facebook.com/events/394610277338077/

In Loving Memory of Brother Ricky Soler - March 15, 1957 to December 1, 2013.

March 15, 1957 to December 1, 2013

I like many others in the Bomba and Plena community learned on Monday that Ricky Soler had passed away sometime on Sunday December 1, 2013, he was 56 years old.  Rick had told me of his medical issues, but I never believed we would loose him so soon as this.  Rick was a talented Bombero a great singer, cua player and a fantastic drum maker.  He made barrilies for Bomberos across all corners of the Bomba diaspora.  He made my barril and to this day I am told how great that drum sounds and asked who built it. But there was more to Rick, he was a friend to many Bomberos. It was hard not to like Ricky.  He was a mentor to many I could go on and on about the man. Rick leaves behind a wife and daughter and many other family and friends. 

Today we celebrate Rick's life and his contributions to the Bomba and Plena community and to Puerto Rican culture. Below I posted a video of Ricky's band Rumbacuembe, he also had a YouTube channel by the same name, I strongly recommend that you visit that channel.  

NY Bomba and Plena: Plena Sin Fronteras at Camaradas El Barrio - Saturday December 7, 2013

Por ahi viene el frio, vamos a calientar el ambiente! Kick off the holiday season with your monthly dose of Plena and bomba in PSF style. You ate all that food for Thanksgiving and now's your opportunity to burn it off. All for $8 at the door, what a bargain.

Event: Plena Sin Fronteras at Camaradas El Barrio
Artists: Plena Sin Fronteras
Date and Time: Saturday December 7, 2013 at 9pm.
Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio, 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029 at corner of 115th Street and First Ave.
Admission: $8

South Florida (Pembroke Pines) Bomba and Plena: El Parrandon Navideño - Saturday December 14, 2013

Nicky's Restaurant Sports Bar

Invites you to:

EL PARRANDON NAVIDEÑO

Saturday, December 14th - 8PM - MIDNIGHT

Music By:

Son D Panderos and DJ Joalens Ortega

Musica Navidena 

Bomba Y Plena

Trucuta Trucuta 

Sponsored By: MEDALLA LIGHT and DON Q

Nicky's Restaurant Sports Bar
220 NW 180th Ave | Pembroke Pines, FL 33029
(954) 441-9464

NY Bomba and Plena: LP21 Presents "LA Gran Fiesta Navidena" - Sunday December 15, 2013

A COMER PASTELES, A COMER LECHON, ARROZ CON GANDULES Y A BEBER RON porque ya llego el tiempo para celebrar con La Familia de Los Pleneros de la 21 Sunday, December 15th 2013 3:00 pm on Taino Towers Crystal Ballroom  (240 East 123rd Street and 2nd Avenue, 4th Floor) Admission: $15 at the door, contact us before to get in on discounts and group rates! 212.427.5221 pleneros21@gmail.com Ya llego el tiempo para la esperada Fiesta Navideña de Los Pleneros de la 21...so gather your family, friends and neighbors to join us for our annual Boricua style Christmas party that will get you in the warm holiday mood! Offered every year since 1989, Los Pleneros de la 21's La Gran Fiesta Navideña has offered live music, tasty food and unique artesanías for folks of all ages to enjoy. This year's fiesta returns with the oldies but goodies: * Live music by Los Pleneros de la 21, El Trio New York and other surprise musical guests * Traditional Boricua Food by El Caldero de Nellie Neritza Alamo * Original Arts & Crafts sold by a selection of some of New York's most craftiest Artesanos * Raffle prizes and more! Doors open at 3:00 pm, the music starts shortly after, so come early and enjoy the full Fiesta! La Gran Fiesta Navideña is part of LP21's Cultural Legacy Initiatives and is made possible in part by support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the Offices of New York City Council Member Melissa Mark Melissa Mark-Viverito, District 8.