NY Bomba: Agua por los Cimarrones! - Moyo Nights Return - Cancelled due to incement weather.

Alma Moyo returns to Camaradas El Barrio with a night filled with our Afro Puerto Rican roots music. Come out and bare it all in the batey! You will be sure to get your sweat on! 

Alma Moyo Afro-Puerto Rican Music Group was born in 2002 at a lively drum jam session at “La Casita de Chema”, a community garden in the South Bronx. Founded by Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, Alma Moyo is an intergenerational crew of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans who promote the diverse regional drum and vocal styles of Bomba with a Caribbean-blues sentiment.

Door opens at 9pm. There is a $7 cover. Full Bar and great food!

Event: Agua por los Cimarrones! - Moyo Nights Return
Artist: Alma Moyo
Date and Time: Thursday February 13, 2014
Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio at 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029
Admission: $7 cover

NY Plena and Bomba: Plena Sin Fronteras Rocks Camaradas - Saturday February 1, 2014

Come join PSF as they celebrate their Three Year Anniversary at the home of Bomba and Plena in NYC. Great atmosphere and swinging music all for $8 at the door.

Event: Plena Sin Fronteras Rocks Camaradas
Artist: Plena Sin Fronteras
Date and Time: Saturday February 1, 2014 at 9PM
Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio at 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029
Admission: $8 cover charge at the door.

NY Bomba: Yerbabuena at Camaradas El Barrio - Thursday January 30, 2014

Thursday Night. Come and experience the synergy!  For those of you who missed Camaradas between the years 2004 and 2009 this is your opportunity to see and experience Tato Torres and Yerbabuena live at their Barrio home the Camaradas El Barrio stage. 10PM.

Event: Tato Torres and Yerbabuena live at Camaradas El Barrio

Date and Time: Thursday January 30, 2014 at 10pm.

Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrrio at 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY at corner of 115 Street

Admission: Unknown

Bay Area/Oakland Bomba: Antique Naked Soul w/ special guest Las Bomberas De La Bahia - Friday January 31, 2014

Events: Antique Naked Soul w/ special guest Las Bomberas De La Bahia
Artists: Las Bomberas De La Bahia
Date and Time: Doors open at 9:30PM  Friday January 31, 2014
Venue and Location: Studio Grand at 3234 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA
Admission: Not Listed

Bronx Bomba: 2014 GET TOUGH GET BAAD! Presents February Bomba Classes with Milteri Tucker - February 2014

Sundays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 from 4-5pm 
$5 (special rate)
BOMBA DANCE CLASS WITH MILTERI TUCKER

Milteri Tucker, director of the Bronx-based Bombazo Dance Company, leads the all level class through the basics of Bomba, a joyous Afro-Puerto Rican dance and music style that is a communal activity celebrating the relationship between the dancer and the drummer. Class includes her skirt technique open to women and men. Bring your practice skirt - practice skirts will also be provided.

BAAD! presents a V-Day dance, live performances, dance classes and a series of films celebrating queer power, diversity, defiance and visibility in annual GET TOUGH, GET BAAD! series. GET TOUGH, GET BAAD! was originally initiated in 2010 to take a stand against violence and to counter negative and victimized images of queer people in the media from homophobic attacks in the Bronx and New York City. The series presents films and events that celebrated queer strength and value.

Event: 2014 GET TOUGH GET BAAD! Presents February Bomba Classes with Milteri Tucker
Venue: Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD) located at 2474 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY 10461
Date and Time: Sundays February 2, 9, 16, 23 from 4-5pm.
Cost of class: $5

For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1457208867840385/?ref=22&source=1

For more information on dance and drumming classes in the Bronx and US go to http://bombaandplena.blogspot.com/p/bomba-drumming-and-dance-classes.html

Santa Ana, CA Bomba: Bombazo Fandango IV Events - February 1 to March 1, 2014

For information on Bombazo Fandango IV go to http://bombazofandango.wix.com/comunidad#!home/mainPage

To assist in fundraising efforts go to http://bombazofandango.wix.com/comunidad#!fundraising/c24vq

Chicago Bomba - A Bombear se ha dicho! BOMBA CLASS! - Starting Wednesday February 5, 2014

Come and join in a 6 week course of Bomba dancing!!! I am excited to teach a semester of classes open to both Women and Men! and Children 10 and up! I will be offering Beginners and Intermediate class. 

Beginners Bomba will be focusing on Sica, Yuba and Cuembe! Style, timing,variations and history

Intermediate Bomba will be focusing on Holande and Seis while also reviewing Sica, Yuba and Cuembe! Beginner Solos! Style, timing & variations

Every class will end with a ten minute bombazo style to close each class! Classes are fun! You will learn songs aside from dancing as well.

Class Schedule:

Every Wednesday starting :Beginners will be from 6-7pm
Intermediate will be from 7-8pm

Feb 5th, 12th,19th, 26th, March 5th & 12th!

Location:  Boys and Girls Club at 1214 N Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Reserve your spot I promise you won't regret it! QUE VIVA LA CULTURAAAAA!!! BOMBA!!!

I have 15 spots available! Fee is $50 for adults
Students 14 and under will be $35

If you can't take the class please share event with others! Much love and blessings always! 

Hosted by Ivelisse Bomberadecorazon Diaz and Bomba Con Buya

For more information go the event's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/633365816722434/

For more information on Bomba and Plena dance and drumming classes in the US go to http://bombaandplena.blogspot.com/p/bomba-drumming-and-dance-classes.html

Fredericksburg, VA Bomba: Afro-Puerto Rican Dance "A Journey" - Starting Thursday February 20, 2014

For the first time in Fredericksburg, VA!!!
Take a journey around the island of Puerto Rico to learn the different rhythms, songs and dance styles of Afro-Puerto Rican music! The class will also cover percussion! 
Don't miss your chance! Bring your friends! 
Classes will be at Ari's House of Dance & Performing Arts Studio (Rt 3 & I-95). 
Limited spaces available! Register today!

Event: Afro-Puerto Rican Dance:  A Journey (12 weeks of classes in Bomba dance and percussion)
Host organization: Semilla Cultural
Date and Time: Classes start Thursday February 20, 2014, children's class from 6:30-7:10PM and teenagers and adults from 7:30-8:30PM.
Venue and Location: Ari's House of Dance and Performing Arts Studio at 2324 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22406

For pricing information please see the flyer pictured above or contact Semilla Cultural directly.

For more information send an email to info@semillacultural.org or go to Semilla Cultural's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/semillacultural

For more information on Bomba and Plena dance and drumming classes in the US go to http://bombaandplena.blogspot.com/p/bomba-drumming-and-dance-classes.html

NY Bomba - Legacy Women's Midnight Miel Morena - Friday January 31, 2014

Join NYC's leading all female band of Afro Boricua Bomba and Afro Dominican Palos and Congos for a starlight session of honey dripping live drum and dance energy. Aural delights and corporal flow sessions guaranteed to please. 

An open mic to follow for all with a midnight sweet tooth! Bring your poems and instruments...

Event: Midnight Miel Morena
Artists: Legacy Women
Date and Time: Friday January 31, 2014 at 10PM to 1AM
Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio at 2241 First Avenue, NY, NY 10029 corner of 115 Street
Admission: $7 cover charge

For more information  go to the event's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1454051218141417/

Orlando Plena: San Sebastian Street Festival - Sunday January 19, 2014

Event: San Sebastian Street Festival Take Orlando
Artists: Pleneros de la Central, Pleneros de la Mata, Jose Nogueras and other acts
Date and Time: Sunday January 19, 2014 from 11AM to 2PM
Venue and Location: Terrace 390 at 390 North Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801

Orlando Bomba: Bombazo y Rumba de Año Nuevo - Saturday January 18, 2014

Event: Bombazo and Rumba of the New Year

Hosted: Arte Borikua Galeria C

Date and Time: Saturday January 18, 2014 at 4PM

Location: 207 N. Goldenrod Road, Suite 500, Orlando, FL 32807

Admission: Free

For more information: (407) 953-5185

Event information on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/264831080338555/

Denver CO Bomba: Bomba Dance and Percussion Workshop in Denver - Saturday January 18, 20141

Kids Class - Ages 8-12 Time: 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Teens, Adults and Seniors Workshop Time: 10:30 am -12:00 noon.

Host: Barrio E'
Admission: $10 Per person

Tampa, FL Plena: Asi Son Mis Navidades - Saturday January 19, 2014

Event: Asi Son Mis Navidades

Artists: Los Pleneros de la Central

Venue and Location:  Tequilas Bar & Taqueria Restaurant at 1613 East 7th Avenue, 

Ybor City, FL

Date and Time: Saturday January 19, 2014 from 3-10PM

Admission: from $10-$15

For more information: (813) 900-6421

Kissimmee Florida Bomba and Plena: Fiesta De Bomba & Plena - Sunday February 2, 2014

Fiesta de Bomba and Plena
Artists: Jerry Ferrao, A Son De Plena, Ballet Folkorico Lanzo, Renacer Borincano, and Pedro Falcon
Date and Time: Sunday February 2, 2014 at 11AM
Location: 3008 Lions Ct, Kissimme, FL 34744
Admission: Free

Jersey City Bomba: Rites of Passage | Afro-Diaspora Dance Intensive Workshop - Saturday January 18, 2014

For the FIRST time in JERSEY CITY, LadyLore and Nena Soulfly present 

“Rites of Passage: An Afro-Diaspora Dance Intensive Workshop Series”. Take a journey across water with traditional West African and Afro-Caribbean Dance with 

Bomba and Plena Dance from Puerto Rico with Jersey City's own Dance teacher and Bembe Collective Director, Cynthia Renta www.facebook.com/cynthiarenta

Afro-Cuban Orisha Dance with Dance teacher/Choreographer for Global Rhythms Ashe, Yesenia Selier.
www.yeseniaoriselier.com/afrocuban

Special guest teacher, Traditional Nigerian Orisa Dance teacher /Choreographer, Tanya Agunbiosu Melendez from Los Angeles, CA.www.orisadance.wordpress.com

We are super excited to bring to you this wonderful workshop series of Afro-Diaspora dance thoughtfully curated to show connections across waters byway of Traditional Orisa dance from Yorubaland, Nigeria, Bomba and Plena dance from Puerto Rico and Orisha dance from Cuba. The focus of this workshop is to offer a healing and inspiring experience in guided movement reconnecting our bodies and its internal water back to the source of life and creativity. Our purpose is to promote body liberation through traditional dance forms from the African Diaspora.

This event will culminate with a live drum circle presented by Sirelo Entertainment with "Community Rhythm" beginning at 6pm.

All Levels are WELCOMED and ENCOURAGED!

Full Workshop | $25, 3 hours

RSVP! orisadance@gmail.com

Early Bird Discount!
$20
PayPal: orisadance@gmail.com | "Rites of Passage"

NY Bomba and Plena: OBANILÚ IRÉ & SIEMBRA MAESTRA Presents: Afro Carib Roots Music Nights - Friday January 10, 2014

OBANILÚ IRÉ & SIEMBRA MAESTRA Presents : Afro Carib Roots Music Nights 
@ Camaradas El Barrio in East Harlem, "El Barrio" 
on 115 St. & 1rst Avenue ( 6 Train to 116 St. and Lex. )

Date and Time: Friday January 10, 2014 at 10PM

Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio at 2241 First Avenue, NY, NY 10029

Admission: Not listed

SIEMBRA MAESTRA -- Is a unity of a new sow of seeds (Artists) who Create Soothing Inaugurating Art & Music with the New World Diaspora expressions, without doubting to forget the challenging Disciplines of its Old Advanced World Mastery...It's where you can Have a Painter and a Musician or a Dancer n Photographer making music through their Art's Consciousness Wisdom, do to their everlasting practical energy to keep Learning about each other as One.... A brand New Sound n Image that stems from the passionate and Inspiring Detailed teachings of Great Masters. From Chile to New Orleans. From Spain to Africa's Natural Ancestral Expressions. Creating a space to Harmonize as sweet n powerful as Senegalese Chorus or as profound and percussively precise and moving as a Classical beat... SIEMBRA MAESTRA Is a NuyoRican's Experience with a 21rst Century State of Mind. Body.Soul.

Chicago Bomba: AfriCaribe Academy Registration - Winter Session 2014

It's time again for AfriCaribe Music and Dance Academy. Join us for 8 weeks of Music, Dance, Drumming and Singing. 

Registration Dates:
Saturday - Jan 11th - 10am to 1pm
Monday - Jan 13th - 6pm to 8pm
Saturday - Jan 18th - 10am to 1pm

Classes
Monday Classes: 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24
6pm - Children's Bomba Yuba Dance
6pm - Children's Bomba Yuba Drumming
7pm - Adult Bomba Cuembe/Holande Drumming (Intermediate)
7pm - Adult Bomba Sica/Yuba Dance (Beginners)
8pm - Adult Bomba Sica/Yuba Drumming (Beginners)
8pm - Adult Bomba Cuembe/Holande Dance (Intermediate)

Saturday Classes: 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/22, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29
9am - Adult Bomba Advance Dance
9am - Adult Bomba Sica/Yuba Drumming (Beginners)
10am - Adult Bomba Cuembe/Holande Drumming (Intermediate)
10am - Adult Bomba Sica/Yuba Dance (Beginners)
11am - Seis Corrido Drumming
11am - Adult Bomba Cuembe/Holand Dance (Intermediate)
12pm - Children's Bomba Dance Class
12pm - Maraca and Cua Percussion (Intermediate to Advance)
1pm - Bomba Song Class (all levels)

Fee: $35 for Children, $50 for adults
Scholarships and Trade of Service Available

For more info: #773-879-2123 OR Tito@africaribe.net
www.africaribe.net

Located at: Africaribe Cultural Center, 2547 West Division, Chicago, IL 60622

For more information on Bomba and Plena dance and drumming classes in the US go to http://bombaandplena.blogspot.com/p/bomba-drumming-and-dance-classes.html

Nelson Matthew Gonzalez Solo Performance

Bombero and Plenero Nelson Matthew Gonzalez is a featured artist for Toca Percussion.  Popular in the New York percussion scene Nelson's percussion talents touches Bomba, Plena, Rumba and Salsa.  Here's a four minute taste of "Matthew's" flavor.

We are proud of Matthew, we wish you nothing but the best.

NY Plena: El Dia De Los Tres Reyes Magos/ Three Kings Day - Monday January 6, 2014

For the third year in a row, Los Pleneros de la 21 are proud to join Teatro Sea in its annual celebration, musical affair and Toy Give-Away Extravaganza to honor Los Tres Reyes Magos.
Families, children young and old and fans of Tres Reyes are all invited to head to the Lower East Side and the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center. to welcome and greet the 3 Wise Men!
This is a free event, with wonderful music provided by 
The Mariachi Academy, Los Pleneros de la 21 and Nico y su Combo!
This is an outdoor event (if it rains, we will meet you indoors!) at
Teatro SEA at CSV Cultural and Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor, NY NY 10002
For more info:
212-529-1545

Event: El Da de Los Tres Reyes Magos/3 Kings Day
Artists: Los Pleneros de la 21, Mariachi Academy and Nico y su Combo
Date and Time: Monday January 6, 2014 at 3PM-5PM
Venue and Location: Teatro SEA at Clemente Soto Velez (CSV) Cultural and Education Center at 107 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10002
For more info: (212) 529-1545

Brooklyn Plena: Herencia de Plena at South Williamsburg Epiphany RC Church - Sunday January 5, 2014

Event: Herencia de Plena at South Williamsburg Epiphany RC Church
Artists: Johnny Olivo Jr. Con Su Herencia De Plena
Date and Time: Sunday January 5, 2014 at 2PM.
Venue and Location: South Williamsburg Epiphany RC Church at 96th South 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211
Admission: All are invited

Pembroke Pines, FL Plena: La Gran Parranda con Plena Es - January 3, 2014

La Gran Parranda este viernes comenzando a las 6:00 pm en las Fiestas Patronales Broward County, Florida, trae tu pandero. Mucha pleana con Plena Es $10.00/ Adulto ninos menores de 11 no pagan. Machinas, comida y mucho vacilon!www.prfiestas.com.

Event: La Grand Parranda con Plena Es

Date and Time: Friday January 3, 2014 at 6PM

Venue and Location: 10400 Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines, FL 33026

Admission: $10 for adults/ children under 11 years old get in free

You are encouraged to bring your panderos to this event.

NY 3 Kings Day/ Octavitas @ SOB's (Parranda) - Friday January 10, 2014

Join the PARRANDA, bring your dance shoes and let's celebrate the end of the holiday season and the beginning of a new year. Shake off the old, bring in the new, and let's sing and dance 'til we drop from exhaustion... wepa, wepa, wepa. Join the party at SOB's After Work Latin Groove.

3 Kings Day is twelfth night but it is the actual day of giving for Latinos all over the world. In Puerto Rico, we celebrate 8 more days after that, Octavitas, to finalize the season of gift giving and celebration... until Jan. 14th.

Event: 3 Kings Day/Octavitas@ SOB's
Artists: Zon del Barrio
Date and Time: Friday January 10, 2014 at 8pm and 10PM
Venue and Location: SOB's at 200 Varrick Street, New York, NY 10014 (at W. Houston Street)
Admission: APAP badges admitted free and ladies admitted free before 7pm, no other admission price listed.


For more information go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/184134241786963/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

Seattle, WA Bomba: El Primer Bombazo del Año - Friday January 10, 2014

Join Grupo Bayano along with Otoqui Reyes Pizarro E and Naomi Vásquez of Hijos de Agüeybaná for the first Bombazo of the year.

Event: El Primer Bombazo del Año

Artists: Grupo Bayano with Otoqui Reyes Pizarro and Naomi Vasquez 

Date and Time: Friday January 10, 2014 at 7:30PM PST

Venue and Location: CLCD at FAME MLK Community Center (3201 East Republican Street, Seattle, WA 98112)

Admission: Not listed

For more information go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/1430800593819668/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

NY Bomba and Plena:Plena Sin Fronteras Brings In The New Year at Camaradas el Barrio - Saturday January 4, 2014

Come and join PSF as we kick off the New Year at Camaradas el Barrio, home of bomba and plena in New York. Enciende la noche con el sabor de Plena Sin Fronteras. The unique sound and swing of PSF live all for $8 at the door. Event: Plena Sin Fronteras Brings In The New Year  Artist: Plena Sin Fronteras Date and Time: Saturday January 4, 2014 at 9PM. Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio at 2241 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029 at corner of 115 Street. Admission: $8 cover charge at the door.

For more information go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/653006891412534/653253421387881/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity

Philadelphia, PA Bomba: Puerto Rican Institute of Music Music Classes - Winter 2014

Please contact Puerto Rican Institute of Music (PRIM) for price of classes at (267) 240-8111.

Germantown, MD Bomba: Bomba Dance Workshop - Sunday January 12, 2014

Bomba Dance Workshop by Raíces de Borinquen coming to the Germantown/Frederick area!

Come celebrate the New Year with a new resolution to get to know Afro-Puerto Rican music and culture:

SUNDAY JANUARY 12, 2014
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
$15.00 per person (Give someone a Three Kings Day present!)
For adults and children over 10 years of age
(We are planning children’s workshops in 2014)
Skirts will be provided to be shared. Please wear closed shoes with little traction; sneakers are not recommended.

Please respond to this email to reserve a spot. Space is limited. Better yet and to be sure, please send a check to: Raíces de Borinquen PO Box 7298, Hyattsville, MD 20787.

PLACE:
Commotion Dance Studio
13097 Wisteria Drive
Germantown, MD 20874

For more information go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/1444717165756368/