Tampa Bomba: Bomba Body Dance Presents "Sankofa" - Saturday February 28, 2015

Bomba Body Dance offers Afro-Puerto Rican Dance & Drumming. Come feel the the music and explore the rhythms in this next performance!

We will see you this weekend
• Saturday, February 28th
Arrival at 12:45pm
●Show begins at 1pm

Admission: Free

John F Germany Public Library
900 N Ashley, Tampa, Fl 33602

Don't miss the beautiful celebration of Sankofa... "We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today."

There will be Bomba (Afro-Puerto Rican dance of Puerto Rico), African Dance, fashions, vocalists, and musicians. Author Dee Brown, a former Hillsborough High School graduate, will also be in attendance discussing his play, “Climbing The Mountaintop When There Is No Where Left To Walk.”

New Jersey Bomba (classes): SQFC Presents Learn to Dance & Drum - Starts March 1st 2015

Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center presents Learn to (Bomba) Dance and Drum

Bomba dance and drum classes Sunday from March 1st - June 14th for more information contact nhernandez89@gmail.com or call SQFC at (201) 420-6223.

Chicago Bomba: AfriCaribe's Monthly Bombazo - February 28, 2015

It's cold outside...time to bring in the heat con cultura!!! Bombazo this Saturday, February 28th! Familia bombera, friends, and family join us for a beautiful night of Bomba!

Event: AfriCaribe Monthly Bombazo
Date and Time: Saturday February 28, 2015 at 9pm
Venue and Location: AfriCaribe Cultural Center at 2547 West Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622
Admission: Not listed

New York Bomba: Ilu Aye at Camaradas - Friday February 27, 2015

Shake The Cold Away With....

Ilu Aye at CAMARADAS el barrio (2241 First Avenue/ 115 Street New York, NY 10029)
Friday, February 27th at 10pm showtime!!
Admission: $10 

New York Bomba and Plena: February 27, Celebrate Black History Month with Bomba, Plena & Hip Hop

February 27 - Celebrating Black History Month:
Cool, exciting, educational and not to be missed! Teachers, bring your students and enjoy a joint performance by the incomparable Hip Hop duo Circa '95 and the legendary Los Pleneros de la 21. Our history, our legacy and definitely our future, expressed through lyrics, music and dance. 2 shows 10am and 12pm.

Event: LP21's In the House School Concert Series proudly presents Bomba, Plena and Hip Hop, a Black History Month celebration!

Bomba and Plena artists: Los Pleneros de la 21

Date and Time: February 27, 2015 at 10 am and 12 pm

Venue and Location: Julia de Burgos Cultural Center at 1680 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10029

Tickets: http://www.scribd.com/doc/65524468/Ith-Reservation-Form-FY2014-15

New York Bomba: Alma Moyo at Camaradas El Barrio - Friday February 13, 2015

Alma Moyo will be performing FRIDAY February 13, 2015 at Camaradas El Barrio NYC starting at 9pm.

Event: Alma Moyo at Camaradas El Barrio
Date and Time: Friday February 13, 2015, starting at 9pm
Venue and Location: Camaradas is located at 2241 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10029 at the corner of 115 Street.
Admission: $7

Chicago Bomba (classes): Bombera De Corazon Classes!!! - Start February 26, 2015

HELLO MI GENTE BELLA!!!!!! i AM BACK AND EAGER TO TEACH WHAT i LOVE THE MOST BOMBA! I will have two classes: FUN FUN FUN!!!!

Both Men & Women

Beginners Bomba: Focusing on Sica, Yuba and Cuembe. You will learn basic steps, basic techniques and posture. No skirt is needed or scarf for this class. 

Advanced Intermediate Bomba: Re visiting rhytms (sica,yuba, cuembe) learning about seis corrido y Holande. In order to take this class you must have taken a beginners class and comfortable with sica,yuba and cuembe . We will learn patterns and piquetes. Women are encouraged to use a skirt or scarf for this class. (This class will not be like your ordinary intermediate but it'll be fun!)



Both classes will be mixed with history & songs while dancing. Come and have fun with your culture!

Classes will start February 26th at beginners (7-8pm) and Advanced Intermediate Bomba (6pm-7pm) will run for 6 weeks as followed:

Feb 26th
March 5th, 12, 19,26,
April 2nd

$60/for 6 weeks , $15 drop in fee!

I encourage and welcome all bomberos and bomberas! Beginners , intermediate and even those in a group already! We never stop learning! Come join me! All classes are given bombazo style. With live drumming, singing and of course you all will be the awesome dancers!

15 spots available for each class! DONT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE! :) boMBA!



BOMBA KIDS CLASSES STARTING SOON AS WELL! TBA

For more information go to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/786980938043162/?ref=22&source=1

Chicago Bomba: Sabor y Cultura featuring Bomba Con Buya - Friday February 20, 2015

Event: Sabor y Cultura
Bomba artists: Bomba con Buya
Date and Time: Friday February 20, 2015 at 7pm
Venue and Location: Casa Yari Latin Fusion at 3268 W. Fulerton Avenue
Admission: Not listed
For more info call (773) 661-9546

New York Bomba: The Bomba & Plena Adult Workshops - CYCLE 3: Baile de Parejas y Mas!!! - February and March 2015

Los Pleneros de la 21's popular Bomba & Plena Adult Workshops (the adult component of the BPCW Community Workshops) continues in the spring with it's 3rd cycle of classes, featuring 6 Saturdays of Bomba & Plena percussion and Bomba dance!

Join us as we shake off the winter blues and welcome the start of the Spring season for 6 sessions in February and March!

Each Saturday session includes a percussion class and a dance class, for over 3 hours of instruction, plus something for everyone!

Drum classes will be offered by veteran pleneros and masterful drummers: Juan J Gutierrez, Nelson Matthew Gonzalez and special guests of the LP21 extended family!


Dance classes include energetic yet comprehensive and thoughtful instruction on Bomba dance styles, for both MEN and WOMEN, offered by LP21's core dancers: Nelson Matthew Gonzalez and Julia Gutierrez-Rivera.
PLUS....as we kick off the 3rd cycle on Valentine's day --a day of love, friendship, family and community--this cycle will give special attention and focus to BAILES DE PAREJAS in plena and in Bomba.

The 3rd BPAW schedule is
11-12:30, Drum/Percussion class
12:35-2:25, Dance class

Feb 14th - *this session will also feature a special bomba and plena jam to celebrate friendship, loves and community!

Feb 28th
Mar 7th
Mar 14th
Mar 21st
Mar 28th

Don't miss out, especially at the affordable rate of only $15 per drum or dance class...wanna do both? Take over 3 hours of incomparable classes for only $25!!!

Julia de Burgos Center
1680 Lexington Avenue, El Barrio 10029
Walk-ins are welcomed, just come prepared with your holiday spirit!!!!!

For more information:
212-427-5221
pleneros21@gmail.com

The Bomba & Plena Community Workshops' Adults classes are part of Los Pleneros de la 21's Bomba & Plena for All programs and are made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the offices of NYC Council Speaker

New York Bomba: Tato Torres & Yerbabuena @ Camaradas El Barrio - Saturday February 14, 2015

YERBABUENA: Boricua Roots Music
http://www.reverbnation.com/yerbabuena

Tato Torres & YERBABUENA @ Camaradas El Barrio

Tato Torres Sáez & the Urban Jibaros of YERBABUENA: Boricua Roots Music return to their home-stage at the legendary Camaradas El Barrio

Date and Time: Saturday February 14, 2015 at 10pm
Venue and Location: Camaradas El Barrio at 2241 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10029
Admission: Not listed

San Francisco Bomba: Bomberas de la Bahia+ Others in La Mission! - Saturday February 7, 2015

Don’t miss La Bomberas de La Bahia Bring that organic hip moving medicine to the SF Mission District +LA’s Viento Callejero (Urban psychedelic Cumbia), and hypnotic songstress Maria Jose Montejo 
Show Details


Bomba artists: Las Bomberas de la Bahia
When: Saturday, Feb 7, 2015 9:00 PM
Ticket Price: $10.00 - $15.00
Door Time: 8:00 PM
Restrictions: 18 & over
Under 21 must buy $5 drink ticket at the door.
$8 Student tickets with valid ID at The Doors 

Venue and Location: Brick and Mortar Music Hall at 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
For pre sale hit link:
http://brickandmortarmusic.com/event.cfm?id=189280&cart#fbShareLinkTag

Las Bomberas de la Bahia: Bringing the heat of the Caribbean to revelers nationwide is the Bay Area’s own Las Bomberas de la Bahia. One of only a handful of all-women’s Bomba groups to ever exist internationally, Las Bomberas take Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba music to the next level. Born in SF’s Mission district with a passion and commitment to social justice, Las Bomberas strive to use the cultural arts to lift the voices of marginalized communities while holding a deep love of Afro-Puerto Rican traditions. The group was founded in November 2007 and is composed of San Francisco Bay Area artists, educators, and activists, under the direction of Sarazeta Ragazzi and Denise Solis. Come celebrate love, life, and liberation with the intoxicating rhythms of Puerto Rico and Las Bomberas de la Bahia!
https://www.facebook.com/bomberadelabahia/about
Viento Callejero is a fresh approach urban tropical music stripped down to feature its rawest elements. This trio breaks down the rhythmic and melodic pulse of Cumbia Colombiana, Son Montuno, Merengue, Reggae, Dance Hall, and Rock to create a new sound that is infectious to the listener’s ears, hips, and feet.
VC is: Gabriel J Villa (Chicano Batman)
Federico Zuniga Jr.( Bay Area’sTokeson,La Colectiva)
Gloria Estrada (formerly of la Santa Cecilia)
www.facebook.com/vientocallejero
https://vientocallejero.bandcamp.com/releases
www.vientocallejero.com

María José’s life changed in 2009 on a beach in her native Puerto Rico, where a friend gave her a used harp. She began writing hypnotic, haunting songs
that grow out of an intuitive process of deep listening.
Her music is informed by the images and rhythms of the natural world in all its vastness.
https://mariajosemontijo.bandcamp.com/album/estrellas-ep
https://www.facebook.com/majomusika/info?tab=page_info

Miami Bomba: NOCHES DE CULTURA en Blackbird Ordinary - Saturday February 7, 2015

Señoras y señores Sabado 7 de Febrero volvemos con nuestras NOCHES DE CULTURA ......esta noche la tierra va a temblar en Miami al ritmo de la Bomba y la Plena Puertorriqueña. 

En las NOCHES DE CULTURA celebraremos el lindo colorido de la cultura Puertorriqueña. Tenemos dos tremendos grupos para el deleite de todos tocando Bomba Zona De Bomba y trayendo la Plena Plenatarium. Las puertas abren a las 7:30 y LA MUSICA COMIENZA A LAS 8:00 asi que no se lo pierdan! 

#NochesDeCultura

Event: Noches de Cultura
Boma and Plena artists: Zona De Bomba and Plenatarium
Date and Time: Saturday February 7, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Venue and Location: Blackbird Ordinary at 729 SW First Avenue, Miami, FL 33130
Admission: $5 cover, must be 21 or over

For more information call: (813) 784-4987

Wisconsin Bomba: Chicago's Bomba Con Buya comes to Madision Wisconsin - February 2015

Chicago's Bomba Con Buya - 3 shows in Madison, Wisconsin

Saturday, February 7th, 7pm UW-Madison El Reventonazo event.

Sunday, February 8th, 11am and 6pm. Trinity United Church of Christ 400 W. 95th St.

Friday, February 20th, 7pm. Casa Yari at 3268 W. Fullerton

Wisconsin Bomba: Bomba con Buya at El Reventonazo 2015 - Saturday February 7, 2015

This is at the University of Wisconsin Madison

Atlanta Bomba: Son Boriqua Dance Company Meet Up!! - Sunday February 8, 2015

Anuncio Anuncio!!!! 

Son Boriqua Dance Company Meet Up! 

Date: Domingo, (Sunday) Feb. 8th 2015
Time: 2-4 pm
Location: 2078 Beaver Ruin Rd., Suite #200, Norcross, GA 30071

Any questions please call Lulu @ 678-887-8783 or email sonboriqua@gmail.com.

Pasa la voz!!!!