New Jersey Bomba: Segunda Quimbamba Perth Amboy Waterfront Arts Festival 2015 - Saturday May 23, 2015

Be sure to come out to PERTH AMBOY for the ARTS FESTIVAL 2015 featuring Segunda Quimbamba!

Perth Amboy Waterfront Arts Festival 2015

Bomba act: Segunda Quimbamba

Date and Time: Saturday May 23, 2015 from 12-6pm

Location: Sadowski Parkway

 For more info contact the Office of Recreation (732) 826-1690 ext 4305

New Jersey Plena: 8va Feria De Artes Y Musica - Saturday August 9, 2014

Event: 8va Feria De Artes y Musica (8th Arts and Music Fair of NJ)
Artists: Johnny Olivo y Herencia De Plena; Pastrana y Plena Dulce
Date and Time: Saturday August 9, 2014 from 12 Noon till 8pm
Venue and Location: Elwood Park, (North), Newark, New Jersey 07104 enter Summer Ave and (or) Lincoln Ave
Admission: Not listed

Jersey City, NJ Bomba: Segunda Quimbamba Folkoric Center Presents "A Summer Night Concert" - Saturday July 19, 2014

Join Segunda Quimbamba and Grace Drums in a performance of folkloric music from Puerto Rico and Ghana!

Tickets are $15 and can be bought at the door or at asummernightconcert.brownpapertickets.com

Silent auction, art, raffles, dessert, and cash bar!

Help our group realize our dream of performing at El Festival de Pardiñas in Santiago de Compostela, Spain next year, August 2015!


For more information: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1594808594078897&ref=70

New Jersey Bomba: II Latino Cultural Festival - Saturday June 7, 2014

Event: II Latino Cultural Festival
Artists: Cimarrones 
Date and Time: Saturday June 7, 2014, Festival from 1-6pm, Cimarrones Performs at 3:25 - 3:55 p.m.
Location: Hightstown HS 25 Leshin Lane, Hightstown NJ]
Admission: Not listed

Jersey City, NJ Bomba: SQFC Presents: Learn to Dance and Drum Puerto Rican Folkloric Music - April 4 to June 15, 2014

For all information please see the flyer above.

Camden, NJ Bomba: Homenaje al Gallo Pinto - Sunday April 6, 2014

Come show some love and support for El gallo pinto at El Casique Lounge (Also enjoy a SMALL Bomba and Plena show by Philly's own Los Bomberos De la Calle and many other great performances)

Please the above flyer for venue and other information.

Event: Homenaje al Gallo Pinto
Venue and Location: El Casique Lounge at West and Clintion Street, Camden, NJ
Date and Time: Sunday April 6, 2014, performance time not stated
Admission: $5 donation

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"

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

New Jersey Bomba workshops: Learn To Dance & Drum: Puerto Rico Folkloric Music

Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center presents Learn To Dance & Drum "Puerto Rico Folkloric Music".

Workshops open to Adults and Children ( at least 6 years old) run from Friday October 4 to December 15,  Fridays 7-9 pm and Sundays (Dance class 2-3 pm) and (Drum class 3-4 pm).

Venue: Cobra Fencing Club
Location: 629 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ
Contact: nhernandez89@gmail.com or call SQFC at (201) 420-6332.

NJ Bomba and Plena workshops: Free Children's Bomba and Plena class with Cynthia Renta - Saturdays 2-4pm

Free Children's Bomba and Plena class with Cynthia Renta. Every Saturday 2-4pm in Elizabeth, NJ or children ages 6-18 years old.

To register your child, contact Cynthia Renta at cynthiarenta@hotmail.com by Wednesday September 25th. Check out our kids dancing and singing their hearts out.