by Magdy Zara
The annual Caribe Cuba dance and music festival celebrates 18 years promoting Cuban culture in the United States through its music and dances; This time it takes place in the city of San Francisco, between June 6 and 16.
Among the scheduled activities is the Bomplenazo, a bomb and full evening, interpreted and explained through film and music.
There will be live music and the presentation of Héctor Lugo and La Mixta Criolla, short films curated by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi. The rhythms of Bomba and Plena must be understood and appreciated due to their importance and historical relationship. These two major genres of Afro-Puerto Rican music each have very different musical characteristics, histories, and social foundations.
For the second week of the festival, choreographers Ramón Ramos Alayo of Alayo Dance Company and Marcia Treidler will present a nighttime show titled Acts of Resistance, Acts of Joy, the work investigates the history and significance of Brazil and Cuba with Carnival.
El Bomplenazo will take place on June 12 starting at 7 p.m., and will take place at the Museum of the African Diaspora, located at 685 Mission St, San Francisco.
The function called Acts of Resistance and Acts of Joy will be on June 14, 15 at 8 p.m., and June 16 at 5 p.m. At the ODC Theatre, 3153 17th Street, San Francisco. For more information about the schedule and tickets through https://www.cubacaribe.org/2024
Tribute to Santa in the Bay Area
Carnival is the name given to the tribute that the Mission District of San Francisco will soon pay to Santana and his band.
The best and most experienced musicians in the San Francisco Bay area have spent decades perfecting their craft to bring you the legendary sounds and greatest hits of Santana, all of which you can hear live.
Carnaval offers you the same instrumentation, soul and passion of Santana’s music, who is a pillar in the history of rock music for the last five decades.
This series of concerts are scheduled for June 14 and 15, the first at El Parque Burton San Carlos at 6 p.m. and the second at the Esparza family Auto Show, in the city of Gilroy, starting at 7p.m. respectively. Ticket prices range from $15 to $32.
Circus Bella returns to San Francisco
With only 14 performances, Circus Bella returns to the San Francisco Bay Area to present its 15th annual Circus in the Parks season.
Presentations will be held in various locations, in parks in the Bay Area, Laguna Beach and Reno. It will be a completely free show for children.
This edition returns with a new outdoor show, featuring an array of the Bay Area’s brightest circus talent, delighting and surprising audiences of all ages with circus arts at its most exuberant. Marked by a playful spirit and inspired imagination. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on the one-ring circus, brimming with heart and soul. The 60-minute performance, directed by Circus Bella founder and trapeze artist Abigail Munn, features the incredible company Circus Bella, a diverse and talented group of acrobats, trapeze artists, jugglers and clowns, performing to the accordionist’s original live music Rob Reich and the outstanding six-piece Circus Bella All-Star band.
The program consists of three performances to be held in the Yerba Buena gardens, on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 at 12 p.m., and on Saturday again at 2 p.m., on Mission St. (between streets 3 and 4).
