MoAD and Cuba Caribe present: ¡Bomplenazo!: an evening of Bomba and Plena interpreted and explained through film, discussion and music.

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Live music and presentation with Hector Lugo and La Mixta Criolla and film shorts curated by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi. Bomba and Plena rhythms need to be understood and appreciated because of their historical significance and relationship. These two most important genres of Afro-Puerto Rican music each have very different musical characteristics, histories and social foundations.

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MoAD Members please contact programs@moadsf.org to receive your discount on tickets.

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This program is presented in conjunction with Cuba Caribe's 18th Annual Festival of Dance and Musicfrom June 5th-16th. Dance and music have been and continue to be a way to resist oppression, release joy, alleviate suffering collectively, all critical to human survival and built into the fabric of Cuban, Brazilian, Haitian, Afro-Peruvian, Puerto Rican cultures. CubaCaribe honors that celebration of joy is revolutionary and how living art forms evolve and respond to the changing world.

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‍Learn more about the festival's full schedule of events.

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