The second stop of our 3-city Por La Plena tour is our return HOME. We are excited to present a weekend of talleres, community gatherings and musical celebrations in The Bronx and El Barrio, in partnership with Bronx Music Hall and La Casita de Chema/El Rincón Criollo.
The weekend kicks off with a special LP21 Un Paso Alante workshop event facilitated by master bombero, plenero y tremendo amigo, Víctor Vélez on June 4, 6pm at the LP21 studios in Julia de Burgos. Then on June 6th at 8pm the Pleneros ensemble and special guests from Puerto Rico take the stage at Bronx Music Hall for an evening designed to get all dancing and featuring a special pop up performance by youth students of our very own Bomba and Plena Children’s Workshops. And to close out the weekend, on Sunday, June 7th - the closing celebration and family-friendly gathering of the Bomba and Plena Children’s Workshops followed by a plenazo in honor of José “Joseíto” Rivera at La Casita de Chema/Ricón Criollo from 12pm - 3pm (rain location: Bronx Music Hall).
It is a great series of events to kick of the month of June, and the Puerto Rican heritage events around the Puerto Rican Heritage Parades of NYC.
For more information on the Un Paso Alante workshop, and Sunday’s BPCW final celebration and plenazo: programs@lp21.org
For tickets and information on the concert at Bronx Music Hall: https://bronxmusichall.org/
New York City
June 4, 6pm | Un Paso Alante with Víctor Vélez (an LP21 event): https://www.losplenerosdela21.org/upcoming-events
June 6, 8pm | Concert at Bronx Music Hall: https://bronxmusichall.org/
June 7 | Plenazo celebration at La Casita de Chema: https://www.losplenerosdela21.org/upcoming-events
with Bronx Music Hall and La Casita de Chema
These programs are part of Los Pleneros de la 21’s Local & Touring Residency Project and Cultural Legacy Initiatives. They are made possible in part by the support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Offices of NYC District 8 Council Member Elsie Encarnación, the Mid Atlantic Arts’ ArtsCONNECT program through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts‘ Regional Engagement Program. The BMHC is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, New York State Assembly Member Chantel Jackson, New York State Senator José M. Serrano, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Citi Foundation, Cowles Charitable Trust, Howard Gilman Foundation, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and The New York Community Trust.