Description

Save the date for the South Bronx Culture Festival 2024: Born in El Barrio & Raised in the South Bronx. Join us for a weekend of free performances from May 31 to June 2, 2024 to celebrate Casita Maria’s 90 years of service to the community. Headliners include: Bronx Banda featuring Arturo O’Farrill, Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band and Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra.

Performance Schedule

Friday, May 31

3:30-7pm

PRIDA (Artisan Vendors / Vendedores Artesanales)

3:30-4pm GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE (DJ) 

4-4:45pm Casita Maria Young Artists 

4:45-5:15pm GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE & It's Showtime NYC! (Street Dance) 

5:30-7pm BronX BandA featuring Arturo O’Farrill with special guests It's Showtime NYC! & GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE (Latin Jazz)

Saturday, June 1

12:30-4pm

New York Public Library (Bookmobile)

12:30-7pm

Casita Maria Teaching Artist Maria Luisa Portuondo Vila (Art Activity)

PRIDA (Artisan Vendors)

12:30-1pm/ 1:45-2:30pm / 3:15-4pm Tiff McFierce (Energetic, Eclectic, Immersive DJ Sets)

1-1:45pm Mariachi Real de México y Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Nueva York (Traditional Mexican Music & Folkloric Dance)

2:30-3:15pm Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theatre (Garifuna Folkloric Dance)

4-4:45pm Yasser Tejeda (Dominican Roots Music)

4:45-5:30pm Dance Lesson led by Danza Fiesta (Basics of: swing, mambo, cha cha cha, plena & bomba)

5:30-7pm Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band feat: Janis Siegel, Antoinette Montague, Jennifer Jade Ledesna + Danza Fiesta (Big Band Latin Jazz and Beyond!!! / Vibrant Cultural Ambassadors)

Sunday, June 2 

12:30-6pm

PRIDA (Artisan Vendors)

Casita Maria Teaching Artist Maria Luisa Portuondo Vila (Art Activity)

12:30-1:30pm Ballet Hispánico Latine Immersive Experience with Tempo Alegre (A Journey Through Latin America)

1:30-2:15pm / 3:45-4:30pm Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) (Global Soul, AfroHouse, AfroBeats, Haitian Roots)

2:15-3:45pm People of Earth (Salsa / Timba) 

4:30-6pm Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra co-presented with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem (Salsa & Latin Jazz)

Learn more: casitamaria.org / @casitamariabx