Puerto Rican band Plena Libre will be performing in California, New York, Boston, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. Plena Libre’s show is a high-energy show and hard-driven native Puerto Rican folkloric rhythms plena and bomba, infused with salsa, jazz, other Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and topped with sizzling horn charts.
Combining a swinging rhythm section, horns and vocals, Plena Libre’s music has been given new light and patterns with contemporary dance floor styles such as songo, samba, reggae, salsa and pambiche.July / Julio
THU. 7/12 – 7:30 P.M. – Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series, CA
FRI, 7/13 – 6:00 P.M. – Carlsbad Jazz Festival CA
SAT 7/14 – 8:00 P.M. CALIFORNIA PLAZA, Grand Performances, Los Angeles www.grandperformances.Org
MON 7/16 – SOB’S NYC
THI 7/19 – Concert Heckscher Theater (El Museo) / 1230 5th Avenue, NY
FRI 7/20 – 9:00 P.M. –Johnny D’s / Davis Square / Sommerville, MA
SAT 7/21 – 8:00 p.m. Sound Sessions Festival, Waterpark Park, Providence, RI
SUN 7/22 – LANDINGS PARK, Lancaster, PA
Sept. / Oct.
Sun, 9/23 – Fort Lauderdale, Fl
9-28 to 10-3 – Latidos del Mundo Festival (5 concerts) Monterrey, Mexico
Wed. 10-10 – Houston, TX
Sat. Oct 13 – Brownsville Jazz Festival
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