1
Aug 2019
Thursday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
A night of spoken word and storytelling with an all languages open mic. Hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja and Lyrical Bliss. Special guest TOTMI. Free and open to all ages. Contact emar...
27
Jul 2019
Saturday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Join us as we celebrate the diverse soundscape of the Bronx! Part of WHEDco's Bronx Music @ Melrose event = FREE FUN for all ages!! With music, poetry, and dance by local artists, including: Frank ...
20
Jul 2019
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
Join us as we celebrate the music of the Gospel tradition with artists who grew up in the African American and Caribbean Gospel congregations in the Bronx. Featuring Gospel/blues vocalist Monica Me...
29
Jun 2019
Saturday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Round Two of our FREE OPEN MIC for all Bronx musicians, singers, and bands! Hosted by Marco Soccoli, music industry legend and former drummer of NYC glamrock band Roxx. Featured band: Morrisani...
15
Jun 2019
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
James Reese Europe is the Army bandleader who is credited with introducing the French to jazz during WWI and U.S. audiences to tango, the first Latin American dance craze in the country. Europe’s m...
13
Jun 2019
Thursday
Kid Friendly
Performances
A night of spoken word and storytelling with an all languages open mic. Hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. Co-host Lyrical Bliss. Special Guests Kenny Sings and Conrado Muluc. FREE and ...
18
May 2019
Saturday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
The BMHC Bronx Living Legends series, which honors Bronx music legends for their careers as performers and educators, will honor Puerto Rican plenero Benny Ayala, for his career as a pioneering ple...
17
May 2019
Friday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
Jasmine is sick and tired of her violin lessons. She has more important things to do. Like playing video games and texting her BFF. Who cares about music anyway? She’s about to find out. Joi...
28
Apr 2019
Sunday
Kid Friendly
Performances
The Mambo Kids are back...again! The 23-piece New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by 8x Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. $10 entrance at the door. All ...
25
Apr 2019
Thursday
Kid Friendly
Performances
The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble. Directed by 8x Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria. $10 at the door. All proceeds go to the students.
13
Apr 2019
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, we explore the Haitian influences on the birth of jazz in New Orleans, with a discussion led by ethnomusicologist Lois Wilcken and musicians Bobby Sanabri...
31
Mar 2019
Sunday
Kid Friendly
Performances
The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by 8x Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. $10 entrance at the door. All proceeds...
28
Mar 2019
Thursday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
A multilingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music, hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. Co-host Lyrical Bliss. Special guests Fabian Villegas and Venessa Marco. Free and open to all ...
23
Mar 2019
Saturday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Join us at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture as we honor artist and activist Luz Soliz, best known for her well-established dance troupes and for serving as a champion of the Garifuna culture th...
16
Mar 2019
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
Another Women's History Month event, this time focusing on the folkloric mysterious power of the mujer! The petenera is a song style featured in different genres from Spain to Mexico. We will showc...
16
Feb 2019
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
The 1960’s musical genre of Latin bugalu was a fusion of Cuban rhythms and African-American R&B. In honor of Black History Month, tonight’s program will explore the African-American influence on th...
31
Jan 2019
Thursday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
PALABREANDO! Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music* during our free open mic series hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. This month, Bocafloja is joined by c...
21
Dec 2018
Friday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Join us for our annual Melrose Parranda: Our Puerto Rican Christmas caroling procession through the Melrose section of the Bronx! Based on the music of plena and other holiday songs from the island...
15
Dec 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
The Parranda con Paranda is our annual Puerto Rican & Garifuna Holiday Celebration. This year we look at European, specifically French-influenced genres, in the Caribbean, such as "la danza" from P...
20
Sep 2018
Thursday
Kid Friendly
Performances
Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music* during our free open mic series hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. This month, Bocalfoja is joined by co-host Lyrica...