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Chicago Folk & Roots Festival: Nuestra Música

Posted on Thursday, April 22

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Nuestra Música: Latino Chicago is the result of a research project conducted in 2005 launched by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and co-sponsored by the Old Town School of Folk Music. The Folk & Roots staging of Nuestra Música has live performances, interviews, and dance workshops by the artists, children’s workshops, arts and crafts, and some of the displays from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Line up coming soon…

Arte y Vida Chicago is a proud sponsor of Nuestra Música

Saturday, July 10th

  • 12:00p | Jarochicanos – Mexican Son Jarocho youth group
  • 12:00p | Maribel Castro – Traditional Mexican dough “masa” making workshop used for tortillas and more
  • 1:00p | Hugo Gutierrez – Master Andean instrument maker and musician from Bolivia
  • 2:00p | Javier Mendez “Dedos de Oro” and special guests – Puerto Rican cuatro master
  • 3:00p | Grupo Cumbé – Traditional Colombian music directed by Victor Garcia and Darwin Noguera
  • 4:00p | Mariachi Perla de México and the Mexican Folkloric Dance Company – Traditional Mexican dance accompanied by Mariachi
  • 5:00p | Pistolera – Moon Luna’s alter-ego Pistolera is a rocking Mexican ranchera dance band with a social conscience

Sunday, July 11th

  • 12:00p | Raiz Viva – Mexican musicians perform on Pre-Colombian instruments
  • 1:00p | Raiz Viva – Mexican musicians give instrument making workshop/demonstration
  • 1:00p | Trio Los Primos – Classic Latin trio performing boleros or ballads
  • 2:00p | Son Perú – Traditional Peruvian and Afro-Peruvian styles with guitar, percussion and vocals
  • 3:00p | Ramón Marino – Mexican artisan will give a demonstration/workshop on the art of tin imprints
  • 3:00p | Ecos del Pacifico – Performance of Afro-Colombian music from the Pacific coast plus an Afro-Colombian percussion workshop
  • 4:00p | René Cardoza – Traditional Aztec dance and the Conchero tradition
  • 5:00p | Leonard Jacome – Renowned Venezuelan harpist in the Joropo tradition accompanied by cuatro, percussion and dancers