Cumbia and Vallenato are Colombian Afro-Indigenous folk music and dance traditions that have been updated with many fusions. They’ve become Andean Pop music.
You can listen and dance to Cumbia at Sabor Latino, La Boom, Terraza 7, and Barbès.
Cumbia NYC & Vallenato NYC
April 26, 2022
Colombian Cumbia
Cumbia River Band plays Colombian Cumbia at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Apr 29 at 7pm. $15. 🇨🇴
Cumbia & Vallenato Venues
These venues present some Cumbia. Sabor Latino presents a lot.
- Barbès, a French-owned nightclub in Park Slope, Brooklyn is the NY home of Peruvian Psychedelic Cumbia. 🇫🇷🇵🇪
- La Boom nightclub in Woodside, Queens. 🇲🇽
- Sabor Latino restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens. 🇪🇨
- SOB’s Sounds of Brazil nightclub in Hudson Square. 🇧🇷
- Terraza 7 is a Colombian-owned bar and nightclub in Elmhurst, Queens. 🇨🇴
Community Theaters
- ID Studio Theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx. 🇨🇴
- Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens. 🇪🇸
Grupo Niche Plays Salsa Colombiana at Bergen PAC
Saturday, November 19, 2022
BERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Englewood, New Jersey
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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn 2022 Brings A Global Party to Prospect Park!
June 8 – August 6, 2022
Circus, Cumbia, Global, Jazz, Juneteenth, Pop, Rap, Reggae, Rock, Vallenato
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The Bryant Park Dance Party 2022 is Back with Talia-Castro Pozo
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Flamenco Rumba
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
African Fusion
Thu, May 12, 2022
Cumbia
BRYANT PARK
Midtown, Manhattan
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Bomba Estéreo Colombian Pop
TERMINAL 5, HELL’S KITCHEN ~ Wed, December 12, 2018 ~ 2018 Grammy and Latin Grammy nominee is the most popular Colombian electro-tropical band
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The Year in Cumbia & Vallenato NYC
Cumbia & Vallenato
March
Colombian Vallenato
Binomio de Oro plays Colombian Vallenato at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Mar 4 after midnight (9pm doors). From $50. 🇨🇴
Cumbia Roots
Cumbia is originally from Caribbean Colombia. It is popular in Mexico and across Latin America. La Sonora Dinamita was one of the first Cumbia bands to go global.
Vallenato is sort of Cumbia of the mountains. It is more Andean and Indigenous. It’s very Colombian. The city of Valledupar in an Andean valley in Cesar Department, Colombia is Vallenato’s spiritual home. Andrés Landero of San Jacinto, is one of the great Vallenato musicians. We listen to him a lot in the morning. Carlos Vives built his career around Vallenato.
Peru and Venezuela have Psychedelic Cumbia Rock traditions that are pretty cool. Chicha Libre sounds like Cumbia surf guitar. Some Venezuelan bands like Los Crema Paraiso and Locobeach bring Venezuelan Modern Art visual traditions into the mix.
Dutch DJ Dick Verdult created Cumbia House music in Argentina.
Like all culture, the traditions began as family expressions of faith and community in small towns.
Cumbia is coastal folk music and dance from Colombia and Panama. It was popularized in the 1940s by Colombian record companies.
Andres Landero (1932-2000) was an early composer who is known as “El Rey de la Cumbia” (The King of Cumbia). Chicha Libre out of Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn play a psychedelic version of Peruvian Cumbia which is a lot of fun.
Vallenato is Colombian mountain cowboy music. It’s a troubadour type of tradition. Rafael Escalona (1926-2009) was an important early composer. A 1991 Colombian telenovela about his life starred Carlos Vives. Vives fused Vallenato and Rock which broadened the audience. He is now the icon of modern Vallenato. Gregorio Uribe is New York City’s version.
Cumbia & Vallenato Artists
Many Latin artists play some Cumbia. Calle 13 is Latin Hip-Hop, but their breakthrough song “Atévete-Te-Te” was a Cumbia.
Previously
Daniel Calderon y Los Gigantes play Colombian Vallenato, and Arelys Henao sings Colombian Rancheras for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Apr 8 at 10pm. From $48. 🇨🇴
March 2022
La Cumbiamba eNe Yé celebrates their “Resplandor” album release of Colombian Cumbia at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Mar 25 at 9pm. $20. 🇨🇴
Grupo Kual? plays Mexican Cumbia for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Mar 20 at 10pm. $60. 🇲🇽
Latin DJs spin the Señora Cumbia dance party at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Mar 19 after midnight (10pm doors). $25.
Azucena Aymara “La Jefa” sings Ecuadorian Cumbia at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Mar 19 after midnight (10pm doors). $40. 🇪🇨
Ricky La Voz tributes Venezuelan Salsero Pastor Lopez, and La Sonora Dinamita plays Colombian Cumbia at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Mar 18 after midnight (10pm doors). From $35. 🇻🇪🇨🇴
Wilmer Manga sings Colombian Vallenato at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Mar 11 after midnight (10pm doors). $20. 🇨🇴
February 2022
Los Karkiks, from Guerrero, play Mexican Cumbia for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Feb 27 at 10pm (9pm doors). $50. 🇲🇽
Cumbia River Band plays Colombian Cumbia at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Feb 25 at 9pm. $15. 🇨🇴
Los Kiero plays Mexican Cumbia and La Sonora Dinamita play Colombian Cumbia for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Feb 20 at 10pm. $40.🇲🇽🇨🇴
Jean Carlos Centeno & Ronal Urbina play Colombian Venezuelan Vallenato at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Feb 12 after midnight (10pm doors). From $50. 🇨🇴🇻🇪
January 2022
The Cumbia River Band plays Colombian Cumbia at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side on Fri, Jan 21 at 7:30pm. $30. 🇨🇴
Tamy Sol & Grupo Acustica play Ecuadorian Cumbia Pop at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Jan 8 after midnight (9pm doors). From $20. 🇪🇨
December 2021
La Sonora Dinamita celebrates New Year’s Eve with Colombian Cumbia at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Dec 31 after midnight (9pm doors). From $35. 🇨🇴
Agua Bella, Jaime Enrique Aymara and Harin El Indio play Colombian and Ecuadorian Cumbia Pop at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens after midnight (9pm doors). From $35. 🇨🇴🇪🇨
Wilmer Manga y Las Musas del Vallenato play Colombian Vallenato at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Dec 17 after midnight (9pm doors). From $40. 🇨🇴
Los Cumpleanos play Colombian Psychedelic Cumbia at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Dec 17 from 11pm – 1am. $20. 🇦🇷🇨🇴
Grupo 5 plays Peruvian Cumbia at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 10pm. From $65. 🇵🇪