Drom is an underground night club in Manhattan’s East Village that is one of New York City’s leading world music clubs.
The Turkish owners present all kinds of world music including Latin artists. The New York Gypsy All-Stars are great.
Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez plays rumba, timba, and jazz in residence. 🇨🇺
Latin Culture at Drom
Pedrito Martinez Joins Hip Hop Jazz Singer José James at the Blue Note
BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan José James’ guest, hip hop jazz 🇨🇺 🇮🇪 🇵🇦
DROM, East Village, Manhattan; rumba, timba, jazz 🇨🇺
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El Laberinto del Coco Plays Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion for globalFEST at Lincoln Center
DROM, East Village, Manhattan ~ Secret Planet showcase. 🇵🇷
DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan ~ globalFEST world music showcase. 🇵🇷
OLD SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ~ La Sanse cultural festival. 🇵🇷
WASHINGTON DC, University of Maryland. 🇵🇷
Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays a Portrait of the Americas at Drom
A pan-Latin cumbia, salsa, jazz, and folkloric band with a Colombian Artistic Director.
DROM in Manhattan’s East Village
Saturday, November 18, 2023
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Continue Reading Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays a Portrait of the Americas at Drom
Drom News
MARCH
African House DJ
In Afrothèque, Cyrostatik spins African house and techno at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village; on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 11pm. $18. dromnyc.com
All-Women Afro-Brazilian Drum Line
Batalá New York, NYC’s all-women Afro-Brazilian drum line, celebrates International Women’s Day; at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village; on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 10:30pm. From $15. dromnyc.com 🇧🇷
Cuban Rumba, Timba, Jazz
Pedrito Martinez, the world’s first-call rumbero, plays Cuban rumba, timba, and jazz; at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village; on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 8pm (7:30pm doors). From $30. dromnyc.com 🇨🇺
APRIL
All-Women Afro-Brazilian Drum Line
Batalá New York, NYC’s all-women Afro-Brazilian drum line, celebrates Women’s History Month; at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village; on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 7pm. From $15. dromnyc.com 🇧🇷
Cuban Rumba, Timba, Jazz
Pedrito Martinez, the world’s first-call rumbero, plays Cuban rumba, timba, and jazz; at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village; on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 8pm (7:30pm doors). From $30. dromnyc.com 🇨🇺
Brazilian Bossa Nova Jazz
Vinicius Cantuaria releases an album of Brazilian bossa nova jazz; at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village; on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 7pm & 9pm. From $30. dromnyc.com 🇧🇷
Drom Tickets
Some shows have per person minimums in addition to ticket prices.
Drom NYC
85 Avenue A basement
(at 6th St)
East Village, Manhattan
Subways
(L) to First Ave
(F) to Second Ave
(4)(6) to Astor Place
(B)(D)(M) to Broadway – Lafayette
Typical Artists
Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban rumba, timba, and jazz percussion in residence. 🇨🇺
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Latin jazz. 🇨🇺
Barbara Martínez flamenco jazz. 🇻🇪 🇦🇷
Dayramir González Cuban jazz pianist. 🇨🇺
El Laberinto del Coco Puerto Rican bomba fusion. 🇵🇷
Grupo Rebolu Colombian champeta. 🇨🇴
Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Colombian salsa, folk, and Latin jazz. 🇨🇴
Spanish Harlem Orchestra Puerto Rican salsa and Latin jazz. 🇨🇺
About Drom NYC
NYC is becoming boringly corporate, but Drom keeps alive that old school basement night club vibe. We always have fun there. The little plates of food are pretty good for sharing too.
Like Istanbul, Drom feels like a crossroads of the world. The owners are Turkish Americans who have a distinctive point of view in their curation. Turkey is the tip of West Asia and home of one of the world’s great civilizations.
You can hear the West Asian influence in the flamenco, the blues and all the musical forms that developed from them – even in salsa and reggaeton. The oriental influences reached the Americas through West Africa.
Flamenco, one of the tap roots of Latin music, passed through Turkey on its journey from Northern India to Spain and the Americas, absorbing everything along the way. You can hear the “along the way” in many of the shows at Drom.
Social Media
Instagram @dromnyc