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[photos & video] Bomba Night with Dizzy Jenkins // SF
March 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$15
It was an amazing BOMBA night (Puerto Rico) at new theater of KQED TV.
KQED Live is back with an eclectic lineup of events. These programs are hosted in our newly reimagined San Francisco headquarters and will be available online to stream as well.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 7:00 PM
Location: KQED Headquarters – 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco.
Photos & videos below!
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Multimedia artist Dizzy Jenkins brings a magnetic and energy-filled night of Puerto Rican Bomba music and dance to the stage.
Dizzy and KQED host Cecilia Philips explore the origins of Bomba, hold ceremony and celebrate the influence of the Afro-Latin Diaspora with Bay Area Bomba performers, including Anthony Jesus Sierra, “Breakfast,” Lisi Pedroza, Sandra Pacheco, Marcus Cummings, and Dancer Leslie Quintanilla.
Take to the dance floor as you learn the rhythms, and cultural and spiritual significance of Bomba – not only for Puerto Ricans but for everyone from the African Diaspora who is called to the drum.
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