About this Event
Heart BEATS for Puerto Rico: Celebrating our Bomba y Plena Roots
Join area musicians, artists, friends and family in an evening of pure joy, inspiration and affirmation. Together lifting our ancestors, our memories, our stories helping us stay connected in community.
Immerse yourself in this familial experience as genuine as being in the archipelago (OK without the palm trees and heat!).
Purchase Advance tickets NOW - limited seating.
At GRACE CHURCH, 39 Erie St, Jersey City. PATH TRAIN to GROVE ST STATION. Entrance on 2nd Street. Wheelchair access on Erie St.
We are passionate in sharing our heritage and culture - the drums and dances of Bomba y Plena. With 36 plus years of history and commitement to the mission of preserving our heritage, through practice, documentation, education and live performance we perserver.
Thank you for celebrating with us and for your contribution to the Bomba y Plena Community everywhere! See you there!!! ¡Te Veo Allí! WEPA!
Concert, Artists Vendors, Raffles, Bar, and Dessert Table
Música en vivo, Baile, Canto, Poesía, Artesanías
DOORS OPEN at 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
100% of the proceeds from this fundraiser support the Segunda Quimbamba School. Established in January 2006 and now celebrate 20 years teaching to the public. Without you we would not be here, you are a core part of this incredible milelstone! Thank you for your help and contributions in sustaining and preservating this vital community practice keeping the dynamic Afro Puerto Rican drum and dance traditions alive, thriving and celebrated. Se aprecia un montón siempre.
Con AMOR ~
SEGUNDA QUIMBAMBA
Juan Cartagena, Nanette Hernández, Rosa Cartagena, Carlos Cartagena, Elena Vizcarrondo, Luis Díaz , Tania Fermín, Saiya Forty, Kiera Colon, Michele Carpena, Viannca Vélez, Hamlet Martínez, Cynthia Mellon, Chris Rodríguez, Crystal Vera, Vivanna León, Clara Díaz-Maldonado, Christian Beltrán, Brandon Correa.
Segunda Quimbamba Board Members 2026
Anita Aurora, Janet Harris, Omar Perez, Ryan De France, Crystal Montalvo.
Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center
Event venue & nearby stays
Grace Church Van Vorst, 39 Erie Street, Jersey City, United States
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