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🎶 LA FIESTA UNPLUGGED : An evening of music, memory & conversation.The night before LA FIESTA turns up the volume, meet some of its artists up close.
Join us for an intimate evening bringing together artists from Chile, Cuba, Argentina, and Australia — stripping the music back to its roots and sharing the stories, journeys and traditions behind the sounds.
Hosted by Frank Madrid, the night moves between live performances and conversation, featuring:
🇨🇺 Dr Adrian Hearn, Aloy Junco & Rodolfo “Panga” Hechavarría — an intimate Afro-Cuban percussion collaboration drawn from Melbourne’s SUNS OF MERCURY, exploring rumba, folkloric rhythms and the living traditions of Cuban music. 🪘
🇨🇱 Keko Virán — Chilean-born singer, guitarist and percussionist, and the force behind Kekoson, performing a rare solo set spanning Chilean songwriting and traditional Cuban son.
💃 Alejandro Flórez & Aya Kitaoji — flamenco voice, guitar, percussion and rhythm shaped by years of cultural exchange between Australia, Spain, Latin America and Japan.
🇦🇷 Brian Lee Silva, Cristian Saavedra & Leonardo Rodriguez — members of Melbourne’s THE NEW MONOS, taking their explosive mix of cumbia, reggae, Latin rock, hip-hop and South American folklore back to voice, guitar and percussion. 🔥
🎙 Hosted by Frank Madrid — Venezuelan-Australian cultural producer and world-music specialist who has spent decades bringing Latin American and international artists to audiences across Australia.
On Saturday, you’ll hear these artists with full bands, amplified sound and festival energy @ LA FIESTA - on Friday, come hear the stories behind the music.
📅 FRIDAY 6 November 2026
📍 The Street Theatre – Street One
🚪 Doors 7:00pm
Part of La Fiesta – Canberra’s Latin American Festival 2026 : https://www.inthecity.com.au/la-fiesta
Presented with support from the Cuban Embassy in Australia and the Argentine Embassy in Australia, and in partnership with La Fiesta, Clandestino Canberra, The Street Theatre, ArtSound FM, ANU LASA, UC LASA.
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The Street Theatre, 14 Childers St, City ACT 2601, Australia, Canberra
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