Latin Music & Food Festival
Welcome to Latin Fest! This vibrant celebration of Latin culture, music, and food features a day and a half of live music from local Latin music bands, dancing, freshly cooked paella from Paellaworks*, craft brews, sangria, and margaritas in the beer garden!
*Paella is only available on Saturday, June 14th
Friday, June 13th
We’re kicking off Latin Fest with live music from Marina Albero in the beer garden on Friday, June 13th. Music starts at 8 pm and all ages are welcome! $10 cover at the door.
Pianist, composer, and educator Marina Albero is a captivating performer born in Barcelona and based in Seattle since 2015. Albero's playing is an absolute celebration of life, her spirited performances are intelligent, uplifting, and delightfully engrossing.
Albero deftly draws on a lifetime of music tradition both on piano and psalterium, from her native Barcelona in classical and early music as well as flamenco, to Cuba and Son Cubano, to American jazz. She has been the recipient of several awards, including twice the “Golden Ear” awards “Instrumentalist of the Year”, “Album of the year” and “Concert of the year” and was featured as Resident artist for the 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival. Her upcoming album “A nomad of sound” was recorded in New Orleans last April and it features outstanding artists such as Amina Scott, Pedro Segunda or Yusa.
She is piano professor at Cornish College of the Arts and has performed and recorded with outstanding musicians and bands such as Chano Dominguez, L’Arpeggiata, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Jeff Johnson, Thomas Marriot, Alba Carmona, Celisse among others.
Saturday, June 14th
Doors open for Latin Music & Food Festival Day 2 at 2:30 pm, with music starting at 3!
Tickets for Day 2 are $35 (+ fees) and get you a plate of freshly cooked, delicious paella from Paellaworks, and live music from The Tango Cowboys, Corazones De Cedro, Cuarto Sueno & Bilongo.
Keep reading to learn more about all the musicians playing at Latin Fest Day 2!
Tango Cowboys
Bellingham’s own Tango Cowboys play tangos from Argentina! Tango means emphatic rhythms, and soaring melodies from the Golden Age of tango, including such favorites at El Choclo, La Cumparsita, Por Una Cebeza, Milonga Sentimental, etc. and specializing in the songs of the great Tango King, Carlos Gardel.
Rich Hinrichsen (keys, voice, guitar), Robin Kallsen (voice), and Stuart Zobel (guitar).
Tom Bourne (guitar), an original founding member of Tango Cowboys, will appear as a special guest.
Corazones De Cedro brings the centuries-old musical tradition of Son Jarocho from the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Frontman Primo Lara, a native of Guanajuato, Mexico, developed a deep love of the music of Veracruz where he learned to play the traditional instruments of Son Jarocho music. His gifted performances are rhythmically sophisticated and consistently engaging. Son Jarocho is a part of the Caribbean music culture of Veracruz, Mexico with clear links to neighboring Afro-Caribbean musics, featuring the instrumentation of requinto, leona, jarana and cajón. Primo Lara (requinto, vocals); Kate Conway (jarana, vocals); Ryan Chase (leona); Steve Jones (cajón, bombo).
Cuarto Sueño (Fourth Dream) captivates audiences with live performances of high energy Flamenco guitar, modern Latin jazz, and creative arrangements of familiar classics. Influenced by a range of pioneers from Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía, to Jaco Pastorius and Chick Corea, Cuarto Sueño delivers an exciting and accessible sound to listeners of all tastes.
Cuarto Sueño is an acoustic jazz quartet comprised of BJ Block and Jacob Seyer (guitars), Tom Anastasio (bass) and Steve Jones (percussion).
Bilongo is a Bantu word, meaning spell or potion - medicine for the soul. Based in Bellingham, Bilongo is a 7 piece Latin jazz band featuring the vocals of Sabrina Gomez and has been performing at local venues and festivals such as Downtown Sounds, Boulevard Park, The Wild Buffalo, Tuesday Tunes and the Whatcom Library Concert Series. The music is inspired by artists such as Natalia Lafourcade, Poncho Sanchez and Buena Vista Social Club. Dancing encouraged!
Contact shanna@bbaybrewery.com if you have questions.