Kick off a glorious weekend with Latin American artists by getting your body moving with classic and new sounds from the Global South.
Tradition gives origin to new trends; new generations embrace their roots and combine them with the perspectives gained from growing up in a multicultural hectic city like London. This event, featuring DJ La Jeva, dancer Luanda Pau and musicians Imperio Bamba, gives a platform to the often unseen and underrepresented creativity that belongs to the streets of this busy city.
Schedule
DJ La Jeva: 5.30pm – 6pm
Dance class with Luanda Pau: 6pm – 8pm
Live music from Imperio Bamba: 8.15pm – 9.15pm
DJ La Jeva: 9.15pm – 10.30pm
Valerie Rosa aka DJ La Jeva is a Puerto Rico-born singer, musicologist and DJ based in London. You can find her spinning records around London, as well as working with local charities advocating for Latinxs and ethnic minorities in the city. As a DJ and scholar, she has been working on projects that contribute to the analysis, preservation, creation and promotion of Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American music and artists, as well as its relationship with society and the world.
Luanda Pau is known for her positive energy, knowledge, enthusiasm, passion and the teaching method that she uses to transmit the cultural richness of Afro-Cuban dance. Born in 1976 in Havana, Cuba, in 1991 she began her studies at the National School of Arts before entering the renowned National Folkloric Ballet of Cuba, where she danced as a soloist and principal dancer. Currently she is the Afro-Cuban dance curriculum manager/director of Carlos Acosta Dance Centre.
Imperio Bamba was born from migrational nostalgia in North London in 2016. They define their sound as ‘rebel chicha’, which is their own take on the exciting and traditional Peruvian chicha, and is infused with psychedelic rock guitars and synths, and hypnotic rhythms like cumbia, salsa and merengue.
At the heart of Imperio Bamba there is the leading duo, Jules Drade (Perú) and Javiera Limarí (Chile). They collaborate with Titi Damasso and Mariel Cámara (Argentina), and Cleyder Figeroa (Peru). Telling their stories through songs, they create moments to feel community, building a home far away from home and pushing for togetherness.
Curated in collaboration with FLAWA, this event is part of a weekend showcasing the diversity of the Latin American artistic community through music, performances and new proposals, inviting audiences to engage with this versatile culture.
FLAWA is an organisation that works to give visibility to and celebrate art created by women (cisgender, queer, non-binary). They strive to create multidisciplinary events for anyone interested in the many angles and trajectories of Latin American culture.
This summer, we're collaborating with a range of London-based collectives and organisations to curate the Riverside Stage in response to the theme of our season, You Belong Here, enabling these collaborators to welcome different audiences and recognise how they want and choose to belong here at the Southbank Centre.
Need to know
Suitable for all ages, but after 9pm the content is more suitable for adults.
Dates & times
Fri 2 Aug, 5.30pm – 10pm
Price
- Standard entryFree
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Toilets
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Cloakroom
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Entering the hall
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For level access to the Royal Festival Hall, please use the external lift near the Artists' Entrance on Southbank Centre Square, Belvedere Road, to Level 2, and enter via Riverside Terrace. All floors are accessible from the main foyer.
We welcome wheelchair users and guide companion dogs.
More about Access & facilities
Parking
Blue Badge holders and those with access requirements can be dropped off on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road off Belvedere Road (the road between the Royal Festival Hall and the Hayward Gallery).
There are four Blue Badge parking spaces available for visitors located on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road. Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, and are free to use. You must display your Blue Badge as you enter the site. Vehicles that do not display a Blue Badge are refused entry.
Blue Badge parking at National Theatre
Alternative parking for Blue Badge holders visiting the Southbank Centre can be found at the National Theatre car park (330 metres). If you are visiting the Hayward Gallery, just take your badge and car park ticket to the Ticket Desk in the gallery foyer for validation before you leave.
Please note: on Sunday when the National Theatre building is closed there is no step-free access from the car park.
Alternative parking is available nearby at the APCOA Cornwall Road Car Park (490 metres), subject to charges.
Blue Badge parking at APCOA Cornwall Road
Alternative parking for Blue Badge holders visiting the Southbank Centre can also be found at the South Bank Car Park – APCOA Cornwall Road Car Park. Just take your badge and car park ticket to the parking attendant office at the entrance to the car park for validation before you leave.
A drop-off point at the Royal Festival Hall (30 metres) has been created for visitors who are unable to walk from alternative car parks.
Our Access Scheme
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There are a wide variety of restaurants and cafes to enjoy around our site, as well as the Southbank Centre Food Market.