ARRIBA LA CUMBIA

28/12/2025

Next Sunday 4th January we welcome 2026 with style, bringing a Fiesta Vallenata all the way from Colombia, the most representative sound from this country, memories of Vallenato festival and nights next to the coast, jamboree style, Accordion melodies, Cumbia popular and Caribbean rhythms by this amazing collective of Colombian power combo, The "London Vallenato Legends" to play your classic hits on demand.

• Open from 7pm until 11.30pm Live music after 9pm ish.
Venue: , 6 St Chads Place,London,WC1X 9HH (Next to Kings Cross station)
Tickets here in advance https://wegottickets.com/event/687144

The band is a bringing the legacy and origins of Cumbia & Vallenato, playing the rural roots style from the Montes de Maria region of Colombia's Caribbean north, famous sound from the city of Valledupar, located on Colombia's Atlantic coast and a tribute from London to all Vallenato legends (Juglares) of this unique musical genre popularized by Andres Landero the king of Cumbia, Rafael Escalona, Los Corraleros de Majagual, Alfredo Gutierrez, Lisandro Meza, Juancho Rois, Nafer Duran,, Anibal Velasquez, Buitraguito, Aniceto Molina, Alberto Fernández Mindiola, Los hermanos Zuleta, El cacique de la junta Diomedes Diaz among others and special tribute to UK Vallenato King Nirk Molina on his day of remembrance.

The band is led by the powerful voice and the sounds of JaviMolina (Cartagena) on Caja vallenata, who also played with the famous legend Diomedes Diaz on his last European tour, alongside the accordion sound of BBCRadio 3 World Routes Academy 2012 protégée Hernando Arias, with the sweet accordion melodies to flesh out the sound and rhythms. He grew up in a Colombian household. José fell in love with vallenato, the popular folk style from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, which he learned through watching internet clips and video cassettes his father brought back from Colombia. José plays in several Latin music bands in London and dreams of becoming an ambassador for Vallenato music in Europe.

A bold bass guitar sound by David Morel a Seychelles, Londoner with a Colombian degree in parrandas and the rhythmic pulse of the rasping guiro/guacharaca a key part of the vallenato sound and Maracas from San Jacinto by the Wiro hero Mr Nino and special guests. Welcome to Jam with us for more Cumbia vibes and contribute with Latin percussion, gaitas and tambores sound for the overall energetic feel of cumbia music and indigenous with African influence.

Hosted by CarlitosNino DJ from Colombia on screen visuals and the decks bringing the original sounds of alternative Latin music and modern rhythms, this night brings the past and present of Colombian folklore, Afro-latin music, chucu-chucu and a connection to Cartagena nights of parranda, gaitas y tambores and Latin American music with a global twist.

Ushering in 2026 in style with a Fiesta Vallenata all the way from Colombia, a night of accordion melodies, popular Cumbia and Caribbean rhythms from the Colombian power combo the London Vallenato Legends! Bringing the legacy and origins of Cumbia and Vallenato, the band plays the rural roots style....

09/09/2025

One of the Colombian most important artist from Monteria,Colombia Nirk Molina just passed away. An amazing father, a husband, a son, an artist and a good friend who spreaded the Colombian culture and the Vallenato music around London and the UK.His memory and legacy will live with us forever and became an important role opening the door to Latin music in the UK along many other musicians nowadays. His family needs our support and we are trying to help as much as we can to contribute with the funeral expenses. If you can join the cause just dhare or donate. Thanks in advance.
Click here https://gofund.me/19934cb92
Hasta pronto compadre.. Gracias por tu amistad, todos los momentos musicales y el apoyo a difundir nuestra cultura por el Reino Unido. CN
05.09.25
Any contribution help to support his family and children during this difficult time. Please share or donate if you can.
Click here. https://gofund.me/19934cb92

Help Lay Nirk Molina to Rest With deep sorrow, we share tha… Maria Teresa Roqueme Tirado necesita tu apoyo para Funeral & Repatriation Costs - Nirk Molina

03/08/2025

Hello everyone, Amigos! Our friend Nirk Molina needs our help. Originally from Monteria and based in London, he is well known as "The UK Vallenato King" and one of the most important artists of Latin music in the UK who has been spreading Colombian culture for many years, bringing the sound of Vallenato to the UK, supporting many people, friends, venues, festivals and promoters in London.

Early this year he was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer. The news has changed his world completely and he decided to fight this disease with his family and close friends, and try our best to bring hope to these difficult moments.

He needs our help now and this is the time to give back some support to help him and his family during these difficult circumstances that don't let him continue doing music or work, as he needs special care from his family due to his health condition with a reserved diagnosis.

Please help us to share these and any contribution directly please contact us for more details to help him and his family.
A live fundraising event with support from his artists and friends will be revealed soon. In the meantime please donate or share if you can. Many thanks from his family and friends.
CN

Donations via Gofundme organized by his family and friends:

My name is Nirk Molina. I have dedicated my life to music, bringing joy with my accordion, … Nirk Molina needs your support for Help me face my brain cancer

12/04/2025

! Join us next good Friday 18th April for a special Cumbia! Cumbia! night with an amazing tribute show by Los Bravos de la K'umbia from Peru/UK bringing for the first time to the UK and Europe a unique show celebrating the legacy of Chacalon, The Pharaoh of Cumbia, one of the most popular chicha icons of cumbia amazónica, This sound became very popular in the 70's and nowadays through compilations like The Roots of Chicha, Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru.. Chacalon enjoyed the largest success of his artistic career with his band La Nueva Crema (The New Cream), whose name was inspired by his love of the British rock band Cream. The show will bring his famous songbook and a revival of Chicha classics and in-betweens on the decks. DJ CarlitosNino will be in charge to keep the Latin beats and the Chicha is the new funk vibes.
Entry £10 online in advance / £12 on the door. (online fee apply)
Tickets via Eventbrite. www.tinyurl.com/chacalondres.
Time: 8pm-1am (Show by 9.30pm ish)
Venue: TAM (Temple of arts & music)
Mercato Metropolitano, 42 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6DR
Map Location https://g.co/kgs/xSg7Y9g
Our special guests are Los Bravos de la K’umbia, a full-power tropical–psychodelic unique show, are bringing the classic sounds of Cumbia and Chicha from Peru brought by the roots of folklore and Latin American music. The band brings to life the hybrid sound popular in the 1960s and 1970s that blends Amazonic and cumbia rhythms with psychedelic effects — is experiencing a global reawakening with fierce Latin energy with the amplified strum of surf guitars ripping across a percussive bed of conga slaps, powerful cowbell and timbal sounds, bold bass, psychedelic amazonic melodies and the gurgling rasp of a guiro. A musical trip to the origins of Chicha music were born in the ayahuasca nature in the amazonic jungle and brought to you by these trustworthy musical shamans.

05/03/2025

Great news—our campaign has been extended. This is our chance to push forward and ensure being represented in the upcoming Inquest to find answers.

Every donation brings us closer. Time is running out—can you help us please?

🔗 Donate now: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice-for-raymi/
📢 Share & spread the word!

We are Jeanette (Phaxsi) and Carlos (Kanti Quena), Latin American musicians in London. We want to know how and why our beloved son Raymi died last year.

27/02/2025

Thanks to everyone for your support and Solidarity, to all the musicians involved for a good cause. We are still behind the target but any donation or help sharing will give the family a window to still get legal support.

Join us this Friday 28th to mark 7 months since Raymi's departed and we will remember him forever through dance, music, joy and wonderful memories that will stay with us forever and our way to say thanks to everyone for your support during this time.

🎶 Fundraising Event – Support & Solidarity 💙
Todos Juntos x RAYMI
Join us for a special fundraising event where music, love, and community come together to support our campaign. All funds raised will go directly toward our legal fees so we can be represented at the upcoming Inquest.
We are deeply grateful to all our musician friends who have stepped up in this difficult time to stand with us. Your support means the world, and we couldn’t do this without you.
📅 Friday 28th February
📍 Mercato Metropolitano, 42 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6DR
🎟️ Ticket/Donation (Keep your e-receipt with name confirmation to entry): https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice-for-raymi/
Come share this moment with us, and if you can’t attend, please help by sharing this event or making a pledge.
FB https://facebook.com/events/s/28-feb-todos-juntos-x-raymi-fu/472578745790832/

We are Jeanette (Phaxsi) and Carlos (Kanti Quena), Latin American musicians in London. We want to know how and why our beloved son Raymi died last year.

08/02/2025

We are grateful to everyone for the support that our family friends Kanti Qena & Phaxsi Coca from Lokandes/Sagrada Família (Sumaq Ayllu) have received since the loss of their son and talented Raymi Willka.

It has been a very difficult and emotional time for some of us, but for them, it is not the same anymore. We are now trying to reach as many people as we can as the family is getting legal help to get some answers that will get them onto a long road to justice for their son Raymi but will also prevent and help others that this will not happen again to anyone in the future. Please read below and share if you can. Gracias a todos por su apoyo 🤍 CN.

*A message to everyone.

We greet to all large family not only in London, but also in the world.

We are launching a campaign in search of the truth. Justice is also knowing the truth.

14-year-old , Raymi, tragically drowned during a trip in Amsterdam. The circumstances remain unclear, and we are left with heart-wrenching questions. A Coroner’s Inquest has been opened to investigate Raymi’s death. This is our only chance to find answers to know the truth and push for changes that will protect other children in the future. However, navigating this complex legal process requires expert legal representation, and we cannot do this alone. We are not entitled to Legal Aid for representation at the Inquest, and the legal fees are far beyond what we can afford.

We have launched a fundraising campaign, “Help Us Seek Justice for Raymi,” so that we can proceed with the inquest as the Coroner has requested. We need your support to find the truth and prevent other families from experiencing this pain.

Please consider helping fund the investigation and honour Raymi’s memory. Please also share as far and as wide as you can.

💔 Learn more and donate here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice-for-raymi/

Please share as far and as wide as you can.

Your support, whether through a donation, sharing our campaign, or simply keeping us in your .

Our gratitude for your kindness and support.

Jeanette Rojas & Carlos Saldana
Eternal parents of RAYMI WILLKA

We are Jeanette (Phaxsi) and Carlos (Kanti Quena), Latin American musicians in London. We want to know how and why our beloved son Raymi died last year.

30/10/2024

It's tonight! Get the last tickets here.. do not miss this opportunity to see this legends.Los gaiteros de san jacinto. https://dice.fm/event/3okbgl-los-gaiteros-de-san-jacinto-30th-oct-fox-firkin-london-tickets?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3lmJj_alwSLq7mauDX3L694b2tIRVc2Za4y9iINFdPd8dDLzBRHVppbSM_aem_BB8FvHoKPyfpwjoI-UuLlw

**Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto**, one of the most important gaita and traditional cumbia ensembles in Colombia since the mid-1950s, return to London for a ver...

22/10/2024

Tickets are running fast. Get yours now. 30/10/24
Gaiteros De San Jacinto in London.
Click here.

Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, one of the most important gaita and traditional cumbia ensembles in Colombia since mid-1950s, return to London for a special one off show as part of their European tour.

17/10/2024

Tonight join us for our musical journey of rhythms next 17th October and every third Thursday of the month at Casa del Ritmo showcasing some of the best emerging new Latin acts London offers for FREE. Introducing direct from Colombia musical director of Caracoli Javi Lopez : Rueda de Gaitas y Tambores.

We welcome Colombian multi-instrumentalist Javi Lopez bringing his Rueda de Cumbia, Gaitas y Tambores. He is one of the most influential artists teaching his knowledge to new generations and started time ago as luthier repairing and doing traditional afro-colombian instruments which he learned to play by hand from the famous fathers of the sound of Gaitas and Tambores from San Jacinto and the Pacific coast during his musical journey.

He moved to Argentina bringing his knowledge in music and providing workshops to raise the traditional folk sound of Afro-Colombian and indigenous music spreading the Cumbia, Bullerengue and Papayera sound in South America, Europe and the middle East. As musical director of his band Caracoli he recorded original music with traditional instruments gaita, llamador, alegre,tambora, maracas, etc including carnival feeling with a horns section becoming one of the most recognized bands based outside from Colombia and being part of different festivals and recognitions. He played with well known artists as Sixto Salgado "Paito" , Catalino parra Ramírez , Orlando Yepes, Nelda Pina, Baudilio Cuama & Ali Cuama, La Delio Valdez among others.musica

Hosted by CarlitosNino DJ bringing the original sounds of alternative latin music and modern rhythms, this night bringing the the past and present of Colombian folklore and nu-Cumbia alongside Latin American music with a global twist.
Come and party or Jammin with London’s Latin community and make new friends. A night to dance, listen, and learn about Latin American rhythms, dance, instruments,traditions and their original roots and influences up to date.

Any musical newcomers follow for more information.
From 8pm until midnight [FREE ENTRY]
@ The Magic garden.
231 Battersea Park Road, London, SW11 4LG