05/28/2026
🌟LA PEÑA CULTURAL🌟 A free concert celebrating dance, music and culture and featuring youth artists and community performance groups from Downtown and Barelas ♥️
Performances include
💃”Flamenquitas del Barrio”, Flamenco Works’ youth company
🕺🏽”Desoluna” Folklórico group directed by Jesús Rowendolas
🎸 “Ricardo Garcia Latin Guitar” a community group from Casa Barelas
👧🏽🌞Students of Flamenco Works and Casa Barelas Summer Camp
🎨 And…a youth market!
➡️ RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Flamencoworks.org/upcoming-shows
🙏🏼 “La Peña Cultural” is sponsored by the City of Albuquerque with a special thank you to City Councilor Joaquin Baca. Additionally, our Summer Camp is supported by Whole Foods Market and Lowes.
📚What is a Peña? In Spain and Latin America, “Una Peña” is a communal gathering space or social club where people unite around a shared passion for arts, food, or community activism. In countries like Argentina, Chile, and Peru, a peña (often called La Peña) is an intimate, participatory folk music event. Communities gather in informal venues to listen to traditional acoustic music, dance, and share regional food and wine. Unlike standard concerts, audience participation is highly encouraged. In the 1960s and 1970s, peñas served as vital underground spaces for resistance and Nueva Canción (New Song) movements, where locals could discuss social justice and grassroots politics away from oppressive regimes. In Spain, a “Peña Flamenca” can be found throughout Andalucía and are dedicated to preserving and celebrating flamenco. During the Franco regime in Spain, Peñas Flamencas happened behind closed doors and in secret gatherings, often under government surveillance. While Franco’s regime officially co-opted sanitized flamenco as a national tourist attraction, authentic, unfiltered gatherings were heavily repressed as subversive cultural dissent.
🫶🏽 We honor the cultural history and importance of these spaces. “La Peña Cultural” is an expression of culture, identity and resilience. We encourage you to be loud and celebratory throughout the show as we honor the hard work and cultural vibrancy of our youth and community.
