20th Annual Festival of Dance & Music
April 8 - April 19, 2026

SPECIAL EVENT PASS PRICE = $100

for up to 6 EVENTS ($130 Value)

Attend as many events as you please!

Your seat is held until show time starts. If not picked up, your seats will be given to waitlist.

Mirando atras, moviendo pa’lante Looking back, Moving forward

The 20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music will be a retrospective of the last 20 years of performances and a celebration of moving forward in community, resistance and joy.

We are incredibly proud and honored to still be showcasing amazing traditional, often unseen, master artists through performances, community engagement and educational outreach activities over the course of the festival’s 14 days.

SPECIAL EVENT PASS ALLOWS YOU TO ATTEND UP TO ALL 6 EVENTS:

1 Multi-Media Presentation (April 8)
1 Photo Gallery, Food & Performance (April 17 & 18)
2 Community Events & Artist Talks (April 15 & 19)
2 Master Classes (April 11 & 12)

SPECIAL EVENT PASS RULES

Special Event Pass gives you access to all 6 events (excluding ODC).
You do not need to register to any event to receive individual tickets except ODC.
Check-in at Box Office and your name will be on the Special Event Pass List.
Check-in ON TIME!! Spaces will be released at show start time. We often have sold out shows with waitlists at the door, therefore please be on time.
Special Event Pass numbers are limited, and sales end Wed Apr 8 at 10am.

SPECIAL EVENT SCHEDULE

** Does not include April 11-13 Mixed Program at ODC. Purchase these tickets separately at https://odc.dance/calendar

Wednesday April 8

7:00 - 9:00pm : Multi-media Presentation: with historian John Santos on The Parallel Colonial Histories that Unite the Music of Cuba and Puerto Rico @ MoAD, SF

Saturday April 11

11:00am-12:30pm: Afro-Cuban Modern Dance Master Class w/ Marco Palomino @ ODC Theater, SF

Sunday April 12

11:00am-12:30pm: Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance Master Class w/ Francy Ramos @ ODC Theater, SF

Wednesday April 15

7:00 - 9:30pm : Community Gathering/Celebration: Ritmo, Palabra y Movimiento: Una peña

Performances, dancing with DJ Leydis, Cuban food and drinks @ CANA: Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center, SF

Friday April 17

5:30pm: Photo Exhibit: Rooting Within: Connecting roots from the Bay Area to Borikén by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi @ Bay View Opera House, SF

7:00pm: Performance: Enraizando/Rooting Within Featuring Shefali Shah and Aguacero and guests @ Bay View Opera House, SF

Saturday April 18

5:30pm: Photo Exhibit: Rooting Within: Connecting roots from the Bay Area to Borikén by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi @ Bay View Opera House

7:00pm: Performance: Enraizando/Rooting Within Featuring Shefali Shah and Aguacero and guests @ Bay View Opera House, SF

Sunday April 19

2:30 - 6:30pm: Puerto Rican Music & Dance Gathering/Jam: Bombatey. This Batey event will start with a Q&A featuring Shefali Shah and artists and collaborators of Enraizando/Rooting Within project. @ La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley

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