Past Events

Music with violinist Kenneth Edwards The exhibition is at The Rafael Hernandez Dual Language School PS/MS 218 & WHEDco’s Urban Horizons building

BMHC honors Afro-Cuban percussionist Eugene Golden for his key role in the evolution of NYC’s Latin music scene for the past four decades. The event will take place at Pregones […]

BMHC Honors the Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz. Panel discussion about Celia’s early life, and performance with Bobby Sanabria, NEA Jazz Master Cándido Camero, vocalist Lupe O’Farrill, and Celia’s manager […]

Panel discussion with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Leon Gast Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte’s photography exhibition, “Presenting Celia Cruz” The event will take place at Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education

BMHC honors salsa and Latin jazz pianist Pulpo Colón for his extraordinary career in salsa and as a music educator, and his unwavering commitment to Bronx music. The event will […]

BMHC honors classical violinist and educator Kenneth Edwards for his tireless commitment to music education, excellence in classical music performance, and for always inspiring us to create. The event will […]

BMHC honors Afro-Peruvian Percussionist Marcos Napa for this significant contribution to the community as a musician, eductaor and activist. The event will take place at After School Program PS 2/PS […]

With performance by Ray Rodriguez y Swing Sabroso. The event will take place at El Teatro Miranda at 52 Park

Presenting works by Cesar Barberena (paint, graphic art), Emilio Banuelos (photography), Josue Guarionex (sculpture), Carmen Hernandez (mixed media), Kristina Maria Coco Lopez (visual art), Linda Morales (photography), Kali Ramirez (photography), […]

Ray Mantilla the complete percussionist was born in 1934 not far from here on Prospect Avenue in the rhythm rich, dance-crazed atmosphere of the South Bronx where Afro-Cuban roots mixed […]

The documentary From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale is about how creative expression helped to foster community in the Bronx, and about how people used and are […]

Palabras/Words: Women Who Run With the Wolves hosted by La Bruja, Lisa Carrasquillo, Michelle Madera, and Deborah Ramos. “Inside of every one of us is a wild one who has […]

Part of the JAZZ & ITS LEGACY Weekend. Grammy Award-winning Bronx drummer Will Calhoun (Living Colour) rocked out hard tonight with John Benitez and Marc Cary at the Bronx Music […]

Special screening of The Savoy King: Chick Webb and the Music That Changed America by Jeff Kaufman with Q&A by TBA.

Legendary salsa/jazz pianist Willie Rodriguez and percussionist Roland Guerrero share a laugh at the end of tonight’s performance at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Lab.

With Edwin Pagán & Julio Antonio Toro

Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Aché got the audience on their feet with their punchy jazz compositions, and even added a classic by Dizzy Gillespie, famed former Bronx resident

Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Aché got the audience on their feet with their punchy jazz compositions, and even added a classic by Dizzy Gillespie, famed former Bronx resident

Q&A with collector Henry Medina, music by Los Artesanos de la Plena

Sandra Maria Esteves with Nancy Mercado and Vanessa Martir, accompanied by Bobby Sanabria on percussion

Roundtable Discussion and Demo featuring Juan Gutiérrez, Julia Gutiérrez, Juan Cartagena, Matthew Gonzalez, and Cesár Colón-Montijo, moderated by Bobby Sanabria

Bomba: Dancing The Drum is a one hour film about the legendary Cepeda family, known as the patriarch family of bomba, Puerto Rico’s richest musical expression of its African heritage. […]

Featuring Akua Dixon, Ray Martínez and Roland Guerrero

The event takes place at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. Dr. Valerie Capers was born in the Bronx and received her early schooling at the New York Institute […]

Norka Hernández Nadal & Bàmbula

Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002), visionary Puerto Rican educator, activist, and early proponent of bilingual education, inspired multiple generations of young people and fought for many of the rights that people take […]

Poetic Tradition of Puerto Rico with Sery Colón, Prisionera, and Tato Laviera

BMHC honors Andy Gonzalez for his influential contribution to Latin Jazz and commitment to enriching Bronx Music. With performance by Willie Rodriguez Group & Manny Oquendo’s Libre. The event took […]

With Q&A by director Rashaad Ernesto Green

With Miguelangel Ruiz, Christian Montalvo and Wilson Ramos Jr.

Music by the Latin Jazz band Sonido Isleño

Q&A with director Ela Troyano

T.J. English reading from The Savage City: Race, Murder and Generation on the Edge. The programming wrapped up with an enlightening discussion about race and police tactics with best selling […]

The Palladium: Where Mambo Was King with Q&A by director Kevin Kaufman and producer Bobby Sanabria

James Lovell and his Garifuna Drummers got the crowd moving with their “journey” through Garifuna history tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory, from the 17th century Caribbean to […]

Machito’s son Mario Grillo, band leader of the Machito Orchestra, joined Bobby Sanabria tonight for a Q&A filled with hilarious anecdotes from his long career, following a screening of “Machito: […]

Sonia Manzano signed copies of her latest novel “The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano” after her book reading tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory. Sonia, who lived on Southern […]

Founded in 2010, GRACE DRUMS is a music ensemble of spirited women with the singular mission of making joy contagious across all races, ethnicities, religions, gender & sexual orientation, and […]

With Q&A by producer Henry Chalfant In the 70s graffiti artists would gather around DeWitt Clinton High in the Bronx which was just blocks away from the Transit Authority yard […]

With photographer Joe Conzo Jr. & Grandmaster Caz Joe Conzo Jr. In 2005, The New York Times proclaimed photographer Joe Conzo Jr. as “The Man Who Took Hip-Hop’s Baby Pictures.” […]

Celebrate Black History Month with the  Bronx Music Heritage Center on Saturday, February 23rd, 4:00pm! Join Dr. Mark Naison, Founder of The Bronx African American History Project, on the Bronx […]

Presenting works by visual artist Chrissy Peña The exhibition will remain open until March 29, 2013

Presenting works by Hip-hop photographers Fabian “Farbeon” Saucedo & Joe Conzo, Jr. The exhibition will remain open until May 30, 2014

The Ghetto Brothers, a former street gang in the South Bronx, became community activists in the 1960s and played a tremendous role in reducing the gang violence in the neighborhood by participating in the historice Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting. They later turned into a musical group, influenced by the Beatles, Santana, doo wop music and Tito Puente. Their album, Power-Fuerza was released in 1972, and was recently re-released to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

With Q&A with director Mark Kotlinski and TATS Cru members BG183, Bio and Nicer In the 70s graffiti artists would gather around DeWitt Clinton High in the Bronx which was […]

Maria Aponte reads from her book, Transitions of a Nuyorican Cinderella, accompanied by members of Retumba!, Nancy Friedman and Yvette Martínez. Mari Aponte is a poet, performance artist, and playwright. […]

Led by Ramón Ponce Sr. and Ramón Ponce Jr. of Mariachi Real de Mexico

Paulina Súarez-Hesketh’s presentation on The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema in the Bronx sparked quite a bit of discussion and reminiscing tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Lab.

Listening to the stories of a young Irish musician’s experience navigating the Bronx with nothing but a Yamaha guitar, a shot of Bushmills, and a bit of courage. Author and Black […]

Featuring Bobby Sanabria and Rebel Diaz. A Bronx native, Master Musician Bobby Sanabria is a seven-time Grammy Award-nominated artist and an inductee into the Bronx Walk of Fame. He is […]

Q&A with director Charlie Ahearn and film participants DJ GrandWizzard Theodore, Master Rob, and Original Waterbed Kev of the Fantastic Romantic.

Featuring Sidney Mejía and drummers Oracio Alvarez, Julio Avila, Rosendo Blanco, and Julio Rubio

Music: Traditional drum-based music of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

Stories, Q&A with director Sonia Gonzalez

With anthology editor Myrna Nieves and poets Elizabeth Cruz, Etnairis Rivera, and Diana Gitesha Hernández, open mic hosted by Peggy Robles-Alvarado

(The Ponce Carnival Masks, According to Miguel A. Caraballo García) with a Q&A by producer Nestor Murray-Irizarry and mask maker Felipe Rangel

Book reading and signings by Michele Carlo, author of A Fish Out of Agua: My Life on Neither Side of the (Subway) Tracks, and Annie Lanzillotto, author of L is […]

With Jorge Maldonado (maracas & vocals), Ray Martinez (bass), Pete Nater (trumpet), Arturo Ortiz (piano), Cristian Rivera (congas), Ricky Salas (percussion & timables), “Pro” and “DJ Charlie Hustle” from the […]

Screening of the documentary “Our Latin Thing” and a Q&A with director Leon Gast and poet, journalist, & activist Felipe Luciano

Featuring a book reading by Joe Conzo, Sr. from “Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente.” A demo by Bobby Sanabria explaining the history of the timbales and Puente’s innovations […]

Jackie Flowers had everybody up and riding the Love Train tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory!

Q&A by directors Al Santana and Denise Belén Santiago, and Porto Rico Steamship Line memorabilia collector, Ralph Méndez

With photographer Rita Rivera and author Rafael Hermoso

Featuring Valerie Capers (piano and vocals), Alan Givens (saxophone and flute), Pito Castillo (congas), Doug Richardson (drums), John Robinson (bass)

With Q&A with , Heather Quinlan (producer), Ben Lee (film participant, featured interviewee)

With poets Sery Colón, Chilo Cajigas and Veronica Verdad, screening of the film, Isabel Rosado: Nationalist with director Melissa Montero

Bronx Living Legend, Caridad De La LuzLa Bruja, spoken word artist & activist, was honored by the Bronx Music Heritage Center in a special Halloween-themed tribute concert at Bronx Museum […]

Percussionist Angel Rodríguez is the founder of the original Living Legend tribute series held at The Point CDC. He has performed with bands such as Latin Jazz Coalition, La Timba […]

Featuring Julio Melendez (third voice and lead guitar), Julio Cuevas (second voice and rhythm guitar), Gloria Mirabal (vocals). Trío Los Platinos was started in 1962. its first members were Pepito […]

Q&A with executive producer Noemi Figueroa Soulet and 65th Regiment veteran Eugenio Quevado. The Borinqueneers chronicles the never-before-told story of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, the only all-Hispanic unit […]

Palabras/Words: Reading of Chulito: The Novel with author Charles Rice Gonzalez Charles Rice-González, born in Puerto Rico and reared in the Bronx, is a writer, long-time community and LGBT activist […]

A Puerto Rican and Garifuna Holiday concert. Featuring Hector “Pucho” Alamo (cuatro), Carlos Espada (lead vocals and percussion), Matthew Gonzalez (percussion), Jorge “Georgie” Vazquez (percussion), James Lovell (guitar and vocals), […]

Film: Latinos Beyond Reel” Challenging Media Stereotypes and a Q&A with director Miguel Picker and producer Edwin Pagán.

With the author Joe Flood. The one thing people continue to remember about the Bronx is its devastation through the fires in the 1970s and 1980s . The area was […]

We invite you to our gorgeous mosaic to join in with Antoinette Montague as we cele- brate Black History Month. and the pride of a people whose boots on the […]

Recently there was an exhibit at the New York Public Library called, 100 Years of Flamenco. It included beautiful photos of the greatest dancers that have graced New York’s stages […]

Pre-concert discussion about women in jazz featuring Paula Hampton, Bertha Hope, Cobi Narita, Maxine Roach & Carol Sudhalter

The Afri-Garifuna Ensemble featuring Lucy Blanco plus screening of Revolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital, post-concert dance party with DJ Pwhyte.

Kool Jai Infiniti, Pastoral Garifuna, Maya Forbes, Tae Edwards, and Gabriel Sarmiento. The event will take place at BMHC Lab and Louis Niné Boulevard

BMHC honors Hip Hip pioneer DJ Kool Herc. The events is followed by a Jamaican Jam by the legendary DJ Kool Herc and a concert in his honor featuring BMHC […]

Afro-Brazilian drum group Batala NYC, screening of the documentary film Sweet Dreams and Q&A with director Rob Fruchtman, dance & shekere lesson by members of the Legacy Circle Women Drummers, […]

Six South Bronx photographers of Puerto Rican descent: Joe Conzo, Jr., Ricky Flores, Ángel Franco, David Gonzalez, Edwin Pagán and Francisco Molina Reyes II. The exhibition will remain open until […]

Darius Dixson, Stanley Johnson, Maya Forbes, and Luke Benjamin. The event will take place at Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene @ 227th Street

The Bronx Music Heritage Center will celebrate Fania’s legacy with Salsa Fest! with a screening of El Cantante (the story of Fania legend Hector Lavoe produced by Jennifer Lopez and […]

Part of Seis del Sur photography exhibition Joe Conzo Sr. will present photographs of Tito Puente and other salsa and mambo musicians, while telling stories of Tito’s life and taking […]

Orlando Marín y su Orquesta; panel discussion with boxer and club owner Carlos Ortiz, Academy-Award filmmaker Leon Gast, rock critic Dave Marsh, and scholar Christina Abreu; Golden Gloves boxing demo, […]

Featuring poetry with Nuyorican legend Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez and doo wop music with SPANK! in honor of the Chords, who attended Morris High School

BMHC honors the Jazz pioneer with a performance Bertha Hope Quintet at the Morris High School Campus. Bertha Hope is from Los Angeles and attended Manual Arts High School in […]

November’s Bronx Rising! celebrated Puerto Rican Heritage Month and the poetry of Julia de Burgos. Poemas Pueblos: The Revolutionary Poems of Julia de Burgos honored the poet on the 100th anniversary of her birth with a film, poetry, music, and dance! We ran out of chairs for the packed house at the Lab!

Featuring Lucy Blanco, Braata Productions, Libana Maraza, James Lovell, Bobby Sanabria, Jorge Vazquez.

Five Boro Story Project is a cultural organization dedicated to local and community storytelling in different neighborhoods across the city’s five boroughs. In 2013, BMHC partnered with Five Boro Story […]

Film screening of Living the Hiplife, plus music and dance performance by K5! The Ghanaian Community in the Bronx In New York City, Africans are about 4% of the City’s […]

Poetry and music by Hattie Gossett, Michael Wimberly, plus musical performance by Jenn Jade

Musical performance by Inkarayku, plus poetry by Doris Loayza, Inti Jimi, Gladys Camacho, and Odi Gonzales

Musical performance by Alessandra Belloni & the Daughters of Cybele, plus a discussion with Mary Gardner, Yvette Ghoughassian, Norka Hernandez Nadal, and Liliana Raposo

Musical performance by KumbaCarey, plus Vitilla demonstration

Honoring Melendez for this transformative work using music to inspire and bring people together in the Bronx, at a time when policymakers and lawmakers could not. Through his activism, commitment […]

Live music by Zion80, hora dance lesson, plus film screening of Hava Nagila

Live music by Spanglish Fly and film screening of Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen

A Moroccan band that originally settled in the Bronx, Innov Gnawa, will pro- vide trance-like music played with a variety of instruments including metal cas- tanets. Their performance will follow a set of flamenco castanet-accompanied songs featuring renowned Bronx dancer, Nelida Tirado.

Celebrate Halloween with a screening of Night of the Living Dead, by horror legend and Bronx native, George Romero. Featuring a live soundtrack directed by Bobby Sanabria

For our 3rd annual Parranda con Paranda: A Puerto Rican & Garifuna Holiday Celebration, we evoke the Puerto Rican traditions of “parrandas”—Christmas caroling processions and the Garifuna “paranda” song style […]

7:00 pm: Film Screening of Harlem Street Singer (2013), followed by Q&A with director Trevor Laurence and producer Woody Man 8:30 pm: Performance of Rev. Gary Davis’ music by Gospel […]

A screening of Finah Misa Kule with a Q&A by Kewulay Kamara and Steve Zeitlin. Performances by Kankaba Kanuteh and Badenya featuring Kewulay Kamara, Sa- lieu Suso, Abdoulaye Diabate, Mangue […]

A screening of The Girls in the Band (2013) about the Sweethearts of Rhythm followed by a Q&A. Music performed by The Stomp Station Swing Band. Come early for the […]

Featuring musicians Ifti & the Royal Bengal Tea House, a fusion of Spanish and Bengali folk songs with the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore and Pablo Neruda recited by Ifti Chowdhury […]

A presentation about the Harlem Hellfighters followed by the music of the Monroe Mustangs (of Monroe College) and Zlatne Uste Balkan brass band

Performance by the 319th U.S. Army band based out of Fort Totten in Queens

Today’s program will celebrate the Bronx’s most famous maritime connection—the writer Herman Melville, who is the author or seafaring stories, most notably, Moby Dick—is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery. The program […]

Poetry in the key of salsa by La madrina of Nuyorican Poetry Sandra Maria Esteves followed by a performance of Los Más Valientes

We’re making history! Join us at the corner of Lyman Place and Freeman Street during a street co-naming ceremony in honor of Elmo Hope, followed by a reception at the […]

Celebrate hip hop’s international influence! Following the Crotona Park DJ Jams sponsored by Tools of War, head over to the BMHC for a ful set of jammin’ hip hop. The […]

Join us for the opening reception at BMHC of a digital photography solo exhibit by Will Calhoun, a multi-Grammy award winning Bronx musician, composer and artist-photographer. A member of the […]

Join the international Los Pleneros de la 21 as they bring a little swing, music and cultura for all to enjoy! Part of the Hostos Center for Arts and Culturue’s […]

Checkmate Poetry Autism Speaks. Checkmate is a community outreach organization that stands firm on the foundation of building relationships and networking within our local area.

Get a taste of Puerto Rico during the annual Coquito Masters contest! Join us as coquito-makers compete to find the best “coquito”, a coconut-based alcoholic beverage traditionally served in Puerto […]

Celebrate Halloween early with Edgar Allen Poe’s poetry set to Latin rhythms performed by Bobby Sanabria & Project X with guest vocalist Jenn Jade Ledesna.

Renowned percussionist Angel Reyes –visiting from Florida— will conduct a master Puerto Rican bomba drum class, as part of BMHC’s November Bronx Rising! Program. Registration required | Fee: $15

Using an intercultural technique that blends discourse and performance, Romanee Kalicharran & Co. presents “Where Kathak and Bomba Meet in Me,” featuring two dance and percussion forms from different parts […]

Celebrate the official launch of Taguiera (Homeland), the first recording by The Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble, a unique group that fuses jazz with the Garifuna tradition, incorporating instruments such as such […]

Each year we cap our Bronx Rising! series with a concert that features traditions from two of the Bronx’s distinct Latino communities: Puerto Rican and Garifuna. This year will celebrate […]

Big Holiday blow-out, as part of Make Music New York’s winter schedule! This holiday season, we’re taking over the streets as they do in Puerto Rico and the Garifuna communities […]

Film Screening: Nana Dijo: Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness, followed by Q&A and spoken word performance by film director Bocafloja. Music by Irka Mateo Folk Quartet Featuring folk songs that […]

Book release party for Nuyorican poet Carmen Bardeguez-Brown, who will read from her new book, accompanied on percussion by Bobby Sanabria, with guest poets Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez Modesto “Flako” Jiménez, […]

Multimedia exhibit that pays tribute to Elombe Brath, Pan-African activist and artist. The opening reception featured performances by legendary jazz pianist Valerie Capers, NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Owens, multi-GRAMMY nominated […]

Multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria. This ensemble celebrates the rich legacy of jazz and Afro-Cuban music, with a repertoire that takes us on a journey through the past, present, and […]

A pop-up shop/art exhibition/showcase aimed at celebrating the birthdate and developing body of work of Nelson “Chief 69” Seda, a South Bronx-based b-boy, MC, graffiti artist and youth educator. The […]

Learn this traditional percussion-based Puerto Rican dance form through an introductory course with Oxil Febles, professional Bomba dancer, instructor and choreographer. Her graduate studies in Fine Arts and innovations in […]

5:30 PM: Crafting Nowruz: A family Workshop – Nowruz, which means “New Day,” is an ancestral holiday marking the first day of spring. In the Iranian/Persian tradition, a special table […]

Swing the night away with the New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria.This ensemble celebrates the rich legacy of jazz and Afro-Cuban music, with a […]

Conversations with the Masters, featuring Helen Merrill (Jelena Ana Milcetic), a Bronx-born jazz vocalist who began her career at 845 Club in the Bronx. Now a world-renowned singer, she’s performed […]

Hailing from Chicago, the LDB is a horn-driven tour de force that breaks the barrier between audience and performer with their live show, which features dynamic vocals, Rapper Billa Camp, […]

Swing the night away with the New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria. This ensemble celebrates the rich legacy of jazz and Afro-Cuban music, with […]

This pop-up exhibition features artwork by students from a local high school. The exhibit will remain open from May 4 through May 20th.

NYU professor Licia Fiol-Matta presents and reads from her new book, The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music (2017), which traces the careers of four iconic […]

Bomba Dancer and Puerto Rican native Milteri Tucker Concepcion will teach bomba dance, timing, figure and skirt technique. Ages 12 & up. Cost: $15. Pre-Registration necessary.

Celebrating music and dance genres from West Africa and from Garifuna communities in Central America, with performances by Bronx-based groups, The Bambara Drum & Dance Ensemble and Hamalali Wayunagu Garifuna Folkloric & Modern Dance Company

Opening reception for this exhibit ,which pays tribute to the sisters Evelina Antonetty, Elba Cabrera and Lillian Lopez,who settled in the Bronx, where they became activists for the community and […]

Film Screening: Birthright Crisis (2013) Screening of thisaward-winning film about the plight of Haitians in the Dominican Republic, followed by a Q&A with director Miriam Neptune. Music by:Yasser Tejeda & […]

A concert at Crotona Park with Bobby Sanabria & Project X featuring original compositions by Jeff Lederer inspired by the park’s local birds. It will follow a screening of the […]

Tsidii Le Loka, South African Tony Award nominated star of the Lion King on Broadway, performs To the Rising Sun, featuring the music of Miriam Makeba and the words of […]

Featuring Ray Santos, a Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer who grew up in the Bronx. He is the only living musician who has played, composed and arranged for the Mambo Kings […]

Followed by a Q&A with Mimi Jones and Bertha Hope. Music performance by the Mimi Jones Band + The Black Madonna Project

Our Social Media for Artists Workshop is part of our Artist Series: Tools To Maximize Promotion & Publicity. In this workshop, we’ll learn tips & tricks to optimize social media […]

Get a taste of Puerto Rico and kick-off the Coquito Masters season! Join us as coquito-makers compete for the honor of the best “coquito”: a coconut and rum-based beverage similar […]

The photos of Bronx bred Edwin J.Torres document the authenticity and reality of the people from the Bronx.The Bronxisone of the last boroughs in New York City where the American […]

The Bronx Arts Ensemble is throwing a Chamber Music Reading Party for advanced players and chamber music lovers. Open to all instrumentalists that have a desire to play standard chamber […]

Our 3rd Annual Bronx Rising! Halloween with live music scores! Our celebration kicks off with face painting by Confetti Faces and family portraits shot by Seis Del Sur photographer Edwin […]

The Mambo Kids are back! The 22-piece orchestra playsbig band mambo, jazz and beyond Admission fee: $10 (all proceeds go to the students)

This panel discussion on Garifuna Music & Spirituality is hosted by Garifuna Music Artist Rhodel ‘Rhodee’ Castillo. Panelists include internationally acclaimed Parandero and Garifuna Artist Aurelio Martinez, Luz Soliz, author, […]

Explore the technical aspects of Garifuna and jazz fusion during this lecture and demonstration. The Residency by Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation, organized in partnership with The Afri-Garifuna Jazz […]

A dance and drum presentation showcasing how Afro Puerto Rican rhythms are connected to New Orleans Congo rhythms. Bombazo Dance Co is the first dance company to present traditional bomba […]

Join us for an afternoon of music & dance with the Garifuna Jazz Ensemble & Friends. The Residency by Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation, organized in partnership with The […]

Native Bronxite and Garifuna percussionist Roland Guerrero leads master musicians of various genres in a fusion of jazz, African and Garifuna music, featuring: Steve Turre, conch shell and trombone, Khadijah […]

Presented by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, this hour-long program highlights the rich holiday customs of the Spanish-speaking world, from Argentina and Mexico, to Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Incorporating live […]

This year we will look at the styles which use stringed instruments, including paranda of the Garifuna and la música jíbara of Puerto Rico. Cover charge: $7. Reduced fee: $5 […]

A Puerto Rican-style parranda (caroling procession) through the streets of the Melrose neighborhood. This event is produced in partnership with Nos Quedamos and the BxCC. FREE!

Celebrate the new year at the BMHC! Live music by Bobby Sanabria & Sexteto Ibiano. Special Guest: Cándido Camero Cover charge: $15

We trace the routes of rhythmic footwork from Africa and Europe to the Western Hemisphere with a discussion led by dancer and choreographer Mercedes Ellington, accompanied by rumba-tap dancer Max […]

The Ozama River divides the City of Santo Domingo, and is an important vein of water that for years has been heavily polluted. It is transversal to the rich and […]

The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece orchestra plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. Admission fee: $10 (all proceedsgo to the students)

Masterclass on vocal creativity, technique, & improvisation in the world of Afro-Portuguese-Brazilian sounds. In this Masterclass, we will experience how a performance process is built on the spot and how […]

In honor of Women’s History Month, celebrating traditional rhythms and sounds of the Adukeiras and Batukadeiras, featuring the Adufe ‐ the frame drum played by women in Portugal. The adufeirasare […]

The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece orchestra plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. Admission fee: $10 (all proceedsgo to the students)

Join us for an evening of spoken word! Hosted by Bocafloja, a spoken word artist , MC and filmmaker from the Bronx via Mexico, and poet Carmen Bardeguez-Brown. Originally from […]

Worldwide, April 23rd is celebrated as International Book Day, commemorating the anniversary of the deaths of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare. In Catalonia, Spain, they also observe San Jordi […]

The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece orchestra plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. Admission fee: $10 (all proceedsgo to the students)

The exhibit will remain open from May 2 through May 15. FREE!

To celebrate Chamber Music Month, the Bronx Arts Ensemble (BAE), in partnership with the BMHC, is throwing a Chamber Music Reading party for advanced players & chamber music lovers. Open […]

Featuring the Opening Reception of The Dark Magdalena curated by Tanya Torres. The opening reception will be followed by a screening of The Voyage of the Black Madonna, a documentary […]

Join us aswe celebrate the 95th birthday anniversary of Elmo Hope, the be-bop pianist who made this neighborhood his home. Music by Bertha Hope and the Elmo Hope Project III. […]

Join us as we celebrate and learn about the Andean Summer Soltice (Inti Raymi/Fiesta del Sol) in the Bronx. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Quechua/Kichwa communities about the […]

Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music* during our free open mic series hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. This month, Bocalfoja is joined by co-host […]

Interdisciplinary dance artist Corazon Tierra will perform a dance inspired by The Dark Magdalene, an art exhibition by artist Tanya Torres, accompanied by artist-shaman, Maria Mar,who will create meditative sounds […]

All levels of experience are welcome to this hands-on, step-by-step workshop, where artist Tanya Torres will demonstrate how to create your own version of Mary Magdalene as the Black Madonna, […]

Join WHEDco and the BMHC at the annual BM@M street event, where community members can connect with family support resources while enjoying a full day of family-friendly fun. Featuring performances […]

Join us for an evening of panels, performances, and demonstrations from the women who take center-stage in the world of hip hop as B-girls, DJs, MCs, and graffiti writers! Featuring […]

Another chapter of our ‘Conversations with the Masters’, featuring an onstage interview with legendary FANIA conguero and Bronx native Eddie Montalvo, followed by a concert with pianist Zoila Martínez, paying […]

Screening of the documentary ‘Let’s Get the Rhythm’ by Irene Chagall. The film documents hand-clapping games performed by young girls in US schoolyards and at home, an art that incorporate […]

Néstor Murray-Irizarry, historian and founder of Casa Paoli, a research and cultural center in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and J. Emanuel Dufrasne Gonzalez of the bomba and plena group Paracumbé will […]

Know how to make a great coquito? Sign up for the Bronx Coquito Masters Qualifier! Contestants prepare one gallon of this delicious Puerto Rican drink to compete in a blind […]

Opening for an exhibit in which documentary photographer Rhynna M. Santos explores the life of her father, arranger, composer and musician Ray Santos, who is considered to be a Latin […]

A celebration of 200 years of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, with a screening of the 1931 classic film starring Boris Karloff. Bobby Sanabria & Project X will provide a live soundtrack. […]

We’ll explore “poesía negroide” through poetry and music featuring the work of celebrated Puerto Rican poet Luis Palés Matos, considered one of the first proponents of verso negro or poesía […]

Puerto Rican pianist and composer Alexa Rivera present HIHEAL, a collection of musical compositions created during the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in the island of Puerto Rico.

Screening of the film, Sweet Dreams, followed by percussion workshop led by members of the Legacy Circle Women Drummers and performance by Batala NYC.

Perú meets the Bx during this showcase of two up-and-coming hip hop talents -Liberato Kani, one of the key figures of the Quechua Hip Hop movement in Peru, and King […]

This program will explore European-influenced genres, such as “la danza” from Puerto Rico and the “quadrille,” which is practiced among Garifuna communities. The evening will include traditional drum-based music by […]

Our annual Puerto Rican-style Christmas caroling procession will travel on foot from casita to casita, ending at Melrose’s most famous casita, Rincón Criollo, aka “La Casita de Chema”. Featured musicians […]

A night of spoken word and storytelling with an all languages open mic. Hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja and Lyrical Bliss. Special guest TOTMI. Free and open to all ages. […]

PALABREANDO! Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music* during our free open mic series hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. This month, Bocafloja is joined by […]

PALABREANDO! Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music* during our free open mic series hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. This month, Bocafloja is joined by […]

The 1960’s musical genre of Latin bugalu was a fusion of Cuban rhythms and African-American R&B. In honor of Black History Month, tonight’s program will explore the African-American influence on […]

An open mic showcase, featuring up-and-coming musicians from all genres, followed by performances by Bronx bands The Drew Torres Trio and Durieux. Hosted by Will Calhoun, legendary drummer of the […]

Our Spirit of Aña series focuses on female drummers. For Women’s History Month, our program features women who play the drum set – the only instrument invented in the United […]

Another Women’s History Month event, this time focusing on the folkloric mysterious power of the mujer! The petenera is a song style featured in different genres from Spain to Mexico. […]

Rhynna Santos, the photographer and curator of #papielmaestro, will discuss the challenges of making art while caring for a loved one. #papielmaestro is an exhibit that offers a glimpse of […]

Join us at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture as we honor artist and activist Luz Soliz, best known for her well-established dance troupes and for serving as a […]

A multilingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music, hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. Co-host Lyrical Bliss. Special guests Fabian Villegas and Venessa Marco. Free and open to all ages. […]

The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by 8x Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. $10 entrance at the […]

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, we explore the Haitian influences on the birth of jazz in New Orleans, with a discussion led by ethnomusicologist Lois Wilcken and musicians Bobby […]

Jasmine is sick and tired of her violin lessons. She has more important things to do. Like playing video games and texting her BFF. Who cares about music anyway? She’s […]

Bronx Comedy! Hosted by the hilarious Bill Santiago, known for his Comedy Central and CNN specials, our Bronx comedy showcase will feature local comedians Gastor Almonte, Pedro Gonzalez, and Atheer […]

The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble. Directed by 8x Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria. $10 at the door. All proceeds go to the students.

The Mambo Kids are back…again! The 23-piece New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by 8x Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. $10 entrance at the […]

A book/CD release party for Alessandra Belloni’s ‘The Healing Journey of the Black Madonna.’ Alessandra will perform with Joe Deninzon and Steve Gorn, followed by an open rehearsal of a […]

The BMHC Bronx Living Legends series, which honors Bronx music legends for their careers as performers and educators, will honor Puerto Rican plenero Benny Ayala, for his career as a […]

Multi-Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band pays tribute to Puerto Rico. In celebration of the 62nd National Puerto Rican Day Parade.

A night of spoken word and storytelling with an all languages open mic. Hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. Co-host Lyrical Bliss. Special Guests Kenny Sings and Conrado Muluc. FREE and […]

James Reese Europe is the Army bandleader who is credited with introducing the French to jazz during WWI and U.S. audiences to tango, the first Latin American dance craze in […]

Recognizing over 50 years of the Hart-Celler Act, which changed immigration quotas in this country, this exhibit curated by City Lore features photographs by Bronx photographer Tom Pich, presenting traditional […]

Round Two of our FREE OPEN MIC for all Bronx musicians, singers, and bands! Hosted by Marco Soccoli, music industry legend and former drummer of NYC glamrock band Roxx. Featured […]

Join us as we celebrate the music of the Gospel tradition with artists who grew up in the African American and Caribbean Gospel congregations in the Bronx. Featuring Gospel/blues vocalist […]

Join us as we celebrate the diverse soundscape of the Bronx! Part of WHEDco’s Bronx Music @ Melrose event = FREE FUN for all ages!! With music, poetry, and dance […]

(Bō-hī-ra) bridges the musical traditions from both sides of the Atlantic, delivering a sound that speaks to both jazz and flamenco fans. Pianist Jesús Hernández, singer/flautist Alfonso Cid, bassist Tim […]

Before Fania Records, the Bronx had Alegre Records and the Casalegre Record store. Featuring a discussion with musicians Orlando Marin, Bobby Marin, Mike Amadeo, and Chris Rogers, who were part […]

Colombian artist Alea performs with Sinuhé Padilla-lsunza and Franco Pinna, delivering a high energy performance that walks the line between cumbia, vallenato, rancheras, jazz, and pop, creating a diverse soundscape. […]

Hosted by the hilarious Peaches Rodríguez! Featuring the Latin Diva of Comedy Sara Contreras with a performance by B-girls Ana Rokafella Garcia & Peaches as DJ KS360 spins. *Content may […]

Celebrate the music of the iconic Aretha Franklin with award-winning vocalist Elissa Carmona joined by Morrisania Band Project rhythm section: Kevin Belle (keyboard), Gregory Daffin (bass), Melvin Koonce (guitar) and […]

Tonight we’ll celebrate a wedding night Manden tradition in which women from the bride’s family form a drum circle and sing songs to welcome children into the marriage. Led by […]

Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word and storytelling. Hosted by Bocafloja and Lyrical Bliss. Special guest Mohammed Yahya. Free and open to all ages/languages. To register for […]

Miguel Andres Tejada, pianist and director of the Dominican Ministry of Culture in New York City, will perform with his trio, featuring drummer Francisco Mela and bassist Peter Slavov. Refreshments […]

Screening of the Mexican version of the classic film, Dracula (1931), featuring a live soundtrack performance by Bobby Sanabria & Project X. Snacks sold by Yalisza Bakes! Come in your […]

Join us at the annual coquito-makers competition. Contestants prepare a gallon of coquito that is entered into a blind taste test. The entry with the highest score wins the chance […]

Celebrate the holidays as the Garifuna do in Central America! This event will culminate in a performance led by James Lovell and will feature percussionist Alix Colón and the Bodoma […]

Experience traditional Puerto Rican holiday caroling with a musical procession and plenty of plena music and dancing during the Bronx Music Heritage Center’s annual Melrose Parranda! We will stop at […]

Celebrate the New Year with the entire family at the Bronx Music Heritage Center during our annual New Year’s Eve Party, featuring Grammy-nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria and Sexteto Ibiano. With […]