ALL MUSIC ON LASTABLAS.COM IS BY GRUPO REBOLÚ, NORTH AMERICA'S BEST COLOMBIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE AND OFFICIAL BAND OF LAS TABLAS WWW.GRUPOREBOLU.COM
RAICES THURSDAYS- A WEEKLY CELEBRATION OF LIVE LATIN MUSIC @ LINCOLN AVE LOCATION
"CHICAGO'S NEW EPICENTER FOR AFRO-LATIN MUSIC"- BEAT-LATINO.COM
ONE OF CHICAGO'S "MUSEUMS OF LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC"- CONTRATIEMPO SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE NEWSPAPER
THE PURPOSE OF THE RAICES SERIES IS TO PROVIDE A SHOWCASE OF THE TRADITIONAL MUSICS OF LATIN AMERICA TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO. WE AIM TO EDUCATE WHILE ENTERTAINING, SHOWING THAT THE MUSIC OF THE VARIOUS LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES IS AS DIVERSE AND RICH AS OUR RESPECTIVE CULTURES.
WE ALSO AIM TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS OF THESE GENRES WHO THROUGH THEIR WORK CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF OUR GREAT CITY. FIRST THREE THURSDAYS OF THE MONTH: ROTATING BANDS, 7:30pm to 10:00pm, NO COVER, $5 CLASSIC MOJITOS
LAST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH: TUMBAO THURSDAYS, LIVE AFRO-CUBAN RUMBA WITH TIEMBLATIERRA AND CLASSIC SALSA WITH THE AGUZATE DJ CREW, 9:00pm to 2:00am, NO COVER, $5 CLASSIC MOJITOS
FIRST THREE THURSDAYS OF EVERY MONTH, 7:30PM-10:00PM
NEXT RAICES SHOWS
BOSSA TRES-
DECEMBER 11th, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Samba and Bossa Nova from the ultra-popular Brazilian trio, Bossa Tres
The December installment of Tumbao Thursdays will feature a performance by a special guests Africaribe, one of the region's finest traditonal Afro-Puerto Rican drum and dance companies performing a traditional Parranda, or the singing of Puerto Rican Christmas Carols to the rhythm of Plena drums!
This begins at 7:30 pm, followed by Angel D' Cuba and TiemblaTierra perfoming their monthly Rumba, Chicago's only venue for this genre of music that is the forefather of modern Salsa!
As if that wasn't enough, that is followed as always by the Aguzate.org DJ Crew playing Classic Salsa and Latin Funk!
There is no cover with a suggested $5 dollar donation
NORMALLY EVERY LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH, 9:30PM-1:30AM, THIS MONTH WILL BE HELD ON THE 18th DUE TO CHRISTMAS ON THE LAST THURSDAY (SEE ABOVE)
2 LIVE SETS OF AFRO-CUBAN RUMBA WITH ANGEL D'CUBA AND THE DRUMMERS OF TIEMBLATIERRA
ALSO WITH THE AGUZATE.ORG DJ CREW SPINNING CLASSIC SALSA, TIMBA, LATIN SOUL AND LATIN FUNK
NO COVER, $5 CLASSIC MOJITOS ALL NIGHT
LAS TABLAS IS THE ONLY VENUE IN CHICAGO WHERE YOU CAN SEE THIS MUSIC ON A REGULAR BASIS, BROUGHT TO YOU THE CITY'S FINEST TRADITIONAL AFRO-CUBAN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, TIEMBLATIERRA
