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The winners of the Cubadisco awards in 2022

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ON BEFORE Carlos Acosta – 29-30 July 2022, Norwich

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Los Van Van – 31 July 2022, London

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Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor – Saturday 27 August 2022, London

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Cuban artist Alberto Lescay receives the 2021 National Visual Arts award

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Casas de Cultura in Cuba: “Empowering communities to access, consume and create culture”

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Screening: The Last Supper + Introduction by Michael Chanan – 20 September 2022, London

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  • Posted on 28/06/2022

The Last Supper (1976, Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba ICAIC), centres around a delusional Cuban…

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Roberto Fonseca trio – 29 August 2022, Rye Jazz festival

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  • Posted on 28/06/2022

Rye Jazz proudly present Cuba’s most exciting pianist. When it comes to 21st-century Afro-Cuban jazz,…

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Cuba rebelde: culture, creation, community – Cuban poster art – 9-14 July 2022, Nottingham

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  • Posted on 26/06/2022

Exhibition of contemporary Cuban Poster Art The Cuban film poster has been quietly asserting the…

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Viva Cuba! Live Cuban bands & DJs – every friday, London

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  • Posted on 26/06/2022

Cuban friday nights are back at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club Upstairs in London: Fri 1…

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Screening: De Cierta Manera/One Way or Another – 21 July 2022, Bristol

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  • Posted on 26/06/2022

A fascinating docu-romance-drama and critical ethnographic study of new couple Yolanda and Mario. Cuban director…

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Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor – 28 August 2022, Glasgow

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  • Posted on 26/06/2022

Maykel Blanco and his Salsa Mayor, spun their way into the Havana music scene fifteen…

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The winners of the Cubadisco awards in 2022

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  • Posted on 26/06/202226/06/2022

This May, the Cuban music industry awards CUBADISCCO took place in person and online. The…

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ON BEFORE Carlos Acosta – 29-30 July 2022, Norwich

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  • Posted on 26/06/2022

Carlos Acosta CBE is the world’s favourite dancer and On Before, which sees him dance a…

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Los Van Van – 31 July 2022, London

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  • Posted on 26/06/202226/06/2022

This year Los Van Van, Cuba’s best known and longest running “train” of dance music,…

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Ran Kan Kan – 14 July 2022, Oxford

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  • Posted on 26/06/202226/06/2022

Cuban music just for the fun of it   Oxford based group playing Cuban tunes at…

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Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor – Saturday 27 August 2022, London

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  • Posted on 01/05/202226/06/2022

Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor, London Bank Holiday weekend – Saturday 27 August 2022,…

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Review of film: Mambo Man

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  • Posted on 10/04/2022

Back in 2017 UK music producer Mo Fini set out to make a film set…

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UK Film premiere: Mambo Man, London 28 April 2022

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  • Posted on 10/04/202226/06/2022

Premiere of new feature film Mambo Man, set in Bayamo in rural eastern Cuba, with…

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Screening: El Brigadista, Tue 12 April 2022, 8pm, London/online

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  • Posted on 07/04/202226/06/2022

Sands Cinema and North London Cuba Solidarity Campaign present the 1978 Cuban feature film ‘El Brigadista’ by…

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“True Truths” Interview with Magda González Grau, director of Cuban TV show Calendario

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  • Posted on 08/03/202208/03/2022

Since its initial broadcast, on Sunday, January 9, the [Cuban] television series Calendar has stolen the affection…

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Happy International Workers Day 1 May! Here are some great Cuban graphic posters from the 1970s produced to mark the day, courtesy of Jose Marti national library archive in Havana.
A great loss for Cuban culture today with the news Jose Luis Cortes, well-loved Cuban musician and music innovator, leader of 90s dance music group NG Ia Banda and architect of timba, has passed away at the age of 70 in Havana. RIP El Tosco
UK tour 8 April - 21 May - Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas pairs up with his former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo Martin, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists to perform their own mix of jazz, flamenco, pop, Afro and traditional Cuban pieces.
Thursday 28 April London - UK Premiere of new feature film Mambo Man, set in Bayamo in rural eastern Cuba, with Cuban actors, the story follows the highs and lows of a local entrepreneur. Part moral tale, part musical showcase, you can’t resist the sumptuous cinematography and country music.
Catch a screening 19 April with Cuba Solidarity Brighton UK of 'Herencia’ (Inheritance) (2019) Director Ana Hurtado. A documentary by a Spanish filmmaker focusing on Cuba’s African heritage, with interviews with Cuban writers, artists, musicians and dancers.
London Tuesday 12 April 8pm - Cuban cinema fans can catch a special screening of the 1978 Cuban feature film ‘El Brigadista’ by director Octavio Cortazar, which centres on the trials and tribulations of a 15 year old sent to teach people in the countryside during the Literacy Campaign across the island in 1961. In person and online - book your places now. Hosted by @sandsfilmscinemaclub and Cuba Solidarity Campaign North London.

Havana D’Primera: Me Dicen Cuba

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