Las Cafeteras has taken the music scene by storm with their infectious live performances and have crossed many genres and borders along the way. Their electric sound and energy has taken them around the world playing shows from Bonnaroo to the Hollywood Bowl, WOMAD New Zealand to Montreal Jazz, and beyond!

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Gallo Center for the Arts

For Las Cafeteras, the GRAMMY Award-winning Los Angeles band steeped in son jarocho and other Mexican regional idioms, the Day of the Dead isn’t merely a holiday celebrating Mexican culture. It’s a creative portal into a mythic realm exploring the stages of grief and loss through the celebration of life and death. They perform their original two-act production Hasta La Muerte to mark the annual tradition, which begins the following day.

SFJAZZ Center

Death is not the end; it’s just the beginning. So goes the central thought of Hasta la Muerte, the new program from Las Cafeteras, whose “urgent, relevant music” (BBC) takes in influences from the worlds of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia, and rock. Across two acts, the LA group follows the journey of La Catrina (patron saint of the dead), who encounters folkloric Mexican characters like La Llorona and La Bruja as well as modern-day migrants and families in despair. Through mesmerizing choreography and a mix of original and traditional songs, it’s a moving invitation to travel through time, rhythm, and memory—and a reminder that when we celebrate life, we celebrate love.

Las Cafeteras: Hasta La Muerte

The John Anson Ford Theatre

Explore the vibrant fusion of traditional Mexican folk and electronic dance beats with East Los Angeles’ acclaimed band, Las Cafeteras, on their third studio album, A Night In Nepantla. From the infectious rhythms of “Cumbia de Mi Barrio” to the soulful melodies of “Esta Noche,” each track invites listeners into a sonic journey of joy, grief, struggle, and liberation. Join Las Cafeteras on their national tour and experience the transformative power of music that bridges worlds and narratives.

Livermore Performing Arts Center

We’re happy to welcome back Las Cafeteras to the Epstein Family Amphitheater. Born and raised East of the Los Angeles River, Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music as modern-day troubadours. They are a sonic explosion of Afro-Mexican rhythms, electronic beats and powerful rhymes documenting stories of a community seeking to “build a world where many worlds fit.”

University of California San Diego

Las Cafeteras have taken the music scene by storm with their infectious live performances and have crossed many genres and borders along the way. Their electric sound & energy has taken them around the world playing shows from Bonnaroo to the Hollywood Bowl, WOMAD New Zealand to Montreal Jazz, & beyond!

Field Arts & Events Hall

LAS CAFETERAS have taken the music scene by storm with their vibrant musical fusion featuring a unique East LA sound and positive message. Their Afro-Mexican beats, rhythms and rhymes deliver inspiring lyrics that document stories of a community seeking love and justice in the concrete jungle of Los Angeles

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

Celebrate life and death with this Día de los Muertos musical production created by Angeleno band Las Cafeteras. In the first act, travel to the past with traditional folk songs, like “La Llorona” and “La Morena;” an on-stage altar and songs of memory to honor the ancestors who have come before. In the second act, the journey moves forward with modern music that celebrates life now and the life after death. Throughout the entire production, mesmerizing folklórico dance and colorful sets accentuate the distinct vibrant sound that is Las Cafetera.

Las Cafeteras presents Hasta La Muerte: A Day of the Dead Musical Experience

Chandler Center for the Arts

Blending the percussive Afro-Mexican tradition of son jarocho with electronic beats and cogent rhymes, Las Cafeteras have earned a global following with their infectious live performances. Emerging from an East Los Angeles community center in the mid-aughts, the group has taken their electric sound around the world, from Bonnaroo and the Hollywood Bowl to WOMAD New Zealand and the Montreal Jazz International Jazz Festival. Modern day troubadours dedicated to remixing Mexican roots music with lyrics that document stories of a community seeking to “build a world where many worlds fit,” Las Cafeteras have honed an encompassing sound infusing soul, rock and hip-hop into Afro-Mexican grooves. Busy at work on a multimedia production celebrating the legacy of Chicano rocker Ritchie Valens, Las Cafeteras honor the past by deploying traditional instrumentation like the 8-string jarana, 4-string requinto, donkey-jawbone quijada shaker and wooden platform tarima for percussive footwork. Determined to reach all audiences, Las Cafeteras sings in five distinct languages: English, Spanish, Spanglish, love and justice.

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