Cuba 50 is supported by the
Cuban Ministry of Culture, Cuban Embassy,
ComoNo, Music Fund for Cuba, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Unison, Unite,
Thompsons Solicitors, Cuban Tourist Board and business, community and
cultural organisations based in the UK and Cuba.
Be inspired and celebrate the diversity and inventiveness of Cuban culture at events around the UK throughout this year. There is something for everyone - from music to visual arts, dance, poetry, discussion, sports, film and performance.
More than 40,000 people attended the Cuba50 festival showcase events at London's Barbican Centre, 27 & 28 June , Gillett Square in Hackney 27 June, Hackney Empire 25 June and Victoria Park 21 June - to see Cuba's finest acts Pablo Milanés, Harold Lopez Nussa and Son del Tropico, Yoruba Andabo and Oscar d'Leon, Changui de Guantanamo, Orquesta Aragon, Kumar , Osvaldo Chacon, Tumbao Tivoli, Omar Puente, London Lucumi Choir, Charanga del Norte and more.
Produced by the Barbican in association with Cuba50, a real feast of all styles of cuban music and dance were on offer, with dance classes as well: salsa, son, rumba, jazz, charanga, trova and timba - London danced to Cuban rhythms for a whole week.
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