19 Aug Global Cuba Fest 2024: Alain Pérez y La Orquesta

FUNDarte, Miami Light Project and Miami- Dade County Auditorium present Global Cuba Fest 2024.

Co-presented with Miami Light Project for more than 15 years, Global Cuba Fest is a highly anticipated series featuring the most popular and innovative artists from Cuba and across the Cuban diaspora. This year, we are pleased to announce the presence of Alain Pérez y La Orquesta on March 1st at 8:00 p.m. at the Miami Beach Bandshell. 

About the artist

Bassist, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Alain Pérez is one of Cuba’s most active and versatile musicians on the international scene today. He has performed and recorded with jazz legends in various musical vernaculars, forming part of the original Chucho Valdés Quartet that recorded on Blue Note Records, as the bassist of the renowned Paco de Lucía sextet, for the flamenco singer Enrique Morente, and was also part of the new Jerry González quartet. He is band leader and producer for numerous projects, including his own orchestral project. He is a Grammy winner and nominee in multiple categories as interpreter and author and deeply cherished as a producer and ambassador of Latin Jazz and Cuban Popular music worldwide.

What: Alain Perez y la Orquesta in concert

When: Saturday, March 1st at 8:00 p.m. (Doors open at 7:00 p.m.)

Where: Miami Beach Bandshell (7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach FL. 33141)

Tickets: TO BE ANNOUNCED

This performance is part of Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series, a program that consists of off-site performances at alternative venues with our community partners, ensuring that the magic of the performing arts continues to captivate audiences while MDCA is temporarily closed for renovations.

Financial and administrative support for this event is provided in part by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Knight Foundation; Miami Light Project; The City of Miami Beach Division of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Arts Council; Miami Beach Bandshell, Rhythm Foundation; MiamiArtZine; WLRN; Culture Shock and Artburst.