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Saturday, August 14, 2027
Rockaway Beach 94th Street Amphitheater, Queens, NY
A free, family-friendly day of music, capoeira, dance, workshops, food, and vendors celebrating people of the African diaspora, Indigenous communities, and the ocean.
Moments from the annual Afro-Diasporic Ocean Festival at Rockaway Beach.
Full galleries by Taj Mayne and Ricardo Botero.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 6–7 PM ET
Virtual (Zoom) · Presented by Flushing Town Hall
Join Flushing Town Hall and Yura Sapi for a free hour-long virtual workshop on overcoming barriers like self-doubt and writing compelling grant applications. Bring a drafted response for peer feedback.
Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 11 AM–3 PM
Woodside Avenue Open Street, between 76th Street and 77th Street, Queens, NY
Celebrate Halloween with free arts, culture, and community on Woodside Avenue. La Manga performs from 11–11:45 AM, bringing Afro-Caribbean Colombian rhythms to the street.
October 11, 18, 25 and 31, 2026 · 12–8 PM
Gleane Street, Elmhurst, Queens, NY Between Baxter Ave and Britton Ave
A Día de los Muertos-themed fall series bringing Acoustic Memories' Open Street programming back to Gleane Street — live music, dance, and car-free trick-or-treating for all ages.
October 8–10, 2026
Westbury Memorial Public Library, Westbury, NY & Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
The 3rd Annual Latinx Arts Festival & Book Fair, “Unbound: Resilience, Artistry & Hope,” welcomes LiberArte's Yura Sapi as a featured artist — with an original song performed alongside Amado Espinoza.
September 12 & 13, 2026
Columbia County Fairgrounds, Chatham, NY & Ether Hudson, Hudson, NY
LiberArte proudly supported the 6th annual Latinx Festival with Columbia County Sanctuary Movement — a day of culture, community, and celebration in the Hudson Valley, kicked off by Noche de Perreo.
August 15, 2026
Rockaway Beach Amphitheater, Queens, NY
A free, day-long celebration of the sacred relationship between people of the African diaspora, Indigenous communities, and the ocean — headlined by Bodoma Garifuna Cultura Band.
August 7–9, 2026
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Yura Sapi & Amado Espinoza bring Breath of the Andes — music as land memory and collective practice — to We the Land!, a gathering for Indigenous, Black & Brown earth stewards of color.
August 5, 2026
Bronx Music Hall — 438 E 163rd St, Bronx, NY
An intimate evening of artisans, vendors, live music, dance, and dialogue with artists from the Andean diaspora, presented with Bronx Music Hall and Mercado Andine.
August 4–11, 2026
Queens, New York & beyond
Bolivian multi-instrumentalist Amado Espinoza performed, taught, and took part in cultural exchange across New York City and New England.
June 21, June 28, July 5 and July 12, 2026
Gleane Street, Elmhurst, Queens, NY b
A free four-Sunday street series celebrating Terraza 7's 25 years, with live music and immigrant voices on the block where it all began.
Saturday, April 25 – Sunday, April 26, 2026
Good Life Vacation Rental Resort & Event Spaces, San Diego, CA
LiberArte board treasurer Alexandra Peek led two sessions at the Community-Centric Fundraising Family Reunion — Creativity as Medicine and Who Benefits? A Borderland Case Study in Community-Led Climate Justice.
January 11, 2026
Nuquí, Chocó, Colombia
The pulse, warmth, and togetherness of Nuquí's ancestral Tamborito tradition — rhythms, dancing, and community across generations and geographies.