14 April 2024
NOTE TIME: 4.30pm-7.30pm
Join us for an afternoon of festivities to celebrate Spring. Just like a feria in Spain, but without the horses! Suitable for families with children. Authentically decorated caseta, traditional tapas and refreshments at reasonable prices. Sevillanas dancing. Best costume competition. Stalls. Live music. Lots of fun! Baile! Baile! Baile!
A Peña Flamenca de Londres collaboration with Ilusión Flamenca School director director Ángela Alonso.
Early bird booking – reduced ticket prices end at 11pm on 3 April.
Tickets:
Until 3 April – £20 plus booking fee (£10 children)
From 4 April – £23 plus booking fee (£12 children)
Peña Members – £15 plus booking fee
On the door on the day if not sold out – £30 (children £15)
The event is organised by:
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12 May
José Franco Flamenco Group featuring Inma Carmona
José Franco is an award winning dancer from the Sara Baras Dance Company!
Tickets on sale already. Not to be missed!
José Franco from Madrid studied at the Carmen Amaya dance academy and has since worked with many renowned flamenco dance companies, including Aida Gómez, Rafael Aguilar, Manuel Liñán, Antonio Canales, Centro Andaluz de Danza, Taller Ballet Nacional de España and Carmen Mota.
He is a member of the Sara Baras flamenco ballet company, with which he appeared in the 2019 Sadlers Wells Flamenco Festival.
José has performed and taught flamenco workshops in Spain, Germany and France.
He is co-director and teacher at El Taller de Artes project in Estepona, Malaga, where he is currently based.
This is his debut solo flamenco show in London. Bienvenido José!
Inmaculada Carmona from Cádiz studied phsychology and dance at the Marta de la Vega school in Madrid. She was taught by Paco Romero, Marcos Flores, La Popi, Oscar Jiménez, and Rubén Olmo among others.
She has appeared in shows at the Zarzuela festival in Ciudad Real and with major flamenco dance companies such as the Ballet Flamenco de Madrid and with Carmen Mota.
Inma has performed in flamenco shows in Germany and Morocco and is co-director at the Taller de Artes flamenco project in Estepona where she lives.
Eduardo López – singer from Frigiliana near Malaga. Eduardo performs in many peñas and venues throughout Andalusía and around Europe. He has worked with the dancer Carmen Mota and is a teacher of flamenco singing at the Kina Jiménez conservatory in Almería. He recently had a scolarship with the Cristina Heeren Flamenco Art Foundation of Seville where he was taught by master flamencos such as José el de la Tomasa, Juan José Amador and Esperanza Fernández.
He has accompanied numerous dancers such as Carmen Gonzalez and Francis Hernández. In the summer of 2022 he sang for Eduardo Guerrero’s company in the show Jondo, within the Lorca cycle in the Generalife gardens in Grandada which was well received.
Francisco Martín Cerdán – guitarist has been playing guitar from childhood and studied under master guitarists in Córdoba and Seville, such as Manolo Franco, Gerardo Núñez and Juan Carlos Romero. He is part of the Susana Lupi Añez La Lupi dance group and has worked with the Tablao Los Amaya in Malaga for many years. He has accompanied many great flamenco singers such as Canilla, Antonio Fuente, Enrique Castillo, Antonio Tolo, Virginia Gamez, Francis Bonela, already entering with the most recent artists such as Rosa Linero, Fabiola Santiago, Rocío López “La Boterita”, Chelo Soto, Miguel Astorga, Canito and José Manuel Fernández.
16 June
José Almarcha Trio – featuring Lucía Ruibal
José Almarcha is a superb guitarist and composer from Ciudad Real. Lucía Ruibal is an accomplished dancer from El Puerto de Santa María near Cádiz. Demi García Sabat is a versatile percussionist. Their shows at the Peña in pasts years have been sold out so do book early!
José Almarcha studied flamenco at Córdoba Conservatory of Music in 2009 and with great flamenco masters such as Paco Serrano and Niño de Pura. He has accompanied dancers such as Olga Pericet, Marco Flores and Antonio Canales. After the excellent reception of his first album, Vejézate, he has just released his new album, Alejandra.
Lucía Ruibal studied flamenco dance with La Lupi and Mercedes Ruíz and performs in Madrid with major flamenco groups such as those of Rafael Amargo and Juan de Juan.Lucía often performs with her father, Javier Ruibal, the popular singer-songwriter.
Demi García Sabat performs with flamenco, jazz, Latin and Arabic groups around the UK and Europe. Demi studied at the London College of Music and teaches percussion.
https://demigarciasabat.com