On Sunday, November 1, from 2:00pm – 8:00pm artists and friends Rick Moreno, Maria Luisa Colmenarez & Chris Esparza will welcome the Dead (and the living) at La Ultima Parada: A Celebration of Life on the Day of the Dead. Please come and join our annual, intimate gathering of artists, musicians, dancers and friends. We are very grateful for the generous support of our Event Padrino, Alcario “Al” Castellano. The event will be held at the School of Arts & Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock, San Jose and will feature live music and dance presentations, delicious food offerings, traditional altars, Day of the Dead Mercado and kiddie rides in the Carnaval alongside Alum Rock Avenue.
LUP 2015 is excited to feature FutureArtsNow! and the quintessential sounds of Sonido Clash for the duration of the event in the MHP Garden, aptly renamed the “Sonido De Los Muertos Calavera Cumbia Yard”. The collective will include super member DJ Roger Mas also known as El Mero Guero of Oakland, California and resident DJ’s Turbo Sonidero and Chatos 1013. All three residents will be blending a traditional sound, playing vinyl selections along with a more modern the mixes electronic and tropical bass sounds.
The Sonido Clash sound is truly a sound experience to San José. Part influenced by Mexican Cumbia called “Sonidero” or “Poblana” that regionally derives Puebla and Mexico City, and part influenced by three generations East San Jose sounds, that includes oldies / chicano soul, 80’s hip hop and it’s embedded african roots, freestyle and high energy, and heritage sounds of the neighborhood like mariachi and banda and indigenous drums of Aztec dance troupes.
Sonido Clash is a collective artists, event producers, organizers and activists the presents events the explores the intersection of traditional, modern, and future of the collective Latin sound diaspora. Approaching each project with careful curation Sonido Clash has established itself as a taste making force in the San José and the greater bay area by bringing artists from all over the globe to it’s region. After initially launching in the fall of 2009, SC has Strengthening of it’s sound by monthly happenings in collaboration with Universal Grammar’s Live At The Pagoda Music Series at Fairmont San José, and has been a roving sound system in San Jose and cities beyond including San Antonio, Los Angeles, Fresno, Chicago, San Diego, Tijuana, Puebla Mexico, Oakland and San Francisco.
The “Sonido De Los Muertos Calavera Cumbia Yard” will also feature FutureArtsNow! presenting Hip Hop performances by youth ages 6-12 and an extended demo on the Plaza Stage at 6:30pm. FutureArtsNow! is an arts education program that creates a space for emerging local artists to share their skills and love of their respective craft with at-risk youth. They recruit and train some most accomplished and dynamic dancers, visual artists, and media arts professionals in the south bay and give the opportunity to work with at-risk youth in the after and during school settings. For more information, please visit their website at FutureArtsNow!
La Ultima Parada doors will open at 2 pm. Cooperacion is $5.00; children ages 12 & under free. Get your tickets now at laultimaparada.brownpapertickets.com
