This week Havana is jamming to the sounds of the 34th Festival de Jazz Plaza. This is the biggest and the best Jazz Festival produced in Cuba, but it’s also notoriously difficult to find out who’s playing where and when. Havana VIP to the rescue! We’ve done our best to compile all the information we could get. If you are in Havana please share this info with others. There are a ton of options, and if you have the festival credential you should try to see as much as you can.
This Sunday Jan 21 the Festival closes with simultaneous performances in different locations by the great Omara Portuondo in the Sala Avellaneda of the Teatro Nacional, and Dayme Arocena in the Teatro Mella. This is as cruel a decision as Sofie’s Choice, and unless you can be in two concerts at once you’ll have to pick just one.
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Here are our Havana Nightlife Tips 2019 Jan 15 – 22
Havana Live Tuesday Jan 15
9:00 PM – Festival de Jazz Plaza
This is the biggest international Jazz festival Cuba holds.
Sala Covarrubias: Jordi Sabatés, Jorge Luis Pacheco y La orquesta Juvenil A´rimas
Sala Avellaneda: Don Barnett Big Band/Giraldo Piloto
Teatro Nacional de Cuba
Havana Live Wednesday Jan 16
9:00 PM – Festival de Jazz Plaza
Nave 3 (9:00 pm): Camp Kirkland and Metro Big
Nave 1 (10:00 pm): Adrian Laies y Trio Colegiales
Nave 4 (11:00 pm): Janet Valdés
Fabrica de Arte
Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13 (Puente de Hierro), El Vedado, LA HABANA, CUBA
+53 (7) 838-226
Havana Live Thursday Jan 17
9:00 PM – Festival de Jazz Plaza
Nave 3 (9:00 pm): Roberto Carcassés y Quinteto de Cuerdas
Nave 1 (10:00 pm): Lucía Rey Trio
Nave 4 (11:00 pm): Dafnis Prieto
Nave 1 (1:00 am): Jam Session de Jazz Marcos Morales
Fabrica de Arte
Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13 (Puente de Hierro), El Vedado, LA HABANA, CUBA
+53 (7) 838-226
Havana Live Friday Jan 18
9:00 PM Festival de Jazz Plaza
Nave 3 (9:00 pm): Emma Pack & Dan Barnett
Nave 1 (10:00 pm): Sebastian Achunke, Diego Piñera y Julio Padrón
Nave 4 (11:00 pm): The Common Taters Southern Funk Band
Nave 1 (1:00 am): Jam Session Orlando Valle Maraca
Fabrica de Arte
Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13 (Puente de Hierro), El Vedado, LA HABANA, CUBA
+53 (7) 838-2260
Havana Live Saturday Jan 19
6:00 PM – Festival de Jazz Plaza
Muñequitos de Matanzas are one of the great afro-cuban folkloric ensembles of Cuba recording since 1956!
Teatro Nacional de Cuba
Havana, HAVANA, CUBA
Havana Live Sunday Jan 20
9:00 PM – Festival de Jazz Plaza
Sala Avellaneda: The Cuban Voices: Roberto Fonseca, Omara Portuondo, and much more
Teatro Nacional de Cuba
9:00 PM – Festival de Jazz Plaza
Dayme Arocena!
Teatro Mella
Línea entre A y B, El Vedado, La Habana, Cuba