Music
Since the inception of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, music has been an integral part of our programming, particularly music rooted in the Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz and straight-ahead jazz traditions as well as Hip Hop.
UpcomingEvents
- Music by Francesca Harper's modo fusion lounge
Featuring Francesca Harper
Feb 2>Tue@9:00pm>$7 - Thursday Night Latin Jazz
Featuring Chembo Corniel & his Chaworo Band
Feb 4>Thu@9:00pm>$7/$5 for students - Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz Jam & Open Mic
Hosted by Rome Neal
Featuring JAZZ THE JAPANESE CONNECTION
Feb 6>Sat@9:00pm>$15 - Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz Jam
Hosted by Rome Neal
Featuring Jazz: The Japanese Connection
Feb 6>Sat@9:00pm>$15/$10 for jammin' musicians - First Annual SuperRicanBowl Party
Featuring Live halftime performance by Preachermann
Feb 7>Sun@6:00pm>$20 adv/$30 door - Town Hall Meeting with General Steele of Smif N Wessun
Featuring General Steele of Smif N Wessun
Feb 9>Tue@7:00pm>$5 - Verbal Revolution Hip-Hop Showcase & Open Mic
Feb 9>Tue@10:00pm>$10 - Thursday Night Latin Jazz
Featuring Curtis Brothers
Feb 11>Thu@9:00pm>$7/$5 for students - Yerbabuena: Bomba y Plena: Puerto Rican Roots Music
Feb 13>Sat@10:00pm>$10 - Steam Powered Hour Matinee - Valentine's Day Edition
Hosted by Matthew Diffee
Featuring music by Reckon So and The Sassy Jenkins, Colbert writer, Frank Lesser, and New Yorker cartoonists Liza Donnelly & Michael Maslin
Feb 14>Sun@2:30pm>$10 adv/$15 door - Bloco Quimbombó
Feb 15>Mon@9:00pm>$8 - Serchlite Presents The Tug of War Tour
Featuring MC Sneakas, Mazzi, Vanessa Hidary, and Tahani Salah
Feb 16>Tue@9:00pm>$8 - Thursday Night Latin Jazz
Featuring Hector Martignon & Friends
Feb 18>Thu@9:00pm>$7/$5 for students - Special Banana Puddin' Jazz Jam
Hosted by Rome Neal
Featuring special surprise guests
Feb 22>Mon@9:00pm>$7/Free with Monk ticket - Thursday Night Latin Jazz
Featuring Willie Martinez & La Familia Sextet
Feb 25>Thu@9:00pm>$7/$5 for students - Bobby Sanabria/New School Afro-Cuban Big Band
Feb 28>Sun@8:00pm>$10







