Pablo Cardenas Presents “Club Havana”

Salsa Class starts at: 7:30 PM Show (1st set) starts at: 9:00 PM Dance performance (before show 2nd set) starts at: 10:30 PM Show ends at: 12:00 AM Latin DJ ends at: 12:30 PM “Club Havana” is an event dedicated to the history of popular Cuban music and its more legendary musicians, on which you will enjoy the endless universe of rhythms and melodies originated from the island of music. Pablo Cardenas and The West Coast Cuban Orchestra will show you a great variety of rhythms and musical genres originated in Cuba from the roots to the most modern tendencies. Those sounds that also represent Latin music in a big portion, like the traditional Son, Cha cha, Cuban Salsa, Danzon, Mambo, Conga, Rumba, Bolero and more. This will be an evening to not miss with an all stars lineup of musicians and special guests, made to give you a fresh and international Cuban sound. Make sure to also catch the pre show salsa class by Christina Morrison to help you warm up, and enjoy an espectacular performance by Christinas dance screw Salsa Caliente and DJ Jorge Escobar in between sets and after band. The West Coast Cuban Orchestra was created in 2011 by the internationally renowned Cuban Pianist and Composer Pablo Cardenas. On a trip to Vancouver Island for a performance he unexpectedly decided to stay for a while and met a few musicians that inspired him to start the band, developing it as one of his main musical projects with the purpose of keeping the Cuban music roots alive in North America while adding the influence of other musical tendencies like jazz fusion and certain African rhythms and sounds. He also wanted an eclectic line up with members from different cultural and musical backgrounds to enrich even more the sound of the project. Although Pablo’s main artistic priority was still his most experimental jazz projects, he has continued to develop this band once he has made Canada his main area of residency in the last few years, and saw that the project kept having a high level of demand performing at the most important festivals and venues of the region.