Friday is the end. No, it’s not the end of the world. It’s our last Festa For All party!

This is our going away celebration, and we need your help to make it an unforgettable night.

DJ Provoke is kicking the party off followed by free dance lessons from Forever Dancing at 11pm. Coisa Boa will be rocking live forro and samba the rest of the night.

Get to Liv early and enjoy 2 for 1 beer specials! Read More

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Our July Summer Samba party was a blast, and we’re only two weeks away from more live forro and samba! Join Coisa Boa, Borimbora, and DJ Provoke at Liv on U-Street on Friday, August 26.

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Check out photos from Festa For All’s July Summer Samba party. Our next party is Friday, August 26 – see you there!

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Support your local poets! Cafe Muse literary Series is hosting a bilingual poetry reading tonight in Friendship Heights.

The Spanish poetry anthology – Al pie de la Casa Blanca – Poetas hispanos de Washington, DC – is a tribute to Puerto Rican poet, Egla Morales Blouin Egla features the work of poets Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Rei Berroa, David Camero, Egla Morales Blouin, Carlos Parada Ayala, Milagros Teran and Ada Vilageliu Diaz.

Tonight’s poems will be read in Spanish and translated to English. An open mic will follow the reading. Learn more about the Cafe Muse series.

Monday, July 18 – 7pm – 9pm
Friendship Heights Village Center
4433 South Park Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD

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The monthly Back Porch Sunday Series in Mount Pleasant, DC, will feature two Brazilian groups and a Rock/Reggae En Espanol band.

This should be a very fun as it is literally a back porch party.

EVENT DEETS:

Kicking-off the day with a high-impact, interactive rhythmic set from Maracatu Baque do Mangue!

Closely Followed by a set of hauntingly rich vocals on Brazilian jazz with Andrea Wood.

We’ll close the night with some punky reggae rock en espanol by Kick O Man

BYOB/Water and Dancing shoes. . .this is going to be good.

The short list:

What: 2nd Back Porch Sunday

When: Sunday, July 17th from 4.30 -9pm. *Music starts around 5pm.

Where: An Irving Street backyard in Mt. Pleasant. Follow the balloons down our alley- the entrance is on the west side of Mt. Pleasant Street in bteween Irving and Hobart, next to the Autobody shop.

How: BYOB and reserve your EVENTBRIGHT TICKET now! Space is limited.

Tonight the Bossa Nova Band Circo da Bossa will have a change in it’s musician line up. Cissa Paz, vocals and Pablo do Cavaco, percussion will still perform. But the band will now feature Didier Prossaird on Keys. Circo da Bossa will play from 8pm to 10pm. They Will be playing from 8 to 10 pm at The Grill From Ipanema in Adams Morgan. It will be a great environment for dinner and drinks. And at 10pm you can head to 18 St. Lounge where Soul Brazil Band will be starting up.

French pianist Didier Prossaird, has been performing in the DC-Baltimore area for the past 10 years, collaborating with salsa greats Tito Allen and Frankie Vasquez, touring the US and abroad with the Washington ballet and providing Latin andSalsa music for the hottest dance nights in the Capital. Didier is also the founder and leader of the ten-piece salsa band Sin Miedo.