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Talk Tea V, 06/07/26
Bronx River Sounds Festival 2026 Returns for a Second Weekend of Music and Culture
By Damian Ali | web link
The Bronx River Sounds Festival continues June 12 through June 14, bringing another weekend of live music, workshops, and cultural programming to the Bronx River Art Center.
The annual festival, presented by the Bronx River Art Center, celebrates the multicultural heritage of The Bronx through performances, educational workshops, and family-friendly activities. This year's festival takes place across two weekends and features artists, musicians, and educators from the Bronx and beyond.
The festival opened June 5 with a performance by Dominican singer-songwriter Yasser Tejeda. The first weekend also included a dance workshop, performances by Tal Yahalom: Mirror Image and Jeremy Bosch, plus a family arts and crafts workshop and a children's performance by Peruvian singer-songwriter Flor Bromley.
GRAMMY-nominated Bromley combines storytelling, global rhythms, and theater to honor Latin culture and motivate children with her acclaimed work.
Programming resumes Friday, June 12, with The Art of Rhyme workshop led by Bronx-born hip hop artist, educator, and percussionist Randy Mason at 5 p.m. Mason's work blends New York hip hop with Afro-Peruvian percussion traditions while drawing on his Puerto Rican and African American heritage.
Musical performances follow from Lau Noah at 6 p.m. and Grammy-nominated composer and saxophonist Yosvany Terry at 8 p.m. A singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer from Catalonia, Spain, Lau Noah has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall and NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series. Terry, a Cuban-born musician and educator, is known for bringing together Cuban roots music and jazz, earning a Grammy nomination for his album New Throned King.
On Saturday, June 13, visitors can take part in an Afro-Caribbean Percussion Workshop before performances by Daniel Prim y Su Parampampan and Cesar Orozco & SonAhead. A Latin Grammy-winning drummer and percussionist from Venezuela, Prim blends Afro-Venezuelan musical traditions with jazz through his project Parampampan. Orozco, a Cuban-Venezuelan pianist, composer, and recent Latin Grammy winner for his arrangement of Camaleón, leads SonAhead, a project that combines Cuban son, jazz, electronic music, and timba influences.
The festival concludes Sunday, June 14, with a free Jonkonnu Costume Parade Presentation and Workshop celebrating Caribbean cultural traditions, followed by HOPE-MADE BREAD: Una historia sobre Las Patronas (A Story About Las Patronas). Created by Bronx-based Mexican dancer and choreographer Argelia Arreola, the work draws on African, Afro-Cuban, and Mexican movement traditions and reflects her ongoing exploration of rhythm, migration, and cultural identity.
Bronx River Sounds has become a recurring summer tradition for the organization, combining music, arts education, and cultural programming in a community setting. Special discounts are available for Bronx residents, SNAP recipients, and Bronx River Art Center students and families. Youth and senior ticket discounts are also available for eligible attendees.