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Friday, January 16, 2015
Big Night in Little Haiti featuring System Band
Little Haiti Cultural Center, 6-10pm


The January edition featuring popular Haitian konpa group System Band with an opening set by Karizma! What a great way to kick off 2015. 

In the gallery, a last chance to see Borderless Caribbean (Unmapped Trajectories), an Art Basel-sanctioned exhibit presented with the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance. 

The night will featuring delicious kreyol cuisine from Leela’s Lakay and other specialties.

The hands-on art activities for kids are sponsored by Positive Impact Foundation / Kose Famn and Bass Museum of Art.

Big Night in Little Haiti takes place every 3rd Friday, free, at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Major support is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Additional sponsors and partners include Digicel, AmericanAirlines, City of Miami, Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Friday, September 19, 2014

Little Haiti Cultural Center
6-10pm




Jahfe plays a heavy fusion of roots reggae with rocking dub-hop. Representing the power of youth and the wisdom of roots culture, their performance reflect the true ability of conscious music to connect people of all backgrounds. Favorites of Miami’s music scene, Jahfe members represent diverse international cultural roots – from Haiti to Spain, Israel, Cuba, Czech Republic, Morocco, and the USA. The musicians and band have worked with a who’s who in reggae, most recently a hit song with popular star Sean Paul.

Between sets, DJ Mack.

In the gallery, Guantanamo Memory Project.

A rocking after party at 7th Circuit with the Moksha Roots Allstars and special guests.

The night will featuring delicious kreyol cuisine from Leela’s Lakay, Hyper Malt, Prestige Beer and Clairin Rum at the bar, and more. Have you tried Clairin? It is a uniquely Haitian “rum agricole”, imported to the US for the first time! Enjoy a special Big Night Big Punch.

The hands-on art activities for kids are sponsored by Positive Impact Foundation / Kose Famn and Bass Museum of Art.

Big Night in Little Haiti takes place every 3rd Friday, free, at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Major support is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Additional sponsors and partners include Hyper Malt, Clairin, Prestige Beer, FIAT of North Miami, AmericanAirlines, City of Miami, Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

LHCC: 212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami, FL 33137
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Lauderhill Steel Ensemble
6-9pm
Perez Art Museum Miami

In honor of Caribbean-American Heritage Month and a season at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) dedicated to Caribbean art, PAMM and The Rhythm Foundation present the Lauderhill Steel Ensemble who will present a preview of their upcoming Colors of the Caribbean Festival performance. 

Attendees are invited to enjoy the Lauderhill Steel Ensemble on the outdoor terrace, cocktails from PAMM's waterfront bars, and Caribbean art exhibitions including "Caribbean: Crossroads of the World" and "Edouard Duval-Carrié: Imagined Landscapes." 

FREE admission. Self-parking on-site as available ($2/hour) / Metromover: Museum Park station.
Wednesday April 2, 2014-Saturday, April 6, 2014
Rhythm Foundation presents the Heineken Transatlantic Festival


♪ EAGLE CHIEF
♪ HUNTERS OF THE ALPS

FREE | 21+ | 10PM | Blackbird Ordinary Map



North Beach Bandshell 7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach Map
6-11PM – Day 1:
♪ AFROBETA [OPENING SET]
♪ ESTEMAN [COLOMBIA, FL DEBUT]
♪ ASTRO [CHILE, FL DEBUT]

Tickets: $23 Advance / $28 Door / $40 2-Day Festival Pass. Purchase Online or Call (305) 672-5202.

Also available at: Sweat Records (5505 NE 2 Avenue, Miami), RadioActive Records (845 North Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale) and Urban Resource (1193 – 71st Street, Miami Beach).

✸ After Party with DJ Fabio Soul at Sandbar Lounge Map
Free | 21+



North Beach Bandshell 7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach Map
6-11PM – Day 2:
♪ TREMENDS [OPENING SET]
♪ THE COURTNEY JOHN PROJECT [JAMAICA, FL DEBUT]
♪ BOMBINO [NIGER, FL DEBUT]

Tickets: $23 Advance / $28 Door / $40 2-Day Festival Pass. Purchase Online or Call (305) 672-5202.

Also available at: Sweat Records (5505 NE 2 Avenue, Miami), RadioActive Records (845 North Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale) and Urban Resource (1193 – 71st Street, Miami Beach).

✸ After Party with DJ Fabio Soul at Sandbar Lounge Map
Free | 21+
Friday, January 17, 2014
Little Haiti Cultural Center
6-10pm


Djakout #1 is one of the top bands in Haitian music today,
making their Big Night in Little Haiti debut this month.

Opening set by Pouvwa.

Between bands, enjoy DJ Mack of Mizikpam.com

The night will featuring delicious kreyol cuisine from Leela’s Lakay, ice cold Prestige Beer at the bar, and more. The hands-on art activities for kids are sponsored by Positive Impact Foundation / Kose Famn and Bass Museum of Art.

Photographer Richardson Dorvil will showcase his gorgeous now book Découvrir / Discover Haiti, with copies available for purchase and signing. Dorvil holds many titles: writer, designer and photographer, cultural ambassador of Haiti. He invites you to view the beauty of Haiti through his lenses and a difference face of the country.

In the gallery, Global Caribbean V, a selection of top contemporary Caribbean visual artists, presented by the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance. This will be a last chance to see this Art Basel-sanctioned exhibition.

Big Night in Little Haiti takes place every 3rd Friday, free, at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Major support is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Boom. Additional sponsors and partners include Prestige Beer, FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center, FIAT of North Miami, AmericanAirlines, The Miami Foundation, City of Miami, Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Big Night in Little Haiti, featuring RAM
6-10pm, Little Haiti Cultural Center

RAM is the band started by Richard Morse, who runs the historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-Au-Prince.
RAM plays most Thursday nights in PAP, and gets you dancing and sweating to their style of mizik rasin.
Truly, one of my favorite nights in Haiti, and happy that they will be coming to share their music with Miami.


RAM is a legendary 13-member rasin band based Haiti, founded in 1990. Their music is “voudou rock ‘n’ roots”, a style pioneered by bandleader Richard Morse to meld his love of both Haitian roots culture and rock. They are famed for their regular Thursday night performances at Morse’s historic Hotel Oloffson in downtown Port au Price, attended by a wide spectrum of the country’s political and cultural leaders. Through their music, the group pushes forward a message of freedom for Haitian people, with a base of traditional voudou-inspired lyrics and instruments in a modern rock and roll context.

In RAM, one hears the beautiful complexity of the past, present and future of the Caribbean. Morse was born in Puerto Rico – his father an American sociologist and his mother famed Haitian singer Emirante de Pradine. Morse graduated from Princeton in 1979, an anthropology student who also played in a punk rock band. A change of life in 1987 brought him to Haiti, where he took over the operation of the historic but near-ruined Oloffson Hotel. The folkloric dance troupe Morse hired for the hotel became the base of his new band. RAM formed the nucleus of the rising rasin (roots) music movement – combining elements of ceremonial voudou traditions, folk styles and American rock and roll.
Friday October 18, 2013 – 6pm to 10pm

One of our our fave Haitian bands! Come out and dance, and enjoy the Haitian culture & food! 
Save the date for next month's Big Night Little Haiti featuring RAM on November 15, 
another fave band of ours from the Hotel Oloffson in PAP, Haiti.

T-Vice – Haitian konpa superstars
Opening set by Hector Lominy
Special Creole Spice culinary experience – a taste of Haiti
In the gallery:  LHCC Local Artist Series IV


Big Night in Little Haiti also features DJ Mack of Mizikpam.com between sets, art exhibits in the gallery, open studios, children’s activities, food, drinks, arts and crafts, fun and more – all free and open to the public!

Creole Spice: A Taste of Haiti
In conjunction with the Consulate General of Haiti’s monthlong Creole Spice cultural iniative, Big Night in Little Haiti will celebrate the deliciousness of Haitian food.  Patrons are invited to experience “A Taste of Haiti”, as chefs and purveyors will provide samples of specialities, delicacies and cuisine.
Fri 8/16: Big Night Little Haiti


Friday, August 16, 2013 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm


This will be the first time in history that a traditional maracatu group from Recife, Brazil tours the the USA. Estrelha Brilante will visit the US for a groundbreaking tour, joined by NYC based Brazilian group Nation Beat. And when they stop in Miami, they meet Haiti in an explosion of marching music. Rasin Lakay brings the percussion and horns of Haitian roots music into the mix, live from the heart of Little Haiti.

Founded in 1906, Estrela Brilhante is one of the most renowned traditional maracatu groups in the world. Led by the legendary Mestre Walter and Queen Dona Marivalda, Estrela Brilhante has performed throughout Brazil and Europe, with numerous Carnival competition championship titles in Recife, including 2012 and 2013. Maracatu de baque virado is a dynamic rhythm from the northeast of Brazil, propulsive and dramatic, steeped in African and Indigenous traditions with religious overtones. Its massive percussion groups and dancers lead the way for the king, queen, princess, and crowds of revelers who follow the rhythm of the music and the movement of the court.

Between bands, enjoy DJ Mack of Mizikpam.com

The night will featuring delicious kreyol cuisine from Leela’s Lakay, ice cold Prestige Beer at the bar, and more.

The hands-on art activities for kids are sponsored by Positive Impact Foundation / Kose Famn.

Big Night in Little Haiti takes place every 3rd Friday, free, at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. 
Big Night in Little Haiti
Friday, July 19, 2013
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm


Big Night welcomes the kings of konpa Tabou Combo!
The legendary band is celebrating 45 years of top Haitian music.
Between bands, enjoy DJ Mack of Mizikpam.com

In the gallery, we have a special treat. We are featuring some of the best photographs that photographer Luis Olazabal has taken at the first two years of Big Night in Little Haiti. Here is a chance to re-live some magic nights with photos.

The night will featuring delicious kreyol cuisine from Leela’s Lakay, ice cold Prestige Beer at the bar, and more.

The hands-on art activities for kids are sponsored by Positive Impact Foundation / Kose Famn.

Big Night in Little Haiti takes place every 3rd Friday, free, at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Major support is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Boom. Additional sponsors and partners include Prestige Beer, FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center, FIAT of North Miami, AmericanAirlines, City of Miami and Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs.



Friday June 21st, 6pm to 10pm
Little Haiti Cultural Center
212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami, FL 33137
Celebrate Fete de la Musique, the Francophone holiday to welcome summer with music, at Big Night.
 The night starts with an Open Stage – we want YOU! Singers, musicians, poets, performers, download an application here, or call (305) 672-5202.

Featured Concert: Stevy Mahy

Following the Open Stage, Stevy Mahy performs. Stevy is born in Paris, raised in France and Guadeloupe. Her music takes you on a beautiful kreyol folk music trip, anchored by her lovely voice. Performing since 2010, she is one of the exciting new starts of “la nouvelle scene” Visit Stevy Mahy online.

DJ Mack of Mizikpam.com plays some great music between sets

In the Gallery, the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance presents Donna Karan’s Discover Haiti.

Positive Impact hosts the hands-on art activities for kids in the studio.

FREE Every third Friday, enjoy a night of music, art, food, culture and fun, produced by The Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center. Big Night in Little Haiti was named Best Festival by New Times Best of Miami 2012
Friday May 17, 2013
Big Night in Little Haiti

Sak Pase!
May is Haitian Heritage Month, and some wonderful events are planned for the Little Haiti Cultural Center to celebrate, and Big Night in Little Haiti will be a highlight.

Friday May 17th, 6pm - 10pm
Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212 NE 59 Terrace, Miami 33137
FREE
Big Night in Little Haiti celebrates Haitian Heritage Month

Live concerts in the plaza by konpa legends Skah Shah #1 and rising new stars X-Tassy
Also featuring Rara Lakay, DJ Mack of Mizikpam.com, and ESMIA Children's Orchestra of Miami Music Project
in the gallery, Donna Karan's Discover Haiti, presented by Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance and Urban Zen Project
Delicious kreyol cuisine, cold drinks, activities for kids and much more.

Produced by Rhythm Foundation and the Little Haiti Cultural Center
Major support from the John S and James L Knight Foundation and Boom


Win a pair of tickets to see Bomba Estereo live on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 
the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach. 
To enter the contest, retweet our post on Twitter, or share with your friends on Facebook (be sure to like us, then tag us!)
We will add all the names to a random drawing and will choose the winner Friday morning!

Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2013
A series of modern world music concerts at the North Beach Bandshell and area clubs, bringing the sound of the world right now to the stage.  The Festival features artists working with the beautiful collision between electronica influences and traditional sounds from Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond.

Launch party Thur April 4th, 9PM with Psychic Mirrors in concert at Blackbird Ordinary, 729 SW 1st Avenue, Miami 33130, free

Friday April 5th – 7 PM
Bajofondo; opening set The Hongs
North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach

Saturday April 6th – 7 PM
Bomba Estereo; Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora; opening set Krisp
North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach

Wrap up party Sun. April 7th, 4 PM with Beat Machines, DJ Mr Pauer, a sunset backyard BBQ at Gramps, 176 NW 24 Street, 33127, free

Tickets $23 advance/ $28 at the door/ weekend pass $35, through TransAtlanticFestival.com or (305) 672-5202
BIG NIGHT LITTLE HAITI

Every third Friday, Little Haiti opens up with a free night of music, art, food, culture and fun.
Produced by The Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center, we feature free music on the plaza from 6PM-10PM. 
World class exhibits in the Center gallery, hands-on activities for kids in the studio and much more.

Big Night in Little Haiti is presented with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Additional support is received from the American Airlines, FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center, Mizikpam.com, City of Miami and Prestige Beer. Media support is received from WSRF 1580, WHQT 1600, Koze Famn and Positive Impact Foundation.



FRI. MARCH 15TH - 6pm TO 10pm Free!
LITTLE HAITI CULTURAL CENTER
212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami 33139

7:00 PM PAPY JOY LE TWOUBADOU in the plaza

8:30 PM MAGNUM BAND BEATZ in the plaza

Between sets, DJ Mack and Mizikpam.com

Family Art Corner hosted by Positive Impact Foundation and Bass Museum of Art.

In the gallery:
Indiceme: Afro-Cuban Abakua by Pepe Orbein.

“Art in the Sky” presented by the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance will be featuring an interactive floating balloon sculpture at the event based on the artwork of Haitian-American artist Asser Saint-Val.

LHCC Supports Women Artists: Multi-cultural Spoken Soul Festival Alumna will have artwork on Exhibit in the LHCC Theater Lobby as a part of the center's celebration of Women's Month.

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Delou Dance Africa will be offering a drumming workshop for children aged 5-12. ($10 per child)

After show party at 7th Circuit Studios with Moksha Roots All Stars


FRI. AUGUST 17TH - 6pm TO 10pm
Free!

6:30pm: Rasin Lakay in the plaza

8:00pm: Jean P Jam in the plaza

Between sets, Mizikpam.com brings you DJ Mack

Family Art Corner hosted by Positive Impact Foundation.
In the gallery: IPC Photo Lab Exhibition
Big Picture: 17 photojournalists and 17 distinct views on the news

7th Circuit Studios, (228 NE 59 Street) hosts an after show party each month featuring the Moksha Roots Allstars and special guests. Before 10PM the gallery is free. After 10PM, admission is $10.MokshaFamily.com
One of our favorite monthly events! If you haven't checked out Big Night Little Haiti, you are missing out on a great cultural experience of the music, food, and happiness of our Haitian community!



Little Haiti Cultural Center Plaza, 6PM - 10PM:
212 NE 59 Terrace, Miami 33137 - FREE
  • Konpa band Groove Relax in the plaza
    Kreyol jazz star Jowee Omicil
  • Arts + Crafts vendors
  • Haitian Food for sale, bars by Spuntino
  • Carnival Costumes direct from Port-au Prince, Haiti on exhibit in the Studios
  • Global Caribbean III, presented by Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance: Haiti: Kingdom of This World on exhibit in the gallery, [An official Art Basel sanctioned exhibition]
    website
  • 6:30 pm - 8:30PM Family Art Corner by Positive Impact Foundation: Carnival Crafts
  • Music between sets provided by DJ Mack and Mizikpam.com. EnjoyMizikpam.com internet Haitian radio.
Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance225 NE 59 Street, Miami 33137
6PM - 10PM - free
website
Leela's Lakou
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening 9PM enjoy outstanding Hatitian music from Groove Relax, performance and comedy. Delicious Lunch and dinner is served every day!
5650 NE 2 Avenue, Miami • (305) 982-0687
7th Circuit Studios
228 NE 59 Street, Miami 33137
6PM - 10PM: Open Studio
website
Big Night In Little Haiti June 17th: Ayabonmbe and Magnum Band 
BIG NIGHT IN LITTLE HAITI
FRIDAY JUNE 17TH, 6PM
MAGNUM BAND & AYABONMBE free concert  
Magnum Band site 
Ayabonmbe site


The June edition brings true legends of Haitian music to the Little Haiti Cultural Center plaza. Magnum Band is one of the longest running, most enthralling and diverse musical ensembles Haiti has ever produced.  Founded in 1976 in Haiti and based in the US since the 1980s, Magnum Band has been developing the classic compas sound for 35 years, with blazing guitars, jazzy horn arrangements, sophisticated phrasing, and socially conscious lyrics - an explosion of diverse beats and rhythms anchored in Caribbean culture.  The founders, brothers Dadou and Tico Pasquet, continue to lead the group, featuring top Haitian artists. 

The night opens with a set by Ayabonmbe, an 8-member Haitian racine (roots) music and dance group.  More than 20 traditional Afro-Caribbean rhythms form the beat for this vibrant ensemble, led by composer and founder Marc Joseph, and percussionist Patou Lindor.  Ayabonmbe is the war cry of the Arawak Indians, defending their sacred Caribbean homelands, and it remains today a leitmotif in the struggle for education and peace.

Big Night in Little Haiti also features arts and crafts vendors, visual arts (the MAGNIFICENT Contemporary Haitian Textiles exhibit) in the Gallery, hands-on activities for children, open gallery space at the neighboring Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance and 7th Circuit Studios, food, drinks and fun. After 10PM, 7th Circuit Studios hosts the after concert show with the Moksha Family All Stars and special guests.

LITTLE HAITI CULTURAL CENTER:  212-260 NE 59th Terrace, Miami. 
Free and open to the public.  Details BigNightLittleHaiti.com or (305) 960-296
Beethova Obas at Big Night in Little Haiti - free night of music and art
A very Big Night in Little Haiti this Friday, May 20th, 6PM - 10PM: FREE concert in the plaza by revered Haitian singer-songwriter Beethova Obas
Opening set Rosamora
Little Haiti Cultural Center  212 NE 59th Terrace, Miami 33137
(305) 960-2969
BigNightLittleHaiti.com

Also at the Center:
  • Opening ofContemporary Haitian Textiles exhibit, presented with the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance
  • FIU College of Arts and Architecture / TAG Project: hands on activity to create wearable art and shoes for the children of Haiti
  • Mural project by MLK Community artists
  • Arts and crafts vendors
  • Food & Drinks from Chef Creole and Spuntino
Beethova Obas builds upon Haiti's rich diverse traditions - the elegant contribution of French chanson, African roots music, lyrical Caribbean dance rhythms.  Here is world music at its best - a true fusion that speaks strongly of Haiti even as it incorporates Brazilian, Cuban, and jazz stylings.  Beethova received his name, foretelling a musical future, from his father the renowned painter Charles Obas.  His father was murdered under the Duvalier regime, while Beethova was still a teen.  He determined to carry out his father's wish, that he become a great musical artist.  Over the past 30 years, his music has become a symbol of both courage and of serenity.  In between ballad-like melodies and rhythmic African beats, he shares his life's story with powerful lyrics and colorful tones.  He is now working with his brother Emanuel, also a singer and visual artist, and has been active in humanitarian work since last year's earthquake.
Beethova Obas online

Some of my favorite songs from him:

7th Circuit Studios (across the street), 228 NE 59 Street, Miami
Open Studio (free) 6pm - 10pm
10pm ($10):  Jan Sebon + Kazak International, Moksha Family Roots Collective, Niyabingi Drummers, DJ Moses, Live painting by Brandon Paul, visuals by VJ Care, Tibe of the Red Moon



FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011
Little Haiti Cultural Center Plaza:212 NE 59 Terrace, Miami 33137
6PM - 10PM - free
Pokito + Jean P Jam in concert
Rara Kuyu and Universal Soul Arts in concert
Arts + Crafts
In the gallery:
website
Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance225 NE 59 Street, Miami 33137
6PM - 10PM - free
Global Caribbean II including highlights from the upcoming Contemporary Haitian Textiles exhibit
Open studio for painter / sculptor Eduard Duval Carrié
Open studio for photographer Carl Juste
website
Sweat Records5505 NE 2 Avenue, Miami 33137
7 - 9PM - free
Best of Sweat Variety Show including Casa de Haha and Pure Imagination live
website

7 Circuit Studios228 NE 59 Street, Miami 33137
Gallery, store and bar open 8PM - 11PM, free
Nag Champayons in concert
Moksha All Stars with special guests
Concert admissions (after 11PM) $10
website

Bajofondo
The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
1700 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
The Rhythm Foundation brings you Bajofondo, which takes the seductive classic sounds of tango and unites them with the grooves of club culture, dub rhythms, and gorgeous video projections. The group was formed in 2003 by renowned Academy Award and multiple GRAMMY winning producer Gustavo Santaolalla, to bring together the talented young tango musicians, beautiful singers, visual artists and DJs of Argentina and Uruguay. They are now releasing a new CD, Mar Dulce.
When? Tue., Oct. 14 8:00pm



14th Annual Coral Gables OktoberfestThrough October 13

Thousands of revelers will head to Fritz & Franz Bierhaus to celebrate Oktoberfest in authentic Bavarian tradition. From October 2nd through the 13th, enjoy German beer, delicious food and great German music. There will be yodeling contests and good old-fashioned eating contests - schnitzel and bratwurst! What better venue to host Oktoberfest than a place that was voted "City's Best Beer 2008."Fritz & Franz Bierhaus60 Merrick Way, Coral Gables



Oct 17 at 7 pm at AF Miami
INITIATION à la DEGUSTATION
Classe en français avec Alexandre Barrellier de Wine and Cellar Concept Members $30. Reservations mandatory: 305.859.8760. Max: 24 pers
Dégustation de vin francais: Vins du Pays d'Oc, Bourgogne, Bordeaux, Vallee de la Loire, Vallee du Rhone. You can read all the books (and there are plenty) written on wine to become more knowledgeable on the subject, but the best way to truly enhance your understanding of wine is to taste as many wines as possible