• Welcome to Cabildo’s official website

    Cabildo is a Grand Rapids, Michigan musical collective that delivers a unique blend of rock, folk, cumbia, ska, and other genres of Latin music.

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  • Welcome to Cabildo’s official website

    Cabildo is a Grand Rapids, Michigan musical collective that delivers a unique blend of rock, folk, cumbia, ska, and other genres of Latin music.

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  • Welcome to Cabildo’s official website

    Cabildo is a Grand Rapids, Michigan musical collective that delivers a unique blend of rock, folk, cumbia, ska, and other genres of Latin music.

    Click an arrow or number to change background image.

  • Welcome to Cabildo’s official website

    Cabildo is a Grand Rapids, Michigan musical collective that delivers a unique blend of rock, folk, cumbia, ska, and other genres of Latin music.

    Click an arrow or number to change background image.

  • Welcome to Cabildo’s official website

    Cabildo is a Grand Rapids, Michigan musical collective that delivers a unique blend of rock, folk, cumbia, ska, and other genres of Latin music.

    Click an arrow or number to change background image.

  • Welcome to Cabildo’s official website

    Cabildo is a Grand Rapids, Michigan musical collective that delivers a unique blend of rock, folk, cumbia, ska, and other genres of Latin music.

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Upcoming Performances

  • Fundraiser for La Plaza Communitaria de Grand Rapids

    Fundraiser for La Plaza Communitaria de Grand Rapids

    Date: May 30, 2013 @ 7:30 pm

    Venue: 671 Davis Ave. Grand Rapids, MI

    Join us on Thursday, May 30 for a fundraiser for La Plaza Communitaria de Grand Rapids. La Plaza Communitaria provides adult education classes for the local Latino community in Grand Rapids. Proceeds to help fund the organization’s programming.

  • Local First Street Party

    Local First Street Party

    Date: June 1, 2013 @ 6:30 pm

    Venue: Outdoors on Weston St., in front of Bistro Bella Vita

    A return, for us, to this highly popular Grand Rapids celebration in support of local business. Kick your summer off right at one of the most popular outdoor music, food, & beverage festivals of the year! Event begins at 3:00pm. Our set starts at 6:30pm.

  • Festival of the Arts

    Festival of the Arts

    Date: June 7, 2013 @ 8:30 pm

    Venue: Calder Stage, Calder Plaza, Grand Rapids, MI

    Price: Free to the public

    Festival of the Arts is a community celebration in downtown Grand Rapids, featuring arts, entertainment, food, and activities. We’re excited to be performing our set at 8:30pm at the main Calder Stage!

  • Founders Fest 2013

    Founders Fest 2013

    Date: June 22, 2013 @ 4:00 pm

    Venue: Grandville Avenue between Cherry and Bartlett, Grand Rapids, MI

    We’re happy to announce our participation in Founders Fest 2013, which will once again take place in downtown Grand Rapids. Over 6000 beer and music lovers are expected to gather on Grandville Avenue between Cherry and Bartlett for the festivities.

  • Frederik Meijer Gardens Tuesday Evening Music Club

    Frederik Meijer Gardens Tuesday Evening Music Club

    Date: July 9, 2013 @ 7:00 pm

    Venue: Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park

    Price: Concerts are free with paid admission to Meijer Gardens.

    We are invited back to Frederik Meijer Gardens this summer for the Tuesday Evening Music Club. This series invites guests to enjoy the talent of local musicians in the ambiance of Meijer Gardens. Concerts are free with paid admission to Meijer Gardens.

Blog

  • Nada by Carlos Pezoa Veliz

    Carlos Pezoa Veliz was a Chilean poet who lived at the turn of 20th century and Most of his work only got to be known posthumously. He was also an educator and a journalist working for publications in Santiago and Vina del Mar. There is in his body of work a concern for social issues [...]

  • CINCO DE MUSTACHE (MAYO) AT HOPCAT!

    A emparejarse los bigotes! or draw them on your face or go to your favorite custom rental store and get some. We will be there and we will try to make you dance. There is no experience required, that’s right! Just like some of us, you might feel intimidated by Caribbean rhythms and though we [...]

  • Some known Peñas that became centers for the promotion of the arts.

    In the eighties in Chile, Peñas became itinerant events where artists had an opportunity to share their work and interact with an audience hungry to establish a connection between the social movements and the arts. Their itinerancy isn’t intrinsic to them. In fact the most iconic of them, La Peña de los Parra, was for [...]

  • Morena La Besadora (original poem)

    These are the words of the original Poem by Pablo Neruda from the book “crepusculario” we now perform as a song. Morena, la Besadora Cabellera rubia, suelta, corriendo como un estero, cabellera. Uñas duras y doradas, flores curvas y sensuales, uñas duras y doradas. Comba del vientre, escondida, y abierta como una fruta o una [...]