December 18, 2025 8:00PM Home for the Holidays - A Concert with the Philly Roses at Jamey's House of Music

 

Jean's coming back to Philly and hosting a "Red Rose Jazz Project" Holiday Reunion Show at Jamey's House of Music in Lansdowne!

The OG Gurls!

Jean Lenke, Vocals, Suzzette Ortiz, Keys, Karen Smith, Congas & Percussion, Lynn Riley, Sax & more to come...

ABOUT THE ROSE PROJECT
www.redrosegurls.com

With performance ensembles in both Seattle & Philadelphia, The Red Rose Jazz Project honors women composers and lyricists through Classic Jazz performance and anecdotal HerStories. As an all women's collaborative, the project takes its name in honor of American Artist Violet Oakley and her "Red Rose Girls" who chose to live and work together in solidarity - focused on their art. We don’t live together, but do love working together and love playing great music written by women!

ABOUT JEAN
www.jeantherapymusic.com

With a beautifully smooth and soulful voice, Pacific Northwest Jazz, Folk & Blues vocal artist Jean Lenke paints music in full color, with broad strokes and a free hand. As bandleader her approach to music is free spirited, crossing boundaries and mixing genres ~ she doesn’t always color inside the lines. Jean’s fresh approach to Classic Jazz is influenced by an eclectic mix of mid-century Folk, Jazz-Rock Fusion and a Soulful heartfelt passion for life.

Jamey's House of Music

28 S Lansdowne Ave, Lansdowne, PA 19050-2102

December 13, 2025 5:00-9:00PM Parranda Navideña at Philly Bomba Plena Cultural Center

 

December 13, 2025, from 5-9 PM EST for the FREE PhillyBombaPlena Cultural Center Parranda Navideña! Enjoy amazing student performances and live music from Los Bomberos De La Calle! Bring your friends and family to celebrate! 

December 13, 2025 8:00PM Winter Dance Party with BlocoFunk at 118 North

 

Our 118 North Debut! Come check out our Winter Dance Party on Saturday Dec 13th.

Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm.

Two full sets of funk dance music with a Brazilian twist.

Tickets: $15 + 45.75 fee

118 N Wayne Ave, Wayne, PA 19087-3315, United States

December 12, 2025 6:00-9:00PM Holiday Party and Fundraiser at Taller Puertorriqueño

 

Friday, December 12, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Taller Puertorriqueño — 2600 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133

Celebrate the Season With Taller!

Join us for our annual Winter Holiday Party and Fundraiser, a joyful evening filled with community, creativity, and culture! This year’s theme, “Share Your Story,” invites everyone to reflect on our shared experiences and contribute a story to our community video time capsule.

Celebrate the season with live Latin holiday music, delicious food, and drinks, and take part in festive activities including wreath-making and special raffle baskets featuring prizes such as 2026 tickets to a Flyers Game, tickets to a Latin Jazz night at the Kimmel Center, a Julia de Burgos Bookstore Selects basket, a Signed Philadelphia Union’s Jersey, a DIY coquito basket, and more. You can also join a book launch discussion of Batiendo La Olla and record your own story for the time capsule project.

Come enjoy an evening that captures the warmth and vibrancy of the holidays — Puerto Rican style!

 Event Highlights

• “Share Your Story” Time Capsule Project – Record your story!
• Book Launch: Voices of  Batiendo La Olla: Discussion with Carmen Febo San Miguel, Johnny Irizarry, Luis Alberto Hernández and participants in the project — our oral history project revisited
• Raffle Baskets & 50/50 Raffle
  • Coffee Basket from the Julia de Burgos Bookstore
  • Julia de Burgos Bookstore Selects Basket
  • DIY Coquito Basket
  • Two (2) tickets to Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martínez on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 7:30pm in the Kimmel Center.
  • And more!
• Wreath-Making Activity (Ticket Add-on, while supplies last)
• Music, delicious food, coquito, and more festive surprises!
  

Tickets

• $45 – General Admission
  
• $80 – Admission + Batiendo La Olla Book Copy
  
• $15 – Wreath-Making Add-On
  

Don’t miss this special night of stories, celebration, and community! Buy Tickets Here

December 12, 2025 8:00-11:00PM Afro-Cuban Rumba at iMPeRFeCT Gallery

 

Rumbas are held on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month. They are Afro-Cuban percussion jam sessions that celebrate life through song and dance. Rumbas are NOT performances, they're an immersive experience, we share food, drinks and joy! You are welcome to bring anything you would like to share or not.

$10 Suggested Donations are appreciated.

5547 Germantown Ave., Suite 2A second floor

December 12, 2025 8:00-10:00PM FÖR (Kewku Sumbry)/Shakoor Hakeem/Isak Ingvarsson

 

FÖR is a new collaboration between percussionists Kweku Sumbry (Washington, DC), Shakoor Hakeem (Philadelphia) and Swedish saxophonist Isak Ingvarsson. Rooted in the spirit of Don Cherry’s arrival in Sweden in the mid-1960s, the project bridges Swedish folk traditions with the rhythmic folklore of the Afro-Diaspora—fusing into a deep sonic eruption of energy and expression.

Isak Ingvarsson – Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute A rising voice in the European jazz scene, Ingvarsson has performed with Per “Texas” Johansson, Kresten Osgood, Fredrik Ljungkvist, and others. A graduate of Jazz Institut Berlin and currently pursuing a Master’s at City College of New York under Tim Berne and Vincent Herring, his sound blends avant-garde jazz, Scandinavian minimalism, and raw emotional depth.

Kweku Sumbry – Drums, Djembe, Percussion

A key member of the Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Kweku brings West African rhythmic traditions to a contemporary jazz setting. He has performed with Ambrose Akinmusire, Shabaka Hutchings, Solange, and Reggie Workman.

Shakoor Hakeem – Percussion A fearless, deeply expressive improviser rooted in Afro-diasporic mysticism and ritualistic tradition. Hakeem has worked with Graham Haynes, Maria Grand, Joel Ross, and Wallace Roney, among others, and is known for his powerful yet restrained presence on stage.

accessibility: two steps from street to venue.

Please note, entrance is via the side door on Arizona Street

The Perch Music & Arts Community

2321 Emerald St.

Philadelphia, PA  

December 9, 2025 7:00PM Not So Latin Concerts: The Bert Harris Afro Jazz Collective

 

AFRO JAZZ AT NOTSOLATIN!!! BERT HARRIS, 12/9!!

Bassist Bert Harris and his Afro Jazz Collective make their Notsolatin debut on Tuesday, December 9th!
They’ll performing an incredible array of music by South African jazz composers and band member originals. Pre-and post apartheid composers. You dint want to miss this!!

Bert Harris (Double bass)
Laurent Bass (tenor sax & percussion)
David Dzubinski (piano)
David Fishkin (altosax)
Pio Voluntad (drums)
Thom Lowery (percussion)

Doors at 7, show at 7:30
1440 W Ritner St. Philadelphia Pa

December 7, 2025 12:00-5:00PM Sal Y Dulce Festival Latinoamericano at Holy Innocents Hall

 

Estaremos presentes en el 18° Festival Latinoamericano Sal y Dulce, que se llevará a cabo en Holly Innocents Roman Catholic Church, ubicada en 1337 E Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia, PA, el domingo 7 de diciembre, de 12:00 p.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Esta gran celebración cultural contará con música en vivo, presentaciones de baile, gastronomía de varios países latinoamericanos, actividades para niños y mucho más. No sé lo pierdan, toda la fuerza de la música del pacífico de @suenacimarron para empezar la Navidad.

December 7, 2025 3:00-6:00PM Philly Roda de Samba e Choro at The Black Squirrel Club

 

Experience the pure joy of samba as performed in Rio--people gathered round a table playing tunes. All join in song, dance, drinks and fun!

Philly Roda de Samba e Choro

When: First Sunday of every month

Where: Black Squirrel Club 1049 Sarah Street (Fishtown, Philadelphia)

Tickets: $10

This event is 21+

Samba is a style of music and dance, a community celebration, and a way of life. The “Philly Roda de Samba e Choro” presents samba and choro as they are traditionally performed in Brazil: with friends gathered around a table, playing tunes, singing along, dancing, eating, drinking, and filling the souls of all with joy.

With a core group comprised of Fernanda Bravo (voice/pandeiro), Gregg Mervine (cavaquinho), Rob Curto (piano), Mark Stehle (percussion) and Marcos Oliveira (percussion), the Philly Roda plays every first Sunday at the Black Squirrel Club, and features a guest artist each time.

This has grown into Philly's most amazing Sunday afternoon event! Drink a caipirinha, immerse yourself in beautiful melodies, get swept up in the dance and join the community spirit! Come experience the vibrant culture and pure joy of the Roda!

Join the Philly Roda de Samba e Choro this Sunday for our 1-year anniversary celebration party! We will be inviting Rose Moraes back up from Baltimore to lead a very special forró set for the second half of the show. If you were there last time we did this, then you know it is not to be missed! All of the regular members of the group will be there, including Fernanda Silveira on cavaquinho.

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Black Squirrel Club has a full bar but does not sell food. You are welcome to bring your own food in to the venue or have something delivered and re-entry is permitted if you want to run out and grab food at any time.

Reserve Paid Parking Here (lot 1 block from venue)There is also free parking available at the Rivers Casino parking lot (3 blocks).

Tickets: $10 + $2.51 fee

December 7, 2025 3:30PM-8:00PM Viva La Salsa with Orquesta del Barrio at Fringe Bar

VIVA LA SALSA IS BACK AT FRINGE BAR WITH

ORQUESTA DEL BARRIO!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7TH 2025

@Fringe Bar

3:30-8PM

VIVA LA SALSA is a monthly live music and dance social in Philly! Join us for our regulary monthly social on Sunday, November 9th back at FRINGE BAR - for a day party with LIVE MUSIC from ORQUESTA DEL BARRIO, salsa lesson with LAUREL CARD LATIN DANCE and special guest DJ BIG GEORGE!

4pm - Salsa lesson

DJ sets from DJ VSPICE + SPECIAL GUEST DJ BIG GEORGE

$15 online pre-sale until DEC 6th // $25 general admission

ARRIVE BEFORE 5:30PM ON SUNDAY DEC 7TH FOR $15 ADMISSION!

Fringe Bar

140 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd

Philadelphia, Pa

December 7, 2025 7:00PM Not So Big Band Concerts: Scott Alberti's Song-Tet

 

SCOTT ALBERTI’S SONG-TET AT NOTSOLATIN!!! 12/7!!

Join us for a very special Christmas edition of Notsobigband as we welcome the fantastic trombonist Scott Alberti and his Song-tet! Stay in the holiday spirit as the play the music of legendary trombonist Urbie Green as well as original arrangements. You don’t want to miss this!!

Doors at 7, show at 730
1440 W Ritner St. Philadelphia Pa

December 6, 2025 1:30-1:50 & 3:00 - 3:20PM Batala Philly performs at Holiday East Market Santa Arrival Party

 

Santa's arrival to East Market!
Batala Philly will play in the East Market location (1 block area- between Market and Chestnut Sts. and 11th and 12th Sts.), specifically on Chestnut Walk in front of the Wayward restaurant.
https://www.eastmarket.com/neighborhood/

They 'll play 2 sets (15-20 mins. each) in-between a DJ set.

The 1st set is at 1:30 and the second at 3pm (for when Santa arrives).

December 6, 2025 8:00-10:00PM Los Bomberos de la Calle: Bomba and Plena at Izlas Latin Cuisine

 

Bomba,Plena ,música Navideña every first Saturday of the month at Izlas Latin Cuisine.

2725 N. American St.

Philadelphia, PA

December 6, 2025 6:30PM Global Orchestra Community Jam and Concert at The Rotunda

 

 Join THE GLOBAL ORCHESTRA in WEST PHILADELPHIA for a SAMBA / SABAR / KLEZMER Concert and Community Jam! 

Live @ the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Saturday, December 6th.

This VERY SPECIAL event will be two dynamic musical adventures in one: 

-- PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY JAM @ 6:30pm

Calling all Philadelphia musicians...we know you want to be in this band! Bring your instruments to play along with the Global Orchestra. We'll get you in the Samba, Senegalese Sabar and Klezmer groove as we jam together on songs from the show. Musicians of all backgrounds and skill levels are welcome.

-- CONCERT FOR ALL -- Doors open @ 8pm

Both jam and show are FREE, though we're suggesting a $20 donation. (10% of ticket proceeds will go to the All Around This World TiME Fund, supporting international culture-bearers in need.)

RSVP HERE.

This Global Orchestra show will feature extraordinary musicians! 

-- Fernanda Bravo: Brazilian/Portuguese vocals (Philly Roda de Samba & Choro)

-- Rob Curto: Brazilian accordion/piano, (Philly Roda de Samba & Choro)

-- Gregg Mervine: Balkan/Brazillian/Klezmer percussion, (Philly Roda de Samba & Choro, West Philadelphia Orchestra)

-- Aba Diop: Senegalese/sabar percussion (Aba Diop & the Yermande Family)

-- Cara Tratner: Klezmer Saxophone/vocals (Mariposas Galacticas)

-- Jason Hosier: Senegalese guitar, (Aba Diop & the Yermande Family)

All Around This World is a global music and world cultures program for young children and their families. West Philadelphia-based music teacher Jay Sand, who will be singing backup vocals and maybe even playing guitar in this very show!, developed the 300-song strong AATW curriculum to teach kids about the world through singing, dancing and FUN. 

Extending All Around This World's mission to embrace audiences of all ages, The Global Orchestra is an international community of culture-bearing musicians and musical teaching artists who celebrate the wealth of world cultures and INSPIRE HOPE.

PLEASE RSVP, especially for the pre-show jam.

The Rotunda

4014 Walnut St.

Philadelphia, PA