Empanadas Ilegales Album Release Party

Come let loose with us on the dance floor, we are cooking up a big night full of music, vibes and surprises that you wont want to miss out.

Playing our debut at the legenday Hollywood theatre, you wont be able to stop moving.

Line Up:

Empanadas Ilegales

a Vancouver-based psychedelic cumbia and salsa ensemble known for genre-bending compositions and kinetic live performances. Formed in 2017 by musicians with roots in Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, and Canada, the group merges Latin American traditions with surf rock, free jazz, and experimental psychedelia. Their third studio album album Sancocho Trifasico reflects the trifecta of ingredients in its title with a three-phase production approach across multiple studios and collaborators.

Midnight Boogaloo:

a super group of some of Vancouver's best live musicians bringing absolute heat to the dance floor with an eclectic mix of acid jazz, latin jazz, salsa, afrobeat and more.

Tropico Norte

ft Diana Mulata, Tom Howard & Ana Rivera:

a musical map that connects the South with the North. It’s a project that shines a light on the presence of Latin American and Southern sounds in the Canadian North, bringing forward the cultural richness carried through the migration of rhythms, stories, and musical knowledge. This tropical world didn’t arrive overnight, it’s been built through movement, memory, and resistance. Trópico Norte is a collective of vinyl selectors who celebrate these sounds, weaving together past and present through music that speaks of identity, roots, and joy.

ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY

We uphold a strict zero-tolerance policy against any form of harassment, discrimination, or oppressive behavior. If you, or anyone in your vicinity, ever feels unsafe or uncomfortable, please don't hesitate to seek out a staff member.

We would like to acknowledge that this event is being held on the stolen, unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. It is a privilege to be able to host this event and thank these nations for taking care of these lands since the beginning of time.

Music Designed for the dance Floor

De los cumbieros,

Bailalo!