Summer Sounds: QUITAPENAS

QUITAPENAS: one word – all caps, four syllables – all claps. The group was formed in 2011 around their shared love of dance rhythms from the tropical Afro Latin diaspora and being first-generation sons of immigrant parents from Guatemala and Mexico. They borrow aesthetics from the radical 60s, 70s and 80s and each song echoes a remix of history and invites one to engage in the liberating influences of Angola, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and beyond. QUITAPENAS means “to remove worries.” Everybody has a “pena” and the mission of the music is simple, to make you dance and leave you without worry!

You may also like the following events from Segerstrom Center for the Arts:

• Next Tuesday, 1st July, 06:30 pm, Tuesday Night Dance: Ballet with Studio D in Costa Mesa
• Next month, 7th July, 08:00 pm, Movie Mondays: Coco in Costa Mesa
• Next month, 11th July, 06:00 pm, Summer Sounds: The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble in Costa Mesa