Music News & Cine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival!

La Universidad De La Salsa…Puerto Rico’s legendary El Gran Combo will be making a special East Bay appearance at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, 403 Civic Center Plaza in Richmond on Saturday, October 15th. Pepe Y Su Orquesta and TropiZonora will open the show. For ticket info, visit ticketón.com, tickeri.com or eventbrite.com. For general information, call 510-672-6857. (Rafael Either of El Gran Combo-photo: Luis Medina)

Grammy Award winners Grupo Niche from Colombia will be headlining Berkeley’s UC Theatre, 2036 University Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 12. For more information, visit www.jaffeevents.com…..Former DLG lead vocalist Huey Dunbar will be making a rare SF appearance on Saturday, October 8th at Roccapulco, 3140 Mission Street in SF ….Also at Roccapulco will be famed ex-Los Van Van lead vocalist Mayito Rivera “El Poeta De La Rumba” on Friday, Nov. 4th. Also on the biil will be Yismari Ramos and 5 DJ’s including DJ Antonio, DJ Leydis De Cuba and DJ Pepe Timba. For more information, call (562) 587-1265.

Bissap Baobab Village Restaurant and Club has re-opened at a new location at 2243 Mission Street in San Francisco. DJ Walt Digz has moved his popular timba Wednesday night “El Timbon” party back to Baobab where he started the party years ago. His party starts at 10 pm. Conguero Ricky Aguilar and his popular Grupo Afro Nativo plays an earlier set of Salsa, Latin Jazz and Descargas from 6 to 9 pm. For more information, go to www.bissapbaobab.com……The popular Carlos Xavier and his band will be returning to Charley’s LG, 15 N Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos this coming Thursday, Oct. 7th. Dance lessons 8 pm, Live music starts at 9 pm. Info: www.charleyslosgatos.com.

Free Music! Ozomatli and La Misa Negra play a double bill at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park, 40 John F. Shelley Drive in San Francisco’s Excelsior District from 2 to 6 pm on Saturday, October 8th….Mario Y Su Timbeko bring their timba drenched sounds to Golden Gate Park’s Music Bandshell from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm this Saturday, October 8th.…. And if that wasn’t enough…Calle Ocho will bring their Afro Cuban sounds to the Rockridge Rock-N-Stroll this Saturday afternoon starting at 1:30 pm at the Rockridge BART Plaza, 5660 College Avenue in Berkeley. It’s rare that you see three free events happen in one day but go out there and support good live music!

The 14th San Francisco Latino Film Festival starts this coming Friday, Oct 7th at 7 pm with the screening of the music documentary “Jose Feliciano-Behind The Guitar” at the Opera Plaza Cinema in San Francisco. Another live offering will be the documentary “Cuba My Soul” which focuses on the challenge of traditional Cuban music to stay relevant in the age of foreign styles and a disinterested youth. The film which screens on October 13, 7 pm at the Opera Plaza paint a tantalizing portrait of Cuban music, past and present. The festival that runs until Oct. 22 will offer both live screenings which start on the 7th and a virtual festival that you can access on your smart devices that will run from Oct. 12 through the 22nd. For more info, passes and schedule, go to the festival’s website: www.cinemassf.org.

That’s all for this time. Ciao 4 now!