Havana Lounge at Cayo Coco 2012 Edition!

Join us Friday Feb 3rd from 9:00PM to 2:00AM at the beautiful CAYO COCO resto-lounge for a night of great music and dancing (304 Richmond St West across from Scotiabank Theatres).

Inspired by the classic dance bars, cafés and lounges in Centro Havana, we invite you come sip mojitos, socialize and dance the night away to smooth Cuban salsa, timba, and son spun by Toronto’s premier latin DJ BERNAL.

Cover is free before 10PM and $10 after 10PM (no coat check fee) and domestic beer and Havana Club drink specials will be in effect all night!! Kitchen open until midnight with great tapas and remember, those who arrive <9 PM will enjoy no cover and an extended version of Cayo Coco’s famous $4.50 Happy Hour Martini’s (4:30pm-9PM)!

A guarachar!

www.clubcayococo.com

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Here’s a note from Jay Danley, who played the tres for Son Ache for years.

“I just wanted to let you know that Los Caballeros Del Son will be playing every Wednesday in February at The Local Pub, 396
Roncesvalles ave.

We have an incredible brand new cd for sale and we are really looking forward to the shows.”

The beat goes on – the contra-tiempo beat that is… as Lula continues the successful Sunday Brunch !

Spend the day in Havana! Every Sunday, Lula offers a salsa brunch party featuring live music by Luis Mario Ochoa’s Traditional Cuban Quartet and a beginner salsa lesson by Miko Sobreira. Perfect for birthday and family celebrations, baby showers, office and retirement parties, the $15 cover includes buffet brunch, coffee, dance lesson, live music, tax and service. Kids 12 and under are 7$.

phone 416 588 0307

Arrive for brunch at 11am, dance lesson at 11:30 and live band at 12. Stay and dance till 2 pm.

DINNER & SHOW SPECIAL

Arrive early and enjoy Lula’s famous dinner and show package. The three course prix fixe special includes choice of appetizer, main, and dessert as well as the dance lesson and all entertainment. Starting at just $49 per person, the dinner special guarantees seating for the whole evening. We are happy to accommodate everything from small intimate dinners to large parties! Reserve@lula.ca or 416 588 0307.

DINNER & SHOW SPECIAL

Arrive early and enjoy Lula’s famous dinner and show package. The three course prix fixe special includes choice of appetizer, main, and dessert as well as the dance lesson and all entertainment. Starting at just $49 per person, the dinner special guarantees seating for the whole evening. We are happy to accommodate everything from small intimate dinners to large parties! Reserve@lula.ca or 416 588 0307.

Join us for the best dance party in town with salsa lesson, live band and DJ spinning the hottest dance floor-friendly salsa, bachata, reggaeton and top 40 hits. Cover is just $15 at the door or book a table for our dinner special (starting at $49 plus tax and tip). The admission price includes our 9PM beginner dance lesson which is followed dancing all night long!

With their potent blend of dance floor friendly salsa and high-energy showmanship, Cafe Cubano evoke the spirit of the legendary dance clubs of Havana. Drawing on the skills of three of Toronto’s most accomplished frontmen (vocalists Yani Borrell, Alberto Alberto and Angel Luis Marquez) and lead by music director/pianist Jorge Betancourt, the band features some of Toronto’s finest musicians from such famous Cuban groups as Adalberto Alvarez y su Son and Cubanisimo.

You don’t get that many chances to see this jumping dance band … don’t miss Tipica Toronto. Maybe we’ll see them more often, if you come and check them out and discover something else good about Toronto!

Lula has the best salsa dance party in town. With one of THE BEST SALSA BANDS IN TO! Combining the sound of the tres guitar with two violins and a cello in a style known as charanga francesca, TIPICA TORONTO perform a salsa-based repertoire that reflects the grand continuum of Cuban dance music from the 1950s until today.

$15 at the door or book a table for our $49 dinner and show package. Cover includes our famous beginner’s dance lesson (no partner necessary) at 9 PM + dancing all night long!

Were you there at the great Cuban timba nights by Julio at Gladstone Hotel?  The band was brilliant at generating the feeling of  Havana dance nights, but they could have used a little more practice time.  They were called Black Market.

Well the good news is, they have had the time to hone the sound… and they are at Lula now, with a great sound system.  And so, you need to go see them, the band is called Changuy Havana.

12 great Cuban musicians offer an orchestra with a new latin flavour and a repertoire based on the most popular Latin dance rhythms like salsa, merengue, cumbia, bachata and son.

One of TO’s great NEW badass Cuban bands, these guys grab the crowd and make them dance!

Jane Bunnett & the Spirits of Havana

Special Guests — The Heavyweights Brass Band

The World Of Jane Bunnett Tour 2012

Friday January 27, 2012

Tickets: $32.50 Advance/$35 Door (includes HST)

Performance: 8:30pm

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2012 is going to be an exciting and very special year for one of Canada’s most celebrated Jazz artists:  Jane Bunnett.

Back In February 1982, Jane and her partner Larry Cramer landed in Santiago de Cuba (on the Eastern side of Cuba) and had no idea that the next 30 years would bring them international acclaim for her distinctly original collaborations with some of the greatest musicians in the culturally rich country of Cuba.

As one of Canada’s most celebrated musicians, Jane has garnered 6 Juno Awards, 2 Grammy nominations and a host of other International awards recognizing her music and her mastery of the soprano saxophone and the flute.

Admin note: The Spirits of Havana is the name of the group of Cuban musicians who accompany Jane Bunnett on a given occasion, in this case you’d have to guess it’d be essentially the same band as will be playing with Jane the next evening at Lula Lounge — none other than Son Aché… those who want a good view of the band and no distractions will favor Hugh’s Room, those who have to dance when they here this band play, will flock to Lula Lounge !

Toronto Premiere Screening