Día de Muertos Celebration at Lincoln Center
Thu, Oct 31
|David Rubenstein Atrium - Lincoln Center
Experience the rich cultural tradition of honoring our ancestors with a Community Ofrenda and performance by Jarana Beat.
Time & Location
Oct 31, 2024, 7:30 PM – Nov 02, 2024, 8:00 PM
David Rubenstein Atrium - Lincoln Center, 1887 Broadway, New York, NY 10023, USA
About the event
Lincoln Center Presents
Día de Muertos Celebration
Featuring Jarana Beat and a Community Ofrenda
David Rubenstein Atrium
Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican cultural tradition representing a time to honor and revere deceased family members and ancestors. Join us in creating a community ofrenda ("offering") in collaboration with Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders by bringing copies of photographs, notes, and letters to honor your loved ones throughout this celebration. The night will feature a performance by Jarana Beat, an award-winning world music band based in New York City that has created an authentic sound, blending folkloric Mexican Afro music with contemporary ideas. The band performs original music with a variety of traditional instruments (jaranas, leonas, ayoyote shells, and donkey jawbones) alongside dancers who interweave percussive footwork into the rhythms. Jarana Beat is presented in collaboration with the México Now Festival, New York City’s first and only independent festival spotlighting contemporary Mexican art and culture.
October 31, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Performance by Jarana Beat
Community Ofrenda
We welcome the community to bring copies of photographs, notes, and letters to be a part of the ofrenda. The ofrenda will be up in the David Rubenstein Atrium from the night of October 31 to November 2 during public hours. We are unfortunately unable to accept food, candles, or incense for the ofrenda.
This event is free. For more information on accessing it, visit the Lincoln Center site here.