Noche Cubana - Cuban Night at El Barrio feat. Son de Cuba

El Barrio is very excited to announce that it's very popular monthlyish Cuban Nights featuring the 100% Cuban Quartet Son de Cuba live are back in 2021!

Make a night of it. Check out our menu, including Mains, Tapas, Sharing Sides, Tapa Sliders and Sweet Treats on El Barrio.

Want to learn to dance like a Cuban? Sign up for El Barrio's Wednesday night Salsa classes.

Son de Cuba is first-ever New Zealand and more specifically Wellington-based 100% Cuban Quartet featuring Roberto Rodriguez Boffil (La Isla de la Juventud), Angel Manuel Guilarte Medina (Santiago de Cuba) and our most recent arrival in the Capital Ernesto Zuñiga (Trinidad de Cuba) on their Cuban tres and guitarras, and Rafael Ferrer Noel (La Habana/Las Tunas) on his Cuban congas.

Son de Cuba is who they are and what they play.

A bailar, a gozar a lo cubano!

The ensemble's name literally means "They are from Cuba". It also means "Son (style of Cuban music from the 50s popularized by the Buena Vista Social Club) from Cuba”. And if you play on the translation and stretch a bit it also can mean "Son(s) of Cuba".