Regen Artist Fund: Queer Fandanguito Series By Evelyn Donají Arellano
Sat, Nov 15
|Galería de la Raza
Galería de la Raza is excited to present the Queer Fandanguito Series led by ReGen Artist Fund grantee Evelyn Donají Arellano with the Son Jarocho group Corazón de Cedro.
Time & Location
Nov 15, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Galería de la Raza, 2779 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
About the event
Son Jarocho is a lyrical-musical tradition from México’s Sotavento region with deep African, Indigenous and Arab-Andalusian influences. The Fandango, where Son Jarocho is played, is a communal musical celebration rooted in resistance and collective liberation. Like many oral and folk traditions, it passes down ancestral histories and knowledge while offering a structure for recording our own experiences.
Outside of México, the Fandango has become a way for migrant communities to find and support one another. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the melodies and rhythms of different diasporic musical traditions have become intertwined, offering a common language for cross-cultural connection.
The Queer Fandanguito Series invites us to queer the Fandango and imagine a tarima free of heteronormativity, where queer dance expressions are celebrated. This musical series aims to foster meaningful connection, cultural preservation, and cross-border solidarities for our diasporic, queer, and femme communities.
Join us Saturday, November 15 in celebrating…