Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy, 13108 San Pablo Avenue, San Pablo, CA 94805
About
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy offers activities in guitar, singing, accordion, dance, arts and crafts, cooking, music, and folk arts and crafts. The program invites children to learn music, dance, and folk arts and crafts and to play an essential role in maintaining living traditions. Students are invited to perform with the band on stage and participate in production projects.
• Schedule: Friday, July 24 at 7pm
• Price: Tickets: $15; Ages 17 and under: Free
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy was founded in 1989. It is a nonprofit cultural arts academy, a band, a production studio, and a community space for youth and families. Its core band members are Academy alumni and serve as programming staff and teachers of the academy. The organization hosts a Music & Tacos community gathering event, and food and drinks will be available for purchase. It offers full length documentaries to watch at no cost and without ads or commercials. Los Cenzontles is recognized around the world for its tremendous positive impact.
The mission of Los Cenzontles is to work together as a nonprofit cultural arts academy, band, production studio, and community space for youth and families to amplify Mexican roots in the Bay Area and beyond. It is considered a second home for generations of local families and is described as a community space for youth and families working together to amplify Mexican roots in the Bay Area and beyond.
Parents, students, alumni, artists, and media have shared their experiences with Los Cenzontles. One parent said that Los Cenzontles helped her daughter develop her talent as a dancer and nurtured a connection to her Mexican roots, calling it a priceless resource for youth and the community as a whole. The New York Times wrote that Los Cenzontles “both honors and upends traditional Mexican music, tapping deep roots as it flowers into something completely new, and distinctly American.” An alum described Los Cenzontles as a sanctuary for people of all ages and nationalities that encompasses rich Mexican culture through music and dance. A student said that Los Cenzontles changed his life, that he does something he loves there, and that he thinks of it as a second home because he feels they are part of his family. Linda Ronstadt called Los Cenzontles “the best community-based arts program I have ever seen.”
Last updated August 8, 2026.
• Schedule: Friday, July 24 at 7pm
• Price: Tickets: $15; Ages 17 and under: Free
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy was founded in 1989. It is a nonprofit cultural arts academy, a band, a production studio, and a community space for youth and families. Its core band members are Academy alumni and serve as programming staff and teachers of the academy. The organization hosts a Music & Tacos community gathering event, and food and drinks will be available for purchase. It offers full length documentaries to watch at no cost and without ads or commercials. Los Cenzontles is recognized around the world for its tremendous positive impact.
The mission of Los Cenzontles is to work together as a nonprofit cultural arts academy, band, production studio, and community space for youth and families to amplify Mexican roots in the Bay Area and beyond. It is considered a second home for generations of local families and is described as a community space for youth and families working together to amplify Mexican roots in the Bay Area and beyond.
Parents, students, alumni, artists, and media have shared their experiences with Los Cenzontles. One parent said that Los Cenzontles helped her daughter develop her talent as a dancer and nurtured a connection to her Mexican roots, calling it a priceless resource for youth and the community as a whole. The New York Times wrote that Los Cenzontles “both honors and upends traditional Mexican music, tapping deep roots as it flowers into something completely new, and distinctly American.” An alum described Los Cenzontles as a sanctuary for people of all ages and nationalities that encompasses rich Mexican culture through music and dance. A student said that Los Cenzontles changed his life, that he does something he loves there, and that he thinks of it as a second home because he feels they are part of his family. Linda Ronstadt called Los Cenzontles “the best community-based arts program I have ever seen.”
Last updated August 8, 2026.
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