Buena Vista Social Club
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Sep 18, 2026
Alison FooteCORRESPONDENT
Hi, I hope you're very well.
Alison FooteCORRESPONDENT
Well, who doesn't love the Buena Vista Social Club? And this Sunday, the 20th of September at 3 o'clock, you're in for such a treat at Artscape with a celebration of Cuba's enduring musical legacy, brought to life by Los Canelas, South Africa's Cito, the Hassan Adas Big Band, and Coco Jean and the Tonics, all the way from Spain.
Alison FooteCORRESPONDENT
Expect a powerful fusion of Afro-Cuban classics, soul, jazz, and contemporary world music.
Alison FooteCORRESPONDENT
The evening will also honor the trailblazing hip-hop pioneers, Prophets of the City, with a prestigious BEA Humanitarian Award.
Don WilliamsHOST
Western New York cultural and natural assets are getting a bigger stage.
Don WilliamsHOST
Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club has spent the past week at Shea's Buffalo Theater with its final performance here set for tomorrow.
Don WilliamsHOST
The response has been enthusiastic, but this is more than just another touring Broadway stop in Buffalo.
Don WilliamsHOST
Buffalo is where the national tour is being built, tested, and launched.
Fakri Rodríguez PineloGUEST
Yeah, and
Clarence FordHOST
that Buena Vista Social Club, that music is going to change your mind forever about music.
Clarence FordHOST
Maybe you want to go and check it out.
Clarence FordHOST
Thank you very much for your time.
Diamante CintronGUEST
So we really accompanied each other well.
Diamante CintronGUEST
And that helped me transition into R&B and like more Latin music, like, you know, Buena Vista Social Club and like all those different types of music.
Diamante CintronGUEST
That's when it started flooding in.
Danielle TuckerHOST
And
speaker_0HOST
It's what he titled it as.
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In 1997, the Buena Vista Social Club released their self-titled album.
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This was produced by Ry Cooder, and it brought together an ensemble of veteran Cuban musicians to revive classic son, bolero, and danzón styles.
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Peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.
Rav DeheleHOST
And I think they also did some stuff with...
Rav DeheleHOST
Buena Vista Social Club, maybe? I might be getting that wrong.
Rav DeheleHOST
But anyway, it's a wonderful, wonderful album.
Rav DeheleHOST
They interviewed Tiano Coete, who I think is the guy that sort of writes all the songs and all the compositions.
MichelleNARRATOR
The September 18th event is a live comedy taping of Curtains Up Laughs with Tara King.
MichelleNARRATOR
Buena Vista Social Club, September 12th through the 19th in Shea's Buffalo Theater, Main Street.
MichelleNARRATOR
Hair, September 17th through the October 4th by Music Fair Theater in Shea's 710.
MichelleNARRATOR
Juicy and Delicious, September 17th through the 27th by Ujima Theater Company, Plymouth Avenue.
David LomelíGUEST
And Leon used to be a percussionist and a pianist for salsa bands, right? So I said, listen, let's get it.
David LomelíGUEST
And he got like two Buena Vista Social Club players and three others.
David LomelíGUEST
And we're going to have the band there.
David LomelíGUEST
We're going to have tacos and tamales also to sell the video games there.
J.J. PatekHOST
Stucco paint looks as though it's peeling back from the walls, and everything else from the black wrought iron railings to lighting is meant to evoke the tropical setting from moments in time through the past century.
J.J. PatekHOST
The entire set for the national tour of the Buena Vista Social Club Broadway musical was built in Buffalo, and the attention to detail must be exact.
J.J. PatekHOST
On Wednesday, workers were putting the final touches before the show opens a run at Shea's Buffalo Theater from September 20th through the 19th.
J.J. PatekHOST
"The design of the show is really beautiful, and the attention to detail.
J.J. PatekHOST
You can even see that on some of the scenery in the shutters and the paint you see here," said Kenneth L. Davis, production stage manager.
J.J. PatekHOST
"Of course, the music is the ultimate detail," Davis said.
J.J. PatekHOST
The Tony Award-winning Buena Vista Social Club tells the story of four musicians in Havana, Cuba from the 1950s through the 1990s.
J.J. PatekHOST
"It's a show about healing and the power of music," producer Orin Wolf said.
LiamHOST
included Tim Curry, Josh Grassetti, Dolly Parton, and others.
GavinHOST
Rachel Zegler is going to be hosting a dance-along performance at Buena Vista Social Club.
GavinHOST
Seems like it's a little collab with Evita.
GavinHOST
The press release kind of made it out as though Rachel Zegler is doing this not only for her Latin heritage and to connect with Buena Vista Social Club in that way.
GavinHOST
way, but also to promote Evita.
GavinHOST
And it's a little bit of a joint press event, which I think is pretty cool.
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