La Linea - The London Latin Music Festival

15/11/2024

🎶 Ed Maverick is bringing his soul-stirring sound to London for a one-night-only performance at Union Chapel on 1st May 2025 as part of ! 🌟

The acclaimed Mexican singer-songwriter will debut his new album "La Nube en el Jardín" live for the first time in the UK. 🌿💫

With only three European shows planned, this is a rare chance to experience Ed Maverick’s powerful blend of folk, rock, and Latin influences in an intimate, acoustically rich venue. 🎸🎤

🎟️ Book now at lalineafestival.com

14/11/2024

Get ready, London! We’re thrilled to reveal the first wave of our stellar lineup, showcasing the best of Latin music talent. This year’s festival promises unforgettable and very unique performances🎤💃

Welcome:
22 April - Eliades Ochoa, Barbican Centre
23 April - Rodrigo Cuevas, Islington Assembly Hall
25 April - Villano Antillano, The Jazz Cafe
26 April - Francisco, el Hombre , farewell show, The Jazz Cafe
30 April - Q***r Utopico: an evening with Alex Etchart & Juan Iñaki, SOAS University of London
1 May - Premiere: Ed Maverick presents "La nube el jardin", Union Chapel
1 May - Ana Lua Caiano & Baby Volcano, Hootananny Brixton
2 May - Muerdo, Oslo Hackney
3 May - Juana Aguirre & Montanera, MOTH CLUB

Tickets on sale now at lalineafestival.com

12/11/2024

🎉 2025, here we come! 🎶

La Linea, London’s Latin Music Festival, is back! 🌟 From April 22nd to May 5th, we’ll be taking over venues across the city with the most ambitious lineup of Latin talent to date.🇨🇺🇲🇽🇪🇸🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇵🇷

This year’s artwork, designed by Oscar Reyes, features a flaming heart for Latin America, celebrating our 25th anniversary, surrounded by vibrant flowers from the home countries of each artist at La Línea festival ❤️‍🔥

✨ Line-up announcement this Thursday at 12pm!
💜 Countdown starts now! Stay tuned for the big reveal.

11/11/2024

💜 Alarms on! This Thursday we will unveil the first wave of incredible artists joining us

Are you ready? Estan listos? Você está pronto?

07/08/2024

So shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of Raymi Willka Saldana Rojas. A hugely talented young musician and spiritual presence who performed for Como No & La Linea Festival with his parents Kanti Quena and Phaxsi Coca as Sagrada Familia and with Lokandes. Impossible for them to bear this sadness without the support of the community in London. Our thoughts are with you always.

A crowdfunding campaign to help the family: https://gofund.me/e591e29e

05/06/2024

🇲🇽🕺 We are excited to announce a rare London show for Mexican Institute Of Sound with a full band, celebrating 20 years of invention.

🪩 Mexico City-based producer Camilo Lara, aka Mexican Institute of Sound, creates irresistible beats for the global dance floor. Cumbia is just one ingredient but its flavour rubs off on everything else in the mix.

🎵 Camilo’s eclectic global appeal is reflected in the artists who have asked for his remix magic: Metallica, Run the Jewels, Beck, Beastie Boys, Morrissey, Placebo, Interpol , Don Letts, Madness, Julieta Venegas, Tony Allen, Babasonicos, Hermitude, Amadou & Mariam, Sofi Tukker.

Book now: https://www.comono.co.uk/live/mexican-institute-of-sound/

Presented by x Como No.

04/06/2024

Don't miss!

3 weeks to go!
Havana Música (Dance Edition) welcomes Haila Maria Mompie and her orchestra direct from Havana to London's The Jazz Cafe.
One of the world’s best soneras, Haila makes a rare appearance in the UK with her female band bringing the authentic passion of Cuban music.
The evening begins with a free dance class at 7:30pm with Yanet Fuentes, star of BBC's You Think You Can Dance, and dancer for Rihanna and Shakira and a set from London’s best Cuban music selector, DJ Javier.
Book now: https://www.comono.co.uk/live/haila-mompie-y-su-orquesta/

🇨🇺🇬🇧 Faltan 3 semanas!
Havana Musica (Dance edition) le da la bienvenida a Haila Maria Mompie y su orquesta directamente desde La Habana.
🇨🇺 Una de las mejores soneras del mundo, Haila viene a dar un show muy especial en el Reino Unido con su banda femenil trayendo la pasión autentica de la música cubana.
🕺 Esta gran noche, comenzará con una clase de baile gratis a las 7:30pm con Yanet Fuentes, estrella de la BBC ‘You think you can dance’, bailarina de Rihanna y Shakira y un set del mejor DJ de música cubana DJ Javier.

Entradas ya a la venta en nuestro 🔗 de perfil.

09/05/2024

As the curtain closes on we take a look back at some of the highlights of the festival over the last 24 years.

Como No established La Linea in April 2001 and began the first year with a bang with four sold out shows in the Southbank Centre.

The first festival had quite a Cuba focus with four of the five headliners from the island and reflected the huge global interest in Cuban music at the time. The exception was LA’s Ozomatli who opened the festival in a doubleheader with Orishas The Best - Como No had presented both bands separately before but that opening night was a great statement of intent for new, young Latin Music in the twenty-first century.

A particular festival highlight was the worldwide premiere for , playing his ground-breaking World Circuit Records album live for the first time, on an epic night which began with the UK debut for Mexico’s Kinky and ended with a sound system set from Richard Blair’s Sidestepper net Sound System.

Also at our first groundbreaking festival were Omara Portuondo (with an opening set from TotoLaMomposinaOficial) and Jesus Alemany’s Cubanismo, supported by Vocal Baobab.

28/04/2024

25/04/2024

EN - We are looking for you!
We seek a dynamic, efficient and organised Operations and Reporting Manager to join Como No & La Linea - The London Latin Music Festival . We need you to support our newly appointed Director as we take the organisation into its next stage.
This is an amazing opportunity to work with the UK's leading Latin music promoter.
Deadline: Thursday 9 May 8 am
Download the Job Description and How to Apply here: https://www.comono.co.uk/work-with-us/

ES -¡Te estamos buscando!
Buscamos un(a) Operations and Reporting Manager dinámico(a), eficiente y organizado(a) para unirse a Como No & La Linea. Te necesitamos para apoyar a nuestra recién nombrada Directora mientras llevamos a la organización a su siguiente etapa.
Esta es una oportunidad increíble para trabajar con el principal promotor de música latina del Reino Unido.
Fecha límite: Jueves 9 de Mayo 8 am
Descarga la descripción del puesto y como aplicar aquí https://www.comono.co.uk/work-with-us/

PT - Estamos procurando você!
Buscamos um(a) Operations and Reporting Manager dinâmico(a), eficiente e organizado(a) para se juntar à Como No & La Linea. Precisamos que você apoie nossa recém-nomeada Diretora para levar a organização à próxima etapa.
Esta é uma oportunidade incrível de trabalhar com a promotora de música latina líder no Reino Unido.
Prazo: Quinta-feira, 9 de maio 8am
Baixe a descrição do cargo e como se candidatar aqui: https://www.comono.co.uk/work-with-us/

24/04/2024

Como No & La Linea are proud to announce the appointment of our new Director Elena Beltrami. She takes over from Andy Wood who established Como No in 1986 and La Linea in 2001. Elena brings a wealth of experience to the organisation having worked for over two decades in the music industry as a Promoter and Festival Programmer. Her expertise extends across an array of genres and her appointment signals the organisation’s strong commitment to remain at the forefront of the Latin music landscape.

The new appointment comes as the organisation becomes a not for profit as part of its ongoing relationship with Arts Council of England as a National Portfolio Organisation since April 2023. Andy Wood is moving to the non-executive board of the organisation.

Elena & Andy will work in tandem over the next three months of transition.

23/04/2024

🔥 And we come to the ‘fin’ of with the great (sold out!) tearing the roof off with their incredible energy, it really didn’t feel like a regular Monday night, it was a La Linea Monday night! It felt like Chico Science was in the house. 🔥

Thanks to .vyzor for a great opening set

A massive thank you/gracias/obrigado to every single one of you for supporting Latin Music, we can’t wait to bring you back in 2025.

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22/04/2024

Step forward the hardest working woman in Latin Music at last week - 🔥🎺🔥🎺
She wins this year’s award for most gigs in La Linea.

You might have caught her playing with , or Latinas of London - sometimes all on the same day!

If you’d like to see her play before then check her own project 🔥🔥🔥