Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade and Festival

04/22/2026

El Grito welcomes you to an evening with COLECTIVO LA EÑE
Hosted by

Come through for a live night of bomba puertorriqueña at Sunset Stoop. Expect an interactive gathering centered on Afro–Puerto Rican tradition, with live drumming, dance, and collective energy on the floor.

Saturday, April 25, 2026
8:00 PM

Sunset Stoop
4114 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

Suggested donation: $10
21+

Photo by Salvador Espinoza

04/16/2026

¡Minerva Solla, Presente!

Today we honor the life of a fearless freedom fighter, a woman who moved through the world with dignity, conviction, and deep love for her people. Minerva Solla was a veteran of the Young Lords Party, part of a generation that transformed the struggles of their community into organized resistance, collective care, and political power.

Minerva was not just a witness to history, she helped shape it. As part of a movement where women pushed for internal transformation and gender justice, her presence contributed to a broader vision of liberation that was more inclusive, more grounded, and more human.

We remember her here in this moment, captured by Salvador Espinoza on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at the 8th Annual Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade and Festival, dancing Bomba puertorriqueña, rooted in culture, and connected to community. That was Minerva: resistance and joy embodied at once.

Because revolution is also danced.
Because memory moves through us.

May her legacy continue to live in every drumbeat, every step, and every community that organizes for dignity and self-determination.

¡Minerva Solla, Presente!

04/16/2026

¡Minerva Solla, Presente!

Today we honor the life of a fearless freedom fighter, a woman who moved through the world with dignity, conviction, and deep love for her people. Minerva Solla was a veteran of the Young Lords Party, part of a generation that transformed the struggles of their community into organized resistance, collective care, and political power.

Minerva was not just a witness to history, she helped shape it. As part of a movement where women pushed for internal transformation and gender justice, her presence contributed to a broader vision of liberation that was more inclusive, more grounded, and more human.

We remember her here in this moment, captured by Salvador Espinoza on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at the 8th Annual Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade and Festival, dancing Bomba puertorriqueña, rooted in culture, and connected to community. That was Minerva: resistance and joy embodied at once.

Because revolution is also danced.
Because memory moves through us.

May her legacy continue to live in every drumbeat, every step, and every community that organizes for dignity and self-determination.

¡Minerva Solla, Presente!

The 8th Annual Sunset Park Puerto Rican Parade & Festival. Sunday, June 9th 2024. Photo by Salvador Espinoza

04/14/2026

El Grito Presents
COLECTIVO LA EÑE
Hosted by Olas de Ritmo

Bomba puertorriqueña

Join us for a night of bomba puertorriqueña at Sunset Stoop. This is a live, participatory experience rooted in Afro–Puerto Rican tradition, drumming, dancing, and community in real time.

Friday, April 25, 2026
8:00 PM
Sunset Stoop
4114 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

Suggested Donation: $10
21+

Photo by Salvador Espinoza

02/07/2026

Last night’s Bombazo at Sunset Stoop left us full of gratitude and awe.

From El Grito, we want to give deep thanks to all of the artists and culture bearers who shared their drums, their movement, their voices, and their spirit. What you offered was not a performance, it was a living practice, grounded in history and carried forward with love and intention.

A heartfelt thank you to Sunset Stoop for opening their space and hosting us with such care and respect. Creating room for this kind of gathering matters, and we are grateful for the partnership.

And to the community that showed up: you were not spectators. You were participants. You sang, clapped, danced, listened, and held space together. The energy that filled the room reminded us how powerful it is when artists, organizers, and neighbors come together to create something collective.

What we shared last night was a healing space, one rooted in Afro–Puerto Rican tradition, resistance, joy, and connection. Seeing a community of artists and activists come together to keep our culture alive is something we don’t take lightly.

Thank you all for being part of this moment. We carry it forward.

Con gratitud,
El Grito

01/18/2026

BOMBA PUERTORRIQUEÑA EN BROOKLYN

El Grito presenta
Colectivo La Eñe
Anfitrión: Olas de Ritmo

Les invitamos a una noche de Bomba puertorriqueña, con música en vivo, baile y comunidad. Un espacio para encontrarnos, compartir y celebrar nuestras raíces afroboricuas.

Viernes, 6 de febrero de 2026
8:00 PM
SUNSET STOOP
4114 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

Donación sugerida: $10
Evento 21+

Vengan con su gente, con ganas de moverse y de sentir el tambor.
¡Corran la voz y acompáñennos!

01/09/2026

BOMBA PUERTORRIQUEÑA EN BROOKLYN

El Grito Presents:
Colectivo La Eñe
Hosted by Olas de Ritmo

Join us for an evening of live Bomba puertorriqueña—drums, movement, call & response, and ancestral energy rooted in resistance and celebration.

Friday, February 6, 2026
8:00 PM
SUNSET STOOP
4114 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

Suggested Donation: $10
21+

Come early, bring your body, your spirit, and your people.
No spectators—only participants.

10/11/2025

In 1970, the Young Lords, a Puerto Rican civil rights group, seized a hospital in the Bronx — twice.

09/20/2025

Today Sept. 20th 2025 marks the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico as it decimated our island it also exposed deep corruption and further united Boricuas in the diaspora with our gente in the motherland.

In the aftermath of Hurricane María, Power Malu joined forces with Brooklyn’s own El Grito to deliver urgent, community-driven relief to some of the hardest-hit areas in Puerto Rico — from the parcelas of Loíza Aldea to the mountain barrios of Maricao.

Partnering with El Grito, mobilized alongside grassroots leaders on the island to distribute hundreds of water filters, solar lamps, and essential care packages to communities abandoned by the state.

While nearly thousands of lives were lost due to government dysfunction and neglect, efforts like these show what’s possible when the people take action. When institutions fail us, we build our own systems of care.

But the work is far from over — Puerto Rico’s recovery is still ongoing, and the struggle for justice and dignity continues.

🎥 Dennis Flores & Andrew Stehney Vargas
Produced by: Dennis Flores
Directed by: Andrew Stehney Vargas
📍 2018 | Brooklyn, NYC & Puerto Rico

✊🏽 ¡Pa’lante Boricua!

09/20/2025

🕯️ 8 Years Since Hurricane María: We Remember, We Resist, We Rebuild 🇵🇷
📅 September 20, 2017 — September 20, 2025

Today marks eight years since Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico, leaving behind catastrophic destruction and claiming the lives of thousands of our people — many of whom died not just from the storm, but from government neglect, inaction, and abandonment.

We honor every life lost. We uplift every family still grieving. And we carry the memory of María as a call to continue organizing, resisting, and building a free Borikén.

➡️ Eight years later, recovery remains incomplete.
Puerto Rico continues to face:

🔌 Ongoing electrical blackouts
🏚️ Crumbling infrastructure and abandoned communities
💸 A man-made fiscal crisis imposed by colonial powers and the unelected Fiscal Control Board
🎭 A corrupt colonial government more concerned with profits and privatization than the survival of its people

We are still fighting the same systems that failed us in 2017. And yet, through that pain — our communities rose up.

🎥 Watch this video and witness how when FEMA and the U.S. government failed us, the people did not.

In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, El Grito activated the diaspora. We organized ourselves, we collected hundreds of thousands of pounds of aid — food, water, medicine — and got it into the hardest hit areas of Puerto Rico:

🏔️ Remote mountain regions
🏘️ Public housing developments
🧓 Low-income and elderly residents forgotten by the state

All without waiting for permission. All done in the spirit of solidarity, not charity.

🗣️ The legacy of María is not just one of loss — it’s one of awakening. And we must continue walking the path toward:

🔥 Self-determination
⚖️ Justice
🌱 Recovery on our own terms
🕊️ Independence for Puerto Rico

We don’t forget. We don’t forgive. And we don’t stop organizing.

✊🏽 ¡Pa’lante Boricua!

08/30/2025

Happening Today from 2-4pm!

El Grito presents
Rumba Cubana
Drum and Dance Workshop
Drum Instructor Angel Ruben Rodriguez Sr.
and Dance Instructor Tony Yemaya

Saturday, August 30th 2025
from 2-4pm, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Location near entrance to Sunset Park on 44th Street and 6th Ave. Behind the playground.

This event is provided with the support of The City Parks Foundation and Partnerships for Parks through the NYC Green Fund.

Rumba Cubana is a vibrant Afro-Cuban music and dance tradition that emerged in the late 19th century among working-class Black communities in Havana and Matanzas. Rooted in African rhythms brought by enslaved peoples and blended with Spanish and Caribbean influences, rumba expresses a deep cultural dialogue of resistance, celebration, and storytelling. It typically features call-and-response singing, handclapping, and percussion instruments such as the conga (tumbadora), cajón, and claves, with dancers interpreting the music through playful, often improvisational movements that carry symbolic meaning. There are several main styles—yambú (the slower, older form), guaguancó (a flirtatious dance between man and woman), and columbia (a fast-paced solo dance traditionally performed by men). Beyond entertainment, rumba Cubana has historically functioned as a form of communal gathering, cultural identity, and spiritual continuity, and today it remains a cornerstone of Cuban cultural expression recognized worldwide.