Working with an array of renowned artists, Brenda Navarrete has made her mark as an accomplished singer, percussionist, composer and arranger. Brenda has set her sights on percussion and a career in music since the age of 9, graduating from from Cuba’s prestigious Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory. Her resume reveals a non-stop musical journey of interactions with Cuba’s music elite, including the Afro-Cuban percussion troupe, Obini Bata, Jazz musician Joaquin Betancourt, Alai

Kids are back to school and so is Lula! Our educational outings for students of French, Spanish, Music and Dance have resumed. Offered with or without lunch, these workshops and interactive performances give middle and high school students the opportunity to further the language and arts skills that they are developing in class. Our daytime activities include Cuban Dance and Percussion (delivered in Spanish) and West African Drumming and Dance (delivered in French). Check out

Women in Percussion Festival Oct 11 to 15, 2017 at Lula Lounge Lula Music and Arts Centre celebrates women in world and Latin percussion with five days of concerts, workshops and drumming-focused conversations featuring leading local artists and international guests. While highlighting the work of top calibre and boundary-breaking percussionists with roots in Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, India, Brazil, Guinea, and the Anishinaabe Nation, Women in Percussion will explore the cha