La Linea, London's 10-day Latin music festival featuring an array of emerging artists, has announced its 2019 lineup that will bring artist from genres including cumbia, alternative Latino and more to venues all over the city.
The festival will kick off with Cuban artist and trumpet player Yelfris Valdes on April 25. Other dates will feature modern cumbia music-makers La Yegros (April 26) and Latin GRAMMY-nominated accordion legend Celso Piña on April 28. The festival will close out with GRAMMY-nominated alt. Latino songstress Carla Morrison on May 5.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LaLinea19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LaLinea19</a> is here! London's Latin Festival <a href="https://t.co/Xb9ZEejg1p">https://t.co/Xb9ZEejg1p</a> <br>25/04 <a href="https://twitter.com/YelfrisValdes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YelfrisValdes</a> <br>26/04 <a href="https://twitter.com/layegros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@layegros</a> <br>28/04 Joao Bosco<br>28/04 <a href="https://twitter.com/CelsoOficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CelsoOficial</a> <br>2/05 Maravillas de Mali<br>3/05 <a href="https://twitter.com/LADecadentes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LADecadentes</a> <br>3/05 LoLa Conference<br>4/05 <a href="https://twitter.com/AntonioDrumsX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AntonioDrumsX</a> <br>5/05 <a href="https://twitter.com/CarlaMorrisonmx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CarlaMorrisonmx</a> <a href="https://t.co/eLCiEsl1AV">pic.twitter.com/eLCiEsl1AV</a></p>— La Linea Festival (@LaLineaFest) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaLineaFest/status/1090877259852976128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2019</a></blockquote>
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La Linea has become an attraction for Latin music lovers since its inception in 2001. Its mission is to showcase the best of Latin America's new music talent through performances across London venues and a one-day music conference called the London Latin Music Conference, this year on May 3. The fest boasts the U.K. debut of several artists, including GRAMMY-nominated Mexican electro-rock band Kinky.
Full lineup and ticket information are available on the La Linea website.
