For our huge 2023 summer finale, Grand Performances and Discos Rolas present the acclaimed cumbia sonidera band Grupo Kual?

Born from cumbia sonidera royalty and hailing from Mexico City, Grupo Kual? were one of the first bands to infuse Colombian cumbia with local influences, as well as from further afield, to create this unique Mexican style we now know as sonidera. You’re in for a festive evening under the stars.

The show starts at 6:00 pm. Set times TBD.

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Discos Rolas presents Mexico City’s Grupo Kual? celebrating more than twenty years pioneering cumbia sonidera and infusing it with regional Mexican and tropical Caribbean sounds. Proudly from the humble barrio of San Juan de Aragón, Grupo Kual? is one of the most beloved cumbia groups in the US and Mexico. Grupo Kual? continues the “Dinastía Pedraza” family legacy which begins with the legendary Super Grupo Colombia in the 1970s. Although cumbia originated in Colombia, Super Grupo Colombia reinterpreted the genre for Mexico City in the pitched-down style developed by sonideros (soundsystem DJs).

Additional performances will include special secret guests representing the sounds of the far-flung cumbia universe from Colombia to Puebla to Los Angeles and DJs Ganas and Xandão.

Founded in 2002, Grupo Kual? is a beloved band from Mexico City’s San Juan de Aragón whose “música de barrios” sound brings together folkloric and popular dance music styles like cumbia, rumba, and ranchera from Colombia, Cuba, Peru, and Mexico. They perform across Mexico, the United States and Latin America from the Los Angeles Sports Arena to the Plaza de Toros Mexico, to Mexico City’s Zócalo, Teatro Metropolitan, and for the immigrants rights protest on May 1st, 2006 in San Jose, CA. They have scored chart success with the singles “Rumba Kimbumba,” “Las Mujeres No Se Akaban,” “Rumba Cha Cha Cha,” “Soy Maraquero,” “La Chicharrita del Kafé,” and “El Pájaro Zinzontle.” Their albums have sold in the millions. Grupo Kual? proudly continues the Dinastía Pedraza legacy established by the group leader, Angel Pedraza’s uncles and father with Super Grupo Colombia in the 1970s.