Presentation

We would like to take this opportunity to present our organization.


La Peña Andaluza en California is a registered California Non-Profit Organization founded in 1991 based in San Diego. Our goal is to promote the culture, arts, and way of life of the provinces of Andalucia, Spain. The Spanish Consulate in Los Angeles officially recognizes us. In addition, we are the only Organization in the USA recognized by the Government of Andalusia as being promoters of Andalusian Culture and traditions, in this country.

The flamenco group of the Peña Andaluza includes singers, dancers and guitarists and have been featured in the America Cup celebration in San Diego, the annual Cabrillo Festival, the Fort Guijarros Museum foundation annual Fiesta, Christmas on the Prado at Balboa Park, the Gala performance of the opera Carmen with Placido Domingo, the reception in honor of The Infanta Cristina de Borbon, daughter of The King of Spain, the Horton Plaza Lyceum Theater, representing Spain in the, "Celebrate the Nation", program, presented by the San Diego Dance Alliance, the International Friendship Festival of El Cajon, and United States International University, the Recital Poetico, "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and Angel Romero, the Los Angeles "Grammy Festival 2001", the Las Fallas de Los Angeles, Marina del Rey, plus festivals in the City of Orange, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Carson, Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tijuana, Miami, and others.

We celebrate twenty cultural activities a year.
The Peña Andaluza is associated with the Federation of Houses of Spain in the State of California, the San Diego-Alcala Sister City Society, the Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation, the Balboa Park Institution. The Chamber of Commerce of San Diego and The City of El Cajon.
We encourage you to contact us for any information regarding Andalucia, Spain. Including cultural events, music and dance performances and in general any subject area related to Southern Spain.

Best wishes.


Charo Monge, President

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