Win Tickets ($40): La Doña @ Mission Theater | Reggaeton, Cumbia, Hip Hop
We are giving away a pair of tickets to La Doña @ Mission Theater on November 17. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed November 13.
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From our sponsors:
La Doña
Stoni
November 17, 2023
7PM Doors, 8PM Show | $18 ADV, $20 Doors | All Ages
More info: mcmenamins.com
Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
La Doña, born Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea in San Francisco, California, is a solo reggaeton singer, songwriter and multi- instrumentalist. The Chicana artist began her career at age 7 playing trumpet, and later strings and percussion in her family’s conjunto. She also played in a youth salsa band and a Balkan fusion band before synthesizing her unique upbringing in her original compositions. La Doña combines her deep roots in Latin folk traditions like corridos and rumba with the propulsive modern sounds of reggaeton, cumbia, and hip hop.
La Doña coined the term “Femmeton” to describe her auto-referential songs about love, sex, gentrification, and the radical joys of being a queer brown woman in the Bay Area. An activist and educator, she holds her community close- her father, childhood friends, and partner layer live instrumentation, intimate harmonies, and driving percussion over a thick reggaeton beat. Influenced by local muralismo and hyphy sensibilities just as much as global diasporas and climate catastrophes, La Doña’s catalog is eclectic, fresh, and urgent.
La Doña was chosen as one of YouTube’s Foundry Artists and she has performed recently at Tecate’s “El Patio” and Redbull’s “EEUU de Bass”. Her song, “Quién Me La Paga” was the first of the New York Times Magazine’s “19 Songs that Matter Now,” for 2020, and her EP, Algo Nuevo, was selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the 6 best albums of 2020. La Doña was awarded the 2020 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Mini-Commission, and continues to make music.
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I would love to see this show live! Love La Dora’s music!
Saw La Doña at ACL two years ago and would love to see her again! So much energy!
We saw La Dona open for Diana Jones–wonderful!!
Would line to see this!
La Doña sounds exactly like everything I love. I am embarrassed to say that I don’t know her music…yet. I’m going to look her up now and cross my fingers that I might get to experience this show live!!
Yes please
Would love to spend an evening listening to her!
I’m a big Latin music fan and wanna go and dance!!
Her blending of genres is wonderful. I can’t imagine ANYONE standing still at this show….
This would be a perfect night out! I love La Dona!
Would love to go!
Oooooooooh, I would love to goooooooooooo! Now that rain came back…….. 🙂
I gasped out loud when I found out she was coming to Portland lol, love La Dona specifically “Dembow y sexo.” I first heard her open for Cuco and have been in love ever since. Her music has a special place in my heart not just because of how catchy it is but how inspiring she is. She blends the best of chicana music and culture unapologetically! I could probably write an essay on her music lol. Thanks for your consideration!
One of my best friends is coming into town to experience Portland for the first time and I’m playing tour guide. I want to make her time the most memorable.
Would love to see this show!
This will be a good date night to go to.
I would love to take my Mexican-American boo out to this event!! What a fun treat!
This town doesn’t have enough reggaeton I want to go boogie to this so bad
Would be an absolute blast