Chucho Valdés 85th Birthday Celebration

Name: Chucho Valdés 85th Birthday Celebration
Start: 2026-10-18T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-18T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Music Center at Strathmore

Presented by Strathmore at Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda MD

Oct 18, 2026

Pianist Chucho Valdés marks his 85th birthday with a performance at the Music Center at Strathmore, tracing a career that has shaped Afro-Cuban jazz!

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Chucho Valdés' band Irakere revolutionized Latin jazz in the early 1970s, fusing Afro-Cuban ritual music, popular styles, jazz, rock, and classical elements.

More recently, his 2025 album, Cuba and Beyond, recorded with the Royal Quartet, blends Cuban traditions with Thelonious Monk-influenced jazz.

This retrospective brings that innovation into focus, honoring a seven-time Grammy and seven-time Latin Grammy winner whose influence continues to move the genre forward.

with special guests Joe ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

$28 - 98

Website: https://www.strathmore.org/events-tickets/in-the-music-center/chucho-val...

INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES

Oct 18, 2026 at 7:30pm (Sun)

LOCATION

Music Center at Strathmore

5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852

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PARKING INFO

For full parking information and directions, please visit www.strathmore.org/your-visit/directions-and-parking

Parking in the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage is $5.20 during the week and free on weekends. Strathmore is also accessible via Metro's Red Line, Grosvenor-Strathmore station.

Limited short-term parking also is available at specially marked meters along Tuckerman Lane, which do not require payment after 7pm.