Three time Grammy nominated Tiempo Libre are back on tour in 2027! Get your dancing shoes ready as it's time to party Cuban style!

As teenagers in Cuba, Tiempo Libre’s members studied classical music by day at Havana’s rigorous Russian-style conservatory La ENA. At night they met up to play the traditional music of their island. During a time in Cuba when listening to American music was forbidden, the boys crowded around a homemade radio and listened to the beats of Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, and Earth, Wind, and Fire.

After emigrating to the United States, the men formed Tiempo Libre, a band that has become known around the world for its sophisticated, dance-inducing concerts of a Cuban style of music called timba – a joyful combination of Latin jazz, traditional Cuban "son" and other musical elements. Since their inception, they have garnered three Grammy nominations, the most recent for their album Bach in Havana, which melds classical tunes by Johann Sebastian Bach with the soul-stirring rhythms of salsa, merengue, and cha-cha.

Ambassadors for Cuban music around the world, Tiempo Libre have gained new audiences through appearances on shows such as the Tonight Show, Live from Lincoln Center and Dancing With the Stars and through concerts worldwide including performances at Tanglewood, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Cafe in London, Hong Kong’s Kwai Tsing Theatre and Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy. Tiempo Libre frequently draws on its classical training to play with leading orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, and the San Francisco and Houston Symphonies. They have collaborated with artists such as Joshua Bell, Gloria Estefan, James Galway and Paquito D’Rivera.

Be warned: their sound is infectious, their exuberance contagious, and their beat will hijack your body from the waist down. Tiempo Libre will perform high energy, dance-inducing timba music featuring songs from their incredible catalog including, Panamericano, My Secret Radio, as well as selections from their three previously Grammy-nominated timba albums Bach in Havana, Lo Que Esperabas and Arroz Con Mango.