Founded in 1984, Culture Clash has graced the Grand Performances stage several times over the decades, using comedic sketches and other forms of storytelling to center Chicano culture. The trio returns to Cal Plaza to deliver a night of engaging comedy and timely political and social satire. This night will include performances from É. Arenas,La Nueva Ola de Cumbia, and DJ Dali. In partnership with De Los (Los Angeles Times).
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Bar by: La Cita
Schedule
6:00 pm - 6:50 pm DJ Dali
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm Culture Clash
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm Vaneza Calderon
7:20 pm - 8:00 pm Culture Clash
8:00 pm - 8:40 pm La Nueva ola de Cumbia
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm Culture Clash
9:10 pm - 9:55 pm E. Arenas
9:55 pm - 10:00 pm Culture Clash
Culture Clash
Culture Clash is a performance troupe composed of writer-comedians Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza. Their work is satirical.
Culture Clash was founded at the Galería de la Raza in San Francisco's Mission District by the writers José Antonio Burciaga, Marga Gómez, Monica Palacios, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza. Their works range from comedic sketches to full-length plays and screenplays, all of which feature political satire and social satire. The troupe's members have appeared separately and together in several films and received numerous awards, commissions, and grants. They filmed thirty episodes of a sketch comedy television series, also called Culture Clash.
E. Arenas
Eduardo Arenas was born and raised in Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, CA). He is a founding member and bassist/guitarist/vocalist of Chicano Batman. For the last 10 years, he has dedicated himself to É Arenas, where he is pioneering the resurgence of the 90’s cumbia-quebradita with the release of several dance bangers, including La Fila de Tommys, Takis and Mar Iguana. His full band, É Arenas & Las Iguanas del Mar, puts on a Frank Zappa meets Mi Banda El Mexicano-esque electrifying live performance filled with mosh pits and crowd surfing.
La Nueva Ola de Cumbia
From Latin America to the world, La Nueva Ola de Cumbia reinvents the biggest hits of the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s with their unmistakable “cumbialized” style, blending rhythm, high energy, and humor into a vibrant show that connects with audiences of all ages. Formed by musicians from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Nicaragua, and “Outer Space,” the band is quickly becoming one of the most innovative forces in today’s Latin music scene.
After signing with Universal Music Mexico in 2024, they’ve continued to rise in 2025 with TV appearances in Mexico and the U.S., featured moments on La Casa de los Famosos México, major event closings during Latin Grammy Week, and sold-out performances like their show at the Mayan Theatre. Releases such as Viernes de Peligro, Cumbiando, and Mujeriego have made strong impact on audiences and Billboard rankings, which described them as “an innovative proposal, a musical madness.”
DJ Dali
Founder of Contra-ICE
With 32 years behind turntables spinning exclusively vinyl, DJ Dali creates sets as sonic storytelling journeys across genres — bridging house, techno, dub, hip-hop, jungle, classical, experimental sound, and sampling into immersive experiences that transcend borders, space, and time to bring people together.
A connector of people and visionary rooted in a Love Over Fear ethos — the belief that music and art create vibrational connection through shared experience, emotional resonance, and movement beyond language. Through her work as the creative visionary behind CONTRA-ICE and every DJ set she plays, DJ Dali’s intention remains the same: to elevate the collective vibration higher through love, never fear.
MONICA SALAZAR
Monica Salazar is a Los Angeles Native and a 4th-generation Chicana and Native American Apache. She is not only a spoken word poet but a published author of the poetry book, Wisdom Looks Good on Her, and soon to be published For the Girls. She is a curator, a facilitator of poetry workshops, a business owner and founder of Typaway Poetry, building her own niche and demand, creating custom on-the-spot poems using a vintage typewriter. She has been awarded by the United States House of Representatives with a Certificate of Recognition applauding her achievements as a business owner and artist in the service of her beloved Los Angeles community. When she's not writing she’s teaching, studying for her master's, or dancing salsa.
