Join Los Pleneros de la 21 at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival for a very special tribute concert honoring Héctor René “Tito” Matos Otero, convening many of today's plena luminaries and related musical artists deeply touched by Tito's life and legacy... "En Pura Plena: Celebrating the Life and Loves of Tito Matos".

Saturday, June 25th starting @ 6:30 Eastern

This concert is on the National Mall and streaming live on the @SmithsonianFolklife YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0GHKHDxpK1g

FB event: https://facebook.com/events/s/en-pura-plena-celebrating-the-/588444719380999/

This loving tribute is a journey through the many plena aesthetics Tito promoted, and will present such groups as John Santos Sextet and Friends, Los Pleneros de la 21, Los Pleneros de la Cresta and Plenazo Cangrejero, for a glimpse of how plena continues to be celebrated on the island and in the Santurce-Cangrejo neighborhood—the place of Tito’s upbringing.

~ Que descanse en paz y poder, Tito Matos.