For only $1,550.00 your trip includes

Chucho Valdés, Bamboleo, Quartet Aché, Taj Mahal, Danilo Pérez, Alain Pérez Quartet, Roy Hargrove Sextet, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Maraca and Otra Visión, Yoruba Andabo, Ivan Lins, Joe Lovano Quartet, Leo Brouwer, Issac Delgado,  NG La Banda and others.

Common Ground and the Afrocuban Cultural Council are pleased to invite you to join Alan West Durán of Boston and Alberto Faya of Havana for an exciting trip to Cuba for the Havana Jazz Festival, December 6-16. It's an opportunity that we could not resist offering our friends and clients, even with such short planning notice, and an opportunity we know that few can resist. The cafes, streets, theaters and every corner of Havana will be bursting with music, from traditional Cuban tunes to the latest Jazz sounds from around the world.

Alan West is professor of Latin American literature at Northeastern University and a leading Cuban American poet and expert on Cuban music.

Alberto Faya is a well known Cuban musician, veteran of the Cuban New Music movement, musicologist of Casa de las Americas, and now TV music producer, book writer, and leader of the group Siete de Corazon.

The dates of the trip are December 6 to 16, 2002. The cost of the trip is $1550 per person, double occupancy, with departure from Miami.

The trip is sponsored by Common Ground in collaboration with Afrocuban Cultural Council under license from the U.S. Treasury Department.

• Round Trip Air to Havana from Miami

• 10 nights with hotel accommodations with breakfast daily

• Transfers to/from airport and transportation for group activities and program

• Program of visits, music presentations and lectures in Havana and Matanzas

• Credentials for entrance to Jazz Festival activities *

• Medical/Evacuation insurance while in Cuba

• Entry visa for Cuba **

• Local English speaking guide and assistance

*Some jazz festival activities may require additional ticket for entrance. Your hosts will assist you in purchasing these as necessary. 
**Cuban born participants add $130 to cost and contact CG immediately to process visa. 

Note: Participants will be traveling under U.S. Treasury Department license. Treasury Department regulations prevail in all aspects of the trip.

Call us to sign up or for more information: 877-661-7653 (toll free) or 617-661-7653 (local).