Twenty years on, it feels right to call Movimientos family. What began in 2005 as a small gathering of friends sharing Latin rhythms in London has grown into one of the city’s most vital cultural lifelines: a movement that’s carried the stories, struggles and celebrations of Latin America across dance floors, stages and generations. On Saturday 8 November, at Hackney Bridge, the crew marks two decades of community, solidarity and unstoppable rhythm with the kind of night only they can host.
Leading the charge is Chancha Via Circuito, the Argentine producer whose hypnotic digital cumbia has redrawn the map of Latin electronica. From Buenos Aires to Bogotá to Hackney Wick, his sound merges folkloric drums, Amazonian chants and bass-heavy minimalism.
Rising collective Baque Luar lift the roof with thunderous Afro-Brazilian percussion and vocal harmonies. Made up of female and non-binary musicians from across London, their performances combine raw Bahian drumming with original choral arrangements, celebrating community, ancestry and rhythm as resistance.
On the decks, Bushbby brings her trademark fusion of reggaeton, dembow, champeta, salsa and much more: a fearless UK-Colombian voice reshaping London’s club landscape. While Amancai, South London’s Colombian-born selector, draws on Afro-Caribbean sounds and sound system heritage to keep the dance floor alive deep into the night.
All of it runs through Suena Bien, a handcrafted sound system built in London for cumbia and tropical frequencies. Its rich low-end and crystal highs make it the perfect vessel for a night that celebrates not just a milestone, but a movement.
Hackney Bridge feels like the right place for it: set by the canal, open and communal, a space made for shared moments. On Saturday, it becomes more than a party; it carries twenty years of friendships, late nights and ideas that grew into something lasting. What Movimientos created can’t be written on a flyer. It’s what you feel when the music starts, when the crowd locks in, when purpose turns into rhythm.
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