Liverpool Forró Festival

Liverpool Forró Festival

If you’ve enjoyed any of the work we do here at Luma Creations – from our events to our cultural celebrations – you’ll absolutely love the Liverpool Forró Festival. It’s grassroots, it’s global, and it’s an unforgettable party.

Easter Holiday Activity and Food Play Scheme: Registration Open

Easter Holiday Activity and Food Play Scheme: Registration Open

We are excited to announce that our free Holiday Activity and Food Play Scheme is back this Easter, offering four days of creative and engaging activities for children aged 7-11 years. There are only 15 places available per day, so early booking is recommended.

Latin American Drum Workshops

Latin American Drum Workshops

Whether you’re an experienced drummer or a complete beginner with a passion for rhythm, this workshop is for you – just bring a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and an openness to working as part of a team.

Luma Creations’ International Landscape

Luma Creations’ International Landscape

The vision and work of Luma Creations as a whole, along with the experiences and knowledge of the members of the organisation, naturally positions us on an international platform. I often ask myself – What does that mean? 

Resonant Territories: Sounds of Shared Latin America

Resonant Territories: Sounds of Shared Latin America

Friday February 21st, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm   Instituto Cervantes, Manchester, 326-330 Deansgate Manchester M3 4FN   The Instituto Cervantes Manchester invites you to a unique evening where you can experience young Latin American indigenous artists who...

Looking Back on an Extraordinary Year at Luma Creations

Looking Back on an Extraordinary Year at Luma Creations

As we begin 2025, the team at Luma Creations—Francisco, Max, Esteban, Saranne, Oscar and Maya—reflects on 2024, a triumphant year brimming with creativity, connection, and cultural celebration. From dynamic projects and transformative programmes to unforgettable...

Christmas Traditions Across Latin America: A Festive Journey

Christmas Traditions Across Latin America: A Festive Journey

Christmas in Latin America is a symphony of lights, music, joy, and deeply rooted traditions that ignite the holiday spirit in extraordinary ways. Each country brings its own unique flair to the season, weaving together vibrant celebrations, heartfelt rituals, and magical moments that inspire awe and wonder. Let’s embark on a journey through some of the most dazzling and inspiring Christmas traditions across Latin America.

Discover Your Inner Storyteller: 10-Week Creative Writing Workshop

Discover Your Inner Storyteller: 10-Week Creative Writing Workshop

Luma Creations is thrilled to present a 10-week Creative Writing Workshop for Beginners led by actor, educator, scriptwriter, and storyteller, Max Alder. This engaging workshop series is designed for adults aged 18+ who are either beginners or in the early stages of their writing journey.

WOMEX 2024

WOMEX 2024

The 30th edition of WOMEX, held this year in Manchester, was a blast—an intense, incredible learning experience, a place to meet and greet, to engage in profound discussions about music, the world, and the struggles of communities around the globe, and to truly understand how music can be the answer.

Why Mother, Country Is Essential Viewing for Our Times

Why Mother, Country Is Essential Viewing for Our Times

It is well known that many Chileans kept the suitcases ready for a quick return, believing that the tide would turn and they would be able to go home as for them it was a temporary situation, and soon they’d be able to return. But it didn’t pan out that way and years went by as the dictatorship tightened its hold on the country and one day you realised where you called home had changed. 

Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá: Exploring Identity Through Art and Heritage

Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá: Exploring Identity Through Art and Heritage

The exhibition’s title, which translates to “neither from here nor there,” encapsulates the artists’ shared sense of being connected yet distanced from their origins, a sentiment that permeates their lives as individuals who straddle multiple cultures and identities.

Explore Cosmotechnics: A Journey Through Latin American Art, Technology, and Nature at FACT Liverpool

Explore Cosmotechnics: A Journey Through Latin American Art, Technology, and Nature at FACT Liverpool

Liverpool’s FACT gallery invites you on an immersive journey with Cosmotechnics, a ground-breaking exhibition of immersive art installations by four Latin American artists and collectives, that redefines technology’s role through nature and culture. Curated by Beatrice Zaidenberg, FACT’s 2024 Curator-in-Residence, Cosmotechnics runs from Friday, 8 November 2024, through Sunday, 26 January 2025.