Fundraiser For Sin Barreras & Music By Lua
Please join us for music, food and community. A fundraiser for Sin Barreras/Without Barriers, at Tandem Friends School 279 Tandem Lane Charlottesville, Va. 22902 from 6-8pm. Enjoy an evening of homemade soups, fresh bread, desserts, live music from the Lua Project, and powerful stories - all in support of Sin Barreras! This event isn’t just about fundraising — it’s about brining Charlottesville together, creating change, and celebrating our shared humanity. We will be sharing songs from our new ‘Los Appalachianos’ album, song inspired by our regional Latino community.
Knight's Gambit Winery
We lovely playing at this very chill winery with world class Blue Ridge Mountain views.
Luna & Estela @ Silk Moth Stage
Luna and Estela are going to be a series of Duo shows in May to open Silk Moth Stage performances
Court Square Theatre w. Full Band
We are going to have a beautiful concert which will feature songs from our Mellon Foundation supported Los Appalachianos recording, and other Mexilachian original songs.
USA Tour
Join Estela, Dave, and Luna as we travel around the United States playing house concerts, and other venues. If you would like to host a house concert, email us at info@luaproject.org. we will be heading through the Upper Mid-west and Northern plains to Seattle, where we will meet up with Matty and Mirabelle, who will join us on our way down the West Coast to Southern California, and then make our way back through the Southwest and Colorado.
Frying Pan Farm Park Concert
This will be our fifth summer participating in the Fairfax County Parks summer concert series. It’s a different park each year, and we love these community events so much!
Louie Bluie Festival
We will be at the Louie Bluie Festival, performing at some schools on Friday, and then two concerts sets at the festival.
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley MSV @ Night Series
Fun evening summer concert series in Winchester, Va. Featuring Matty, Christen, and Luna
Virginia Humanities 50th Anniversary Celebration @ Wolf Trap
Ok, we are very excited about this one! This is such an important event celebrating Virginia Humanities, which has been a great supporter of work for the past 8 years. We will have the full crew on this one, and we will be performing along with Kadencia, which is an absolutely fantastic bomba and plena orchestra.
Tom Tom Festival
Join Dave, Estela, Luna, and Christen for a lovely indoor show/practice session in Studio 11 at McGuffey, as part of the 2025 Tom Tom Festival.
School Assembly @ Chesapeake Academy
Very psyched for this concert which will include the full band, including Will Roman, and also ballet folklorico dancer Stephanie Castro, and Irish Sean nós dancer Fiona Agnes.
Choral and Song Workshop
Estela and Dave are going to be teaching a song and singing workshop for elementary school arts students in Cumberland Gap.
VOCES Symposium @ VCU
Estela will be presenting her cultural organizing work around the Dia de los Muertos events that she has been hosting in Charlottesville, VA since 2012. Dave will join on accompaniment for several traditional songs
Appalachian studies conference
Join us in Cookeville, TN for the 2025 Appalachian studies conference at Tennessee Tech University. There will be scholars from all over the region specializing in a multitude of scholarship fields concerning Appalachia. We will present songs (and the process of making them) from our new album, Los Appalachianos.
Offbeat Road House WTJU
Cozy concert venue in Charlottesville Va. providing live music for live and virtual audiences locally and beyond.
Scholar's Latino Initiative-- Fall Fundraiser
We have been performing the SLI fundraiser the last few years, and this year they are opening it to the public and having it in downtown Harrisonburg. It’s gonna be dope! You should come.
Montgomery County Arts Council Appalachian Music Concert
This one is super exciting! We will be performing a set as part of a Grand Ole Opry type multi-bill show highlighting the diversity of Appalachian Music in the region, including Earl White, the Greengrass cloggers, Dena Jennings, and others. Honestly, it’s a huge honor to be part of this. Is sure to be a super special evening.
Albemarle Ciderworks
Come join us for sips and sounds, featuring Estela, Dave and Luna!
Lua Project Concert @ Court Square Theater
This is going to be a lovely concert with Estela, Dave, Luna, Christen, and Matty featuring brand new material from our Montanitas Re-Imagined project recording. This will be a super fun performance!
Blue Ridge Montanitas Festival Luray Va.
Join us for this special occasion of the Blue Ridge Montanitas Festival featuring the whole band, including Matty, Christen, and Sophia!
Lua Project at Glass House Winery
We love playing at Glass House! Such a lovely spot, and we will be playing songs from our upcoming Montañitas project album. Come join Estela, Luna, Matty and Dave.
Floyd Living Traditions Festival
We are so psyched to be playing at this amazing event in lovely Floyd, Va. This will be a show is part of a very cool two day festival on August 23-24, featuring local traditional music, crafts, footways, and folk lore. Click here for more information.
Albemarle Ciderworks
Come join us for a return performance featuring Estela, Dave and Luna!
Lua Quintet @ Nottoway Park
Once a year, we get to play a concert as part of the Fairfax County Parks Summer Concert Series, and they are always some of the most fun gigs of our Summer. Just nice people, and good vibes all around. Come and join us. We will have the full crew of Estela, Luna, Christen, Matty, and Dave.
Waynesboro Public Library
If you live over in the valley, join us for the second stop of our Early June Central Virginia Library Tour. I imagine this will be a very fun, mellow and family friendly performance. We hope you can make it.
Gordon Ave Library
We will be playing the summer reading kickoff event again this year. This is a great event for families with kids, so come on out and get popsicles, library swag, and dance to great music!
Lua @ El charro
We are looking forward to play on the patio at the very yummy El Charro in Bridgewater, Va. We love any excuse to get over to the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, so if you are in that neck of the woods, come on out and say hello.
Mother's Day Music Festival at Tandem Friends School
We are so delighted and fortunate to be performing at the amazing Tandem Friends School for the Mother’s Day Music Festival. This is where Luna goes to school and the festival is a highlight of the spring. Should be a very special set!
Bowls & Banuelos
Join us at PVCC Dickenson Center parking lot for a super fun fundraiser for Sin Barreras. Proceeds from the sale of beautiful hand crafted pottery go to support Sin Barreras
Lua Project Quartet @ Barren Ridge
Wonderful cinco de Mayo event at beautiful Barren Ridge in Fishersville. With the awesome China’s Cocina Food Truck, and beautiful views all around. One of our favorite places to play.
Albemarle Ciderworks
Come join us for sips and sounds, featuring Estela, Dave and Luna!
Luray Christian Church
Come join us for this performance featuring Estela, Dave and Luna!
LUA PROJECT AT PROART IN WISE, VA
We are super psyched to be bringing the full group to Wise, Va to perform, and do some school performances.
LUA PROJECT @ FLOYD COUNTRY STORE (W. LOS VEGA!!)
We are very excited to be playing for the first time at Floyd country store, in Floyd, Va. We will have a full house for this grant supported engagement, including Matty, Christen, Luna, Sophia and members of the legendary son Jarocho group Veracruz, Los Vega. This is going to be a very special show. We hope you can make it!