In honor of Veterans Day, Air Force veteran and NBC’s This Is Us star, Jon Huertas will host Caribbean Nocturnes, a benefit concert benefiting BaseCamp for Veterans. Guests will be treated to spectacular performances by composer and pianist Joachim Horsley, the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Colombian percussionists Orito Cantora & Jenn del Tambó and other special guest artists and will have the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind items during the silent auction to raise funds for BaseCamp for Veterans. US Veterans will be invited as guests of honor and will receive complimentary admission.
A director, actor and producer, for six seasons, Jon Huertas starred as Miguel Rivas and directed episodes on NBC’s critically acclaimed, award-winning series, This Is Us. With a character spanning decades from the 1970’s through present days allowing him to show not only exceptional but also a physically transformative range. Audiences also know him as the tough but affable Detective Javier Esposito on ABC’s hit dramedy Castle. His stand-out performance as Sgt. Tony “Poke” Espera in HBO’s miniseries Generation Kill, offered an unheralded streetwise view of the USMC’s 1st Recon invasion of Iraq that Huertas, being a veteran himself, calls the most meaningful role of his career.
Caribbean Nocturnes was released on September 2nd and reached #2 on the World Music Chart. The album features guest artists from Europe, North and Latin American including English violinist, Charlie Siem; Afro-Colombian percussionists, Orito Cantora and Jenn del Tambó, Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble with Jacomo Bairos conducting; Cuban bassist, Damian Nueva Cortez; Colombian guitarist and percussionist Pedro Barrios; French, Caribbean percussionist, Natasha Rogers; Haitian percussionist, Jeff Pierre; Martinican percussionists Thomas Bellon and Boris Reine-Adelaïde; Venezuelan percussionist Yonathan “Morocho” Gavidia, The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra from Los Angeles, California, and Trinidadian Classical Soprano, Jeanine De Bique singing an original Caribbean Aria written by Horsley based on the Haitian poem Testaman by Felix-Morrisseau Leroy.
Caribbean Nocturnes Benefit Concert will take place on Veterans Day, November 11th at NeueHouse Hollywood located at 6121 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90028. Doors open at 7:30 PM and show begins promptly at 8:00 PM.
Tickets are on sale now at: caribbeannocturnesLA.eventbrite.com
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, tickets purchased through October 15th will receive a 10% discount using promo code “hhm2022” at time of purchase.