Music from around globe, July 11-25, free at Victoria Gardens Cultural Center

The summer World Music Concert Series at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center begins July 11 with a great mix of music from around the globe. Sponsored by the Rancho Cucamonga Community &Arts Foundation, the summer concert series offers free entertainment, presenting a world of musical styles.

The World Music Series will be in the Bank of America Imagination Courtyard on three Tuesday evenings in July, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Audiences are encouraged to sit in the chairs provided, or to bring their own.

Nori will perform July 11; Mexika will perform July 12, and Los Pinguos will perform July 25.

Nori is a traditional Korean Percussion Music Group based in Los Angeles. The Cultural Center is pleased to showcase the beauty of traditional Korean music and dance with this concert.

July 18 brings Mexika and the “Music & Dance of Ancient Mexico.” The musicians use various indigenous instruments, many which are rarely heard or seen outside of Mexico.

Los Pinguos will conclude the series July 25. Seen in Rancho Cucamonga in 2010, Los Pinguos is originally from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Argentina. Now based in Los Angeles, their music is a mixture of Latin rhythms, performed with Spanish guitars, a Cuban Tres, Peruvian cajon and harmonizing vocals.

For information regarding upcoming World Music Concerts and featured shows at the Lewis Family Playhouse, visit www.vgculturalcenter.com or call (909) 477-2752 or (877) 858-8422. The three-acre, 89,000 square-feet Victoria Gardens Cultural Center is located at 12505 Cultural Center Drive in Rancho Cucamonga.