Orquestra Pacífico Tropical

For the past decade, Orquestra Pacífico Tropical has built a reputation for electrifyingly infectious live performances of psychedelic Cumbia, including classic ’50s, ’60s & ’70s Cumbias from Colombia to Peru, along with new, all original Cumbias written right here in the PNW.

Over the years, OPT has almost become a Portland music collective of sorts with 19 members passing through. Some of the city’s finest musicians have been in the band, while also performing in many other loved Portland groups, such as Máscaras, Sávila, Dreckig, Point Juncture WA, Alan Singley and Pants Machine, O Bruxo, Sun Angle, Quiet Countries, And And And, Roselit Bone, Bitchin’, Team Evil, Fernando and many more.

OPT's third LP, “El Poder” will be released in 2026.