BIG Salsa Festival is New York City’s Memorial Day Weekend Salsa & Bachata Dance Festival

BIG Salsa Festival New York (Edward Olive/Dreamstime)
BIG Salsa Festival New York (Edward Olive/Dreamstime)
BIG Salsa Festival New York (Edward Olive/Dreamstime)

The BIG Salsa Festival New York 2025 is a Memorial Day Weekend salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, and bootcamps.

You can take workshops all day and dance all night. It’s a great way to improve your shines and make new friends. ¡Vaya!

The BIG Salsa Festival New York 2025 is a salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, and bootcamps; at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan; over Memorial Day Weekend, Thursday-Monday, May 22-26, 2025. From $72. Full pass (workshops and parties) $269. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

The Festival starts with a pre-party at LFM Dance Studio near Port Authority on Thursday night. The weekend offers a Ladies Performance Bootcamp, a Yamuleé Challenge (dance with professionals), and master classes with Marco y Sara, Terry & Cecile, Ernesto & Denisse, and Angel & Stephany.

The BIG Salsa Festival New York 2024 is a salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, and bootcamps; at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan; over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday-Monday, May 24-27, 2024. From $72. Full pass (workshops and parties) from $275. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Master teachers include:

  • Ernesto & Denise teach a master class. $40.
  • Terry & Cecile teach a musicality master class. $40.
  • Panagiotis and Myrto teach a partnerwork master class. $40.
  • Marco y Sara teach a sensual bachata master class. $40.
  • Yamulee Challenge is 8 hours of training and the opportunity to perform with professionals. It’s sort of dancing with the stars. $150.
  • Tania Cannarsa Body Movement and Isolation Bootcamp is $100.

BIG Salsa Festival is the New York City edition of a salsa and bachata festival that is held in cities across the United States and around the world.

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