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Bachata NYC

Bachata in NYC is mostly in nightclubs and dance studios. Many Dominican restaurants, bars, and colmados (bodega corner stores) play Bachata as advertising. It’s one of the ways you can tell who owns the business, and the clientele they serve. 🇩🇴

Bachata is tropical dance music that began as a folk tradition in the Dominican countryside and the barrios of the capital, Santo Domingo in the 1960s. The Dominican Blues blends Bolero, Son and Trova (Caribbean troubadour) traditions. New Yorkers developed Urban Bachata and the Bachata Moderna style of dance in the 1980s and 90s. Sensual Bachata, a further blend of many dance forms, developed in Spain in the mid-2000s. In NYC, there is an Eastern European Bachata subculture.

The dance is in 4/4 time, so it blends easily with Rock and most popular music. There is Bachata Flamenco and Bachata Tango. In the Caribbean, the Electric Slide is danced as Bachata when groups form to dance during street festivals.

NYC NightClubs with Bachata

  • Bachateame Mama is at Club Cache in Greenwich Village on Fridays from 9:30pm – 4am. $10. latinparty.com 🇩🇴
  • Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and Salsa nightclub in Greenwich Village.
  • La Boom nightclub in Woodside, Queens.

Bachata Artists

Bachata Lessons

Bachata in New York City

Bachata NYC Archive

May 2022

Latin Grammy nominee Manny Cruz sings Dominican Bachata and Merengue at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Sat, Jan 29 at 8pm. Rescheduled to Sat May 21, 2022 at 8pm. From $45. 🇩🇴

The B.I.G. Salsa Festival New York is a Salsa and Bachata dance festival at the New York Hilton Midtown on Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-30, 2022. From $20. Passes from $150. bigsalsafestival.com

March 2022

Los Toros Band plays Dominican Bachata and Merengue at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Mar 12 after midnight (10pm doors). $20. 🇩🇴

Sosa Y BachataFlo play Bachata for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Mar 6 at 8:30 & 10:30pm. $10. 🇩🇴

James Sedano’s Brunchata, Bachata lunch is at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Mar 6 from 1-6pm. $10. 🇩🇴

February 2022

Zacarias Ferreira and Kiko Rodriguez sing Dominican Bachata Para Enamorados for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Feb 4 at 10pm. From $50. 🇩🇴

October 2021

Elvis Martínez plays Dominican Bachata at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Oct 29 at 9pm. From $48. 🇩🇴

Afro-Dominicano plays Bachata for dancing at the “Brunchata” Bachata brunch at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Oct 10 from 12 noon to 10pm. $10 cover after 5pm. 🇩🇴

Aventura with Romeo Santos brings their Inmortal Tour to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 8pm. From $49.50. 🇩🇴

Grupo Aurora plays Bachata for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village for the “Brunchata” Bachata brunch on Sun, Oct 3 from 1-6pm. 🇩🇴

September 2021

Frank Reyes sings Dominican bachata for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Sep 10 at 10pm. From $50 🇩🇴

Bachata Music

José Manuel Calderon’s “Que será de mi Condena” (1967) was one of the first recorded Bachata songs.

José Manuel Calderon made some of the first Bachata recordings in the 196os.

Juan Luis Guerra singing “Bachata en Fukuoka” (2010)

Juan Luis Guerra helped clean up Bachata’s naughty reputation.

Aventura and Romeo Santos created Urban Bachata.

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