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Salsa
Browse features on salsa music and salsa dance in New York City, including night clubs, dance parties, festivals, dance studios, and musicians.
Tito Puente is Still “The King of Latin Music”
HARLEM, Manhattan ~ April 20, 1923 🇵🇷
Gilberto Santa Rosa “Auténtico Tour” Brings Puerto Rican Salsa to Radio City Music Hall
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇵🇷
La Sonora Ponceña Plays Puerto Rican Salsa at Lehman Center
LEHMAN CENTER, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷
Grupo Niche Plays Colombian Salsa for the New York Salsa Festival at Barclays Center
BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 🇨🇴
PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇴
KUPFERBERG CENTER, Flushing, Queens 🇨🇴
Lulada Club Plays All-Women Salsa with the Brass Queens and Sunny Cheeba on Decks at Brooklyn Bowl
BROOKLYN BOWL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 🇨🇴 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Conzo: A Look Back at The Bronx, 1977-84 Hip Hop and Salsa at Bronx Documentary Center
BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER, Melrose, The Bronx 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Pete Rodríguez Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz and Puerto Rican Salsa at Pregones/PRTT
PREGONES/PRTT, Concourse, The Bronx 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Eddie Palmieri Plays a Spring Residency of Latin Jazz at the Blue Note New York
BLUE NOTE NEW YORK in Greenwich Village ~ The New York Puerto Rican NEA Jazz Master and 9-time Grammy winner keeps playing Latin jazz and salsa. 🇵🇷
Andy Montañez is a Puerto Rican Salsa Legend
LEHMAN CENTER, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷
Jerry Rivera Sings Puerto Rican Salsa at Bergen Performing Arts Center
BERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Englewood, New Jersey 🇵🇷
Tite Curet Alonso, The Salsa Poet, Wrote Many Salsa Hits, But is Not Credited
GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico ~ February 12, 1926 🇵🇷
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico is Joined by Rey Ruíz and Wilfrido Vargas for Caribbean Salsa at Radio City Music Hall
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴
Marc Anthony “Historia Tour” Brings Puerto Rican Salsa and Bachata to Prudential Center
PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇵🇷
Rubén Blades is a Panamanian Salsa Legend and Godfather of Latin Music Today
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇵🇦
La Excelencia Plays New York Salsa for Dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez
GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ, Greenwich Village, Manhattan. 🇨🇴
Latin Mondays at Taj, by Talia Castro-Pozo, is One of New York’s Most Popular Salsa Dance Parties
TAJ II, Flatiron District, Manhattan ~ One of New York City’s most popular salsa parties for more than fifteen years. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz
HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺
India, is “La Princesa de la Salsa”
The chart-topping, Latin Grammy-winning, New York Puerto Rican salsa singer is loved by el pueblo. 🇵🇷
Salute Tito Puente el Mambo Diablo, Celia Cruz, and La Lupe, with Family, Friends, and his Mambo Legends Orchestra, at Hostos Center
HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Go if you love mambo, salsa, and bolero by Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, Vicentico Valdes, Santos Colon, and well you know.
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Joe Arroyo was One of the Godfathers of Colombian Salsa
CARTAGENA, Colombia ~ The singer who mixed many Caribbean traditions into Colombian Salsa, was born on November 1, 1955.
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Tito Nieves, Kevin Ceballo, Rumberos del Callejon, & Daniela Darcourt Sing Salsa Romántica at Lehman Center
One of the great Puerto Rican salsa romántica singers.
LEHMAN CENTER in Jerome Park, The Bronx
Saturday, October 21, 2023
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Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays a Portrait of the Americas at Drom
A pan-Latin cumbia, salsa, jazz, and folkloric band with a Colombian Artistic Director.
DROM in Manhattan’s East Village
Saturday, November 18, 2023
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Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World
HAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺
José Alberto “El Canario” Sings Salsa for SummerStage at the Coney Island Amphitheater
A superstar Dominican salsa singer known for his charismatic whistling.
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Willie Colón Headlines the New York Salsa Festival
One of the core players in the FANIA All-Stars New York salsa sound of the 1970s.
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BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Saturday, June 10, 2023
New York Salsa Festival 2023 Features Willie Colón, El Gran Combo, Victor Manuelle, Oscar D’Leon and Merengueros Oro Solido
Willie Colón, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Victor Manuelle, Grupo Niche, Oscar de Leon, Jerry Rivera, Tony Vega, Edgar Joel, merengueros Oro Sólido backed merengueros Oro Sólido, backed by a great salsa band directed by Bobby Allende and Marc Quiñones. 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪
BARCLAYS CENTER: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Bronx Week 2023 Climaxes with the Bronx Week Parade, Food and Arts Festival and Concert
Bronx Week includes a silent disco, skate party, Bronx Walk of Fame induction, parade, food and arts festival, and a concert.
THE BRONX
May 12-21, 2023
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Orquesta Broadway Celebrates 60 Years of New York Cuban Charanga at Aaron Davis Hall
Friday, March 24, 2023
AARON DAVIS HALL
CITY COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Hamilton Heights, West Harlem
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The Rhythm, Bass And Place: Through the Lens Photography Exhibition Shows Music & Dance as the Heartbeat of Latin New York at the CCCADI
Opens Friday, March 17, 2023
CCCADI
East Harlem, Manhattan
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globalFEST 2023 Brings Global Music to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Sunday, January 15, 2023
DAVID GEFFEN HALL
Lincoln Center
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Roberto Roena “El Señor Bongó,” was a Bomba and Salsa Legend
LABIOS DULCE, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, January 16, 1940 🇵🇷
Los Hacheros Play Salsa at The Django
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
THE DJANGO
Tribeca, NYC
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Lalo Rodríguez, Salsa Romantica
Friday, July 26, 2019
SUMMERSTAGE
SOUNDVIEW PARK
Clason Point, The Bronx
Tito Rodríguez ¡El Inolvidable! is Tributed by Tito Rodríguez Jr, Gilberto Santa Rosa & Friends at Hostos Center
Friday-Sunday, November 11-13, 2022
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
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Arsenio Rodríguez, “El Ciego Maravilloso,” Added Horns and Conga to Son Montuno
GÜIRA DE MACURIJES, Matanzas, Cuba ~ August 31, 1911 🇨🇺
Maelo Ruiz Sings Salsa Romántica at Sabor Latino
Saturday, September 24, 2022
SABOR LATINO
Elmhurst, Queens
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Son Del Monte Plays Pachanga (Salsa Cuban Style) for the New York Salsa Congress at the Marriott Marquis
Sunday, September 4, 2022
MARRIOTT MARQUIS
Times Square
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CCCADI’s AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! Celebrates Our African Roots in El Barrio!
Saturday, August 13, 2022
HARLEM ART PARK
“El Barrio” East Harlem
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Tony Succar Joins Issac Delgado’s “Con Tumbao” Timba Band for the Blue Note Jazz Festival at Sony Hall
BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Thursday, June 23, 2022
SONY HALL
Times Square Theater District
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The BIG Salsa Festival NYC 2022 Gets The City Dancing Salsa & Bachata
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Thu-Mon, May 26-30, 2022
NEW YORK HILTON MIDTOWN
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Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros Play Cuban Timba at Terraza 7
TERRAZA 7, Elmhurst, Queens 🇨🇺
Johnny Pacheco was La Salsa!
Thursday, March 25, 2022
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Tito Rojas, “El Gallo Salsero,” was a Great Salsero
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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Tony Succar & India Play Latin Grammy-winning Salsa at The Ritz
Saturday, November 6, 2021
RITZ THEATRE
Elizabeth, New Jersey
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The Salsa Stories Multimedia Pop-Up Salsa Festival is at The Clemente
Thu-Sun, September 2-5, 2021
THE CLEMENTE
Lower East Side
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Tony Succar is The Salsa Renaissance Man
INTERVIEW
June 23, 2021
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New York City’s 1980s Rebound Revolutionized the Music World(s)
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
“El Barrio” East Harlem
Ongoing
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The Tony Succar “Más de Mi” Documentary is a Great Salsa Story and We’re In It
live.tonysuccar.com
Thursday, May 20, 2021
9pm ET
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Bobby Sanabria talks the African-Caribbean Roots of Jazz
Part 1, June 30, 2020
Part 2, July 7, 2020
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) YouTube & Facebook channels
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