Salsa

Browse features on salsa music and salsa dance in New York City, including night clubs, dance parties, festivals, dance studios, and musicians.

New York Salsa News

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Presents Free Concerts and Dance Parties

Conjunto Imagen, Puerto Rican salsa 🇵🇷
Dámaris Bójor, Mexican folk pop 🇲🇽
Miriam Elhajli, Venezuelan Moroccan American experimental folk 🇻🇪 🇲🇦 🇺🇸

LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan

Carlos Henriquez Nuyorican Holiday Jazz

DIZZY’S CLUB at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Tito Nieves “50th Anniversary Tour” in New York City

RITZ THEATRE, Elizabeth, New Jersey 🇵🇷

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico ~ Rafael Ithier Vaya Con Dios

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, December 6, 2025 Vaya con Dios Rafael 🇵🇷

Hostos Center is One of America’s Top Latin Performing Arts Centers

Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Puerto Rican salsa navidad 🇵🇷
Annual Kwanzaa Celebration African American dance 🇺🇸
Papo Vázquez, Puerto Rican Jazz Parranda 🇵🇷
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Kwanzaa Regeneration Celebration 🇺🇸

MOTT HAVEN, The Bronx

La Excelencia Plays New York Salsa for Dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez

GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ, Greenwich Village, Manhattan. 🇨🇴

Grupo Niche Plays Colombian Salsa Pa’l Mundo at Prudential Center

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇴

New York International Salsa Congress is NYC’s Labor Day Weekend Salsa and Bachata Dance Festival

NEW YORK MARRIOTT MARQUIS, Times Square Theater District, and offsite venues in Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Albita Celebrates the Evolution of Cuban Music From Rumba and Música Guajira, to Son Cubano and Salsa

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇨🇺

South Bronx Cultural Festival Celebrates Casita Maria’s 91st Anniversary with an Eddie Palmieri Tribute, Nelson González All Star Band, Bronx Banda featuring Arturo O’Farrill and Lots More

FATHER GIGANTE PLAZA, Longwood, The Bronx 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach is a Hot Summer Salsa Dance Party

ORCHARD BEACH, Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷

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

NEW YORK HILTON MIDTOWN, Manhattan 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Tito Puente is Still “The King of Latin Music”

HARLEM, Manhattan ~ April 20, 1923 🇵🇷

Latin Mondays NYC by Talia Castro-Pozo, One of New York’s Most Popular Latin Dance Parties, is Now at Fifth&Mad in Murray Hill

5th&Mad, Murray Hill, Manhattan 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

Eddie Palmieri is a Salsa and Latin Jazz Legend

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Marc Anthony “Historia Tour” in New York City

BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 🇵🇷

Gilberto Santa Rosa “Auténtico Tour” in New York City

ST. GEORGE THEATRE, Staten Island 🇵🇷
FLAGSTAR AT WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR, Jericho, Long Island 🇵🇷
BERGEN PAC, Englewood, New Jersey 🇵🇷
STATE THEATER, New Brunswick, New Jersey 🇵🇷

Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández Celebrates Their “Swing Forever” Album Release

THE IRIDIUM, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Orquesta Broadway was a Popular New York Cuban Charanga Orchestra in the 1960s-1970s

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Arsenio Rodríguez, “El Ciego Maravilloso,” Developed Son Montuno and the Conjunto, the Template for Salsa, Songo, and Timba

GÜIRA DE MACURIJES, Matanzas, Cuba ~ August 31, 1911 🇨🇺

José Alberto “El Canario” Plays the New York International Salsa Congress

MARRIOTT MARQUIS, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇩🇴

La India Plays the Colombian Independence Festival

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇵🇷

Colombian Independence Festival Features Grupo Niche, Gran Combo, India, Jesse Uribe, Paola Jara, Francy, and Alex Sensation

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇴 🇵🇷

Tony Succar Peruvian Salsa in New York City

JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇵🇪

New York Salsa Festival is a Night of Salsa Legends

BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

Willie Colón Headlines the New York Salsa Festival

BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 🇵🇷

Andy Montañez is a Puerto Rican Salsa Legend

CONEY ISLAND AMPHITHEATER, Coney Island, Brooklyn 🇵🇷

Lulada Club, Women’s Salsa Orchestra, Plays a Women’s Health Services Benefit at SOB’s

SOB’s Sounds of Brazil, Hudson, Square, Manhattan 🇨🇴 🇺🇸 🇵🇷

Bryant Park Dance Party 2024 Free Dance Lessons and Live Music for Dancing Salsa, R&B, Hustle, Bachata, Swing, and Motown

BRYANT PARK, Midtown, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

La Sonora Ponceña Plays Puerto Rican Salsa at Lehman Center

LEHMAN CENTER, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷

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 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

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 🇵🇷

Rubén Blades in New York City

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇵🇦

Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz

HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺

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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