Cuba’s International Salsa Festival in Havana – February 2023
The Cuban Salsa festival in Havana, Cuba is one of those events where you won’t stop dancing for a second. The event brings together the most relevant famous music orchestras from all over the Island. It is an explosion of music and energy never experienced before.
The highlight of this Festival is the salsa music genre, better known in Cuba as “son” or “timba” -one of the most modern and popular variants of Cuban son. Hence, the possibility of enjoying the rhythmic-melodic combinations of contemporary Cuban popular music.
Since the first versions of the Havana Salsa Festival, the presence of Afro-Cuban rhythms, rumba, Salsa, and casino dance in different modalities has been shocking, such as concerts, showcases, conferences, visits to places with relevant musical history, etc.
The Cuban pianist and composer Maykel Blanco plays the primary host of the event, together with his Salsa Mayor orchestra and Cuban cultural institutions such as the Centro Provincial de Espectรกculos y de Carnaval de La Habana (Provincial Center of Shows and Carnival of Havana), and other music businesses like Artex, Paradiso, Musicalia, Clave Cubana, Instituto Cubano of the music.
The festival headquarters is the Club 500 of the Josรฉ Antonio Echeverrรญa de Palmares Recreational Complex, besieged in the heart of one of the most central and popular neighborhoods in Havana, Vedado. The space includes a large stage with an extensive area conducive to enjoying good music and dancing with your friends.
Every year, the famous Cuban Salsa festival welcomes important Cuban groups such as Pupy y los que Son Son, Adalberto Alvarez y Su Son, Alexander Abreu y Havana DยดPrimera, and the legendary Los Van Van orchestra. In addition to national artists, the Salsa Festival has had the presence of international musicians such as the Puerto Rican salsero Victor Manuelle.
For 2022, Festival de la Salsa organizers presented another tight Line-Up, including the famous Cuban orchestras mentioned before. Let’s check it out!
- Pupy y los que Son Son
- Adalberto Alvarez y su Son
- Josรฉ Luis Cortรฉs y NG La Banda
- Alexander Abreu y Havana DยดPrimera
- Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco
- Charanga Habanera
- Lazarito Valdรฉs y Bamboleo
- Haila Mompiรฉ
- Tania Pantoja
- Los Van Van
- Giraldo Piloto y Klimax
- El Noro y Primera Clase
- Ivan el Hijo de Teresa
- Elito Revรฉ y su Charangรณn
- Candido Fabrรฉ
- Charanga Latina
- Paulo FGย
2023 Tour Dates are February 21st-March 1st, 2023
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What dates are this festival in 2023?
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