Looking for the best cities in the United States to go salsa dancing? You’ve got plenty of options! The U.S. hosts more salsa lessons, socials, and festivals than any other country in the world, perhaps not surprising given its size and the fact that salsa, as we know it today, actually originated in the U.S. …
Bad Bunny will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on February 8, 2026— the first time a Puerto Rican artist leads the biggest stage in U.S. entertainment. The NFL announced the news Sunday night alongside Apple Music and Roc Nation. Bad Bunny is the first …
Bad Bunny closed his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency in San Juan on Saturday night (Sept. 20) with a three-hour celebration that felt less like a pop show and more like a love letter to Puerto Rico — capped by a salsa-soaked finale that put the genre’s heartbeat front and center. The last …
Cuban Dance Styles: The Complete List Cuba’s dance and music have had a tremendous impact on Latin music, social dance, and global popular culture. The island has long been a cultural melting pot of Indigenous Taíno heritage, Spanish colonial influence, and powerful West & Central African traditions, whose mixing (under difficult historical circumstances) sparked remarkable …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Salsa is back (and bigger): Salsa Vida’s calendar now spans nearly 2,000 events across all 50 U.S. states and 36 countries The one-person, AI-assisted platform also lists 250+ festivals for the current year, 500+ city guides, open submissions, and a free TuneTempo practice app—making it the most comprehensive, up-to-date salsa resource online. …
Eddie Palmieri—the Bronx-born pianist whose trombone-driven bands redefined New York salsa and powered dance floors for six decades—died on August 6, 2025, after an extended illness. He was 88 and passed at his home in Hackensack, New Jersey. Born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents, Palmieri came up playing timbales before settling into the …
After weeks of late-night coding sessions (and copious amounts of coffee), I’m thrilled to roll out a brand new tool for dancers: TuneTempo, a free, browser-based music slow-downer and loop app built specifically for dancers. TuneTempo makes it easy to slow down (or speed up!) any song so you can slow a piece down when …
Bar Salsa—better known to dancers as “Salsa Temple” or “Bar Salsa Temple”—held a final party on Sunday, June 1, 2025, and closed to the public starting June 2. The brief announcement came via social posts from the venue, thanking London’s Latin dance community for years of classes, socials, and late-night parties. Opened in September 2017 …
Eric Caty—international ballroom champion, co-founder of Calgary’s Salsa Rica Dance Company, and a driving force behind the Canadian salsa and ballroom scenes—passed away peacefully on March 30, 2025, after a sudden battle with bacterial meningitis. He was 49. Born in Montréal in 1975, Caty began formal ballroom training at age six, studying with some of …
Bad Bunny fans and salsa enthusiasts got a treat this week with the release of the music video for “Baile Inolvidable,” a salsa-infused track from his latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. In the video, the Puerto Rican star takes his first salsa lesson, dressed casually in a gray sweatsuit and sneakers. The class is …
The Euroson Latino World Salsa Championships is one of the top international salsa competitions in the world, and this year’s competition just concluded, and the results are in! Over a thousand competitors from 37 countries and 5 continents gathered in Pueba Mexico, from December 2-7th 2024 to compete in this year’s event, which marked the …
The holidays are a time for family, friends, celebrations and music, and what better way to celebrate than with some festive salsa music! Whether you’re hosting a salsa Christmas party or burning off some Thanksgiving pounds at the studio, here our picks or 15 top salsa Christmas songs to get you dancing! 1. “All I …
Fernando Sosa, the director of Tropical Gem and one of the most well-known salsa dancers in the world, officially retired from the performance world today with a final performance at the Camana Club in Milan, Italy. The performance, fittingly titled “The Last Dance”, paid homage to Fernando Sosa and his many decades of performing, featuring …
The Las Vegas Super Congress, one of the largest salsa events held in the US, announced that they will be moving this year’s event to the Westgate Las Vegas Resort. The Las Vegas Salsa Congress, now in it’s 21st year, has been held every year at the Tropicana Hotel on the south end of the …
Origins of Salsa Dance Salsa dancing today is the most popular partner dance in the world. However, not many people are familiar with the complex history of how the dance originated. In this brief history of salsa, we’ll explore the origins of the world’s most popular Latin dance, from the Caribbean islands of Cuba and …
Song: “El Sabroso Son” by Orquesta La Palabra & Tito Puente Is this the world’s first ever salsa dancing robot (and dancing Colombian salsa, no less)? Actually, it’s the creation of a new VFX tool called Wonder Studio (currently in beta), created by Wonder Dynamics. The program is super easy to use– you just upload …
Salsa dancers across the country performed during NBA halftime shows in the past month as a part of Latin heritage celebrations organized by various NBA teams. In California, SJSU’s salsa dance team, Spartan Mambo, performed during the halftime show of the Golden State Warriors at the newly built Chase Center in San Francisco. The team …
The U.S. Mint has announced that Celia Cruz, the “Queen of Salsa”, will be featured on US quarters next year, as part of their American Women Quarters Program. The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year long program celebrating the accomplishments and achievements of women in the United States. Celia Cruz (who passed away in …
Latin dance has exploded in popularity in recent years. Originating mainly from South America and the Caribbean, Latin American dancing has spread around the world, surpassing American and European partnered dances such as Swing and Waltz in popularity. There are more than a dozen Latin dance styles out there and if you’re new to dance …
Happy New Year! Our Salsa Calendar of the SF Bay Area has been updated for 2023! You can find all the salsa lessons, socials and festivals happening this year on our calendar. If you know of any events that are happening that aren’t listed, please submit it! Here’s to a happy new year of salsa …
