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We will tell you about five Salsa clubs to enjoy this summer in the Spanish capital

Discover the essence of nightlife in Madrid city with five incredible clubs to dance Salsa until dawn. We suggest that you plan your next dance date so that you can practice your Salsa skills and enjoy this social trend that is invading this summer.

Azúcar Salsa Disco

Azúcar is open on Fridays, Saturdays, and the eve of holidays from 11 PM to 6 AM

This Salsa and Bachata room is one of the most recognized and popular in Madrid. This place offers from Thursday to Saturday the most current Salsa hard on the American continent. Its doors open from 11 PM and in the first hour, the entrance for the ladies is free. Ticket prices range from €12 to €16, and parking is free for the first two hours. Classes run over these three days from 10 PM to 11 PM cost €9 and include a drink and entry to the social session. On Fridays and Saturdays, they close at 6 AM, while on Thursdays they close at 5:30 AM. Azúcar Salsa Disco https://azucarsalsadisco.com/ is located at Calle Atocha 107, 28012, Madrid, Spain.

The Host Club

The Host Club has an excellent lights set

It is one of the leading clubs on the Latin scene in the city of Madrid. It has excellent light and sound equipment, and has a capacity for 550 people. During the week they bring varied proposals with attractive sessions in the various Latin musical styles of the moment: Salsa, Bachata, Salsa Hip-Hop, Merengue, Kizomba, Afro-rumba, Tango, or Street Dance. So, get ready to dance with a wide Afro-Caribbean musical repertoire at The Host Club http://www.thehostclub.es/ .They are open from Tuesday to Saturday, and you can find it at Calle Ferraz nº 38, 28008, Madrid, Spain.

Sala Templo

Sala Templo has close and familiar attention

It is a space that offers joy, culture, and close attention. In each dance sesión, they have teachers and dancers who liven up the room and also help new clients to enter the world of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cha Cha Cha, and Kizomba. Its Bailamos training program for students and teachers is directed by Fredy Bedoya and has dance professionals in constant updating, mirrors, and teaching material. Salsa (9 PM) and Bachata (8 PM) classes are one hour long, and the established days are Monday and Tuesday. Salsa Templo https://www.salatemplo.com/ is located at Bravo Murillo 52, 28003, Madrid, Spain.

Pincel

In Pincel you can also learn Ballroom Dance

It’s a club to dance Salsa and Bachata on Fridays and Saturdays. On Fridays, it is Bachata Night with an irresistible workshop with Ruth and Pablo (Dancers) at 11 PM and is followed by the social Bachata with Dj Chino in the booth. On Saturdays, it gets involved in a Salsa atmosphere from 11 PM with the Salsa class taught by Ivan and Sheila, then the social with DJ Pituelve in the booth. Pincel http://www.discotecapincel.es/ is located at Calle Doctor Raso, nº 1 (Húmera), 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.

Zeus

Zeus holds contests and travel raffles for the best salseros of the season

It is one of the most recommended rooms in the south of Madrid to go out and dance Cuban Salsa, Bachata, and Kizomba. Here, you can find authentic professional dancers of these Caribbean rhythms on 200 meters of the dance floor. Zeus has its dance school, and together with the MDD academy, they teach Salsa and Bachata classes from Monday to Thursday for all levels, and you can try the first class for free. The Zeus room https://www.facebook.com/zeusmostoles is located at Calle Bécquer, nº3, Móstoles, 28932.

The wait is over and Fiesta opens its doors with a new season of Latin concerts during the summer

Festival Fiesta has been the point of reference in Italy for Latin American concerts and events for 27 years.

Since 1995 the Fiesta club has been the point of reference for Latin American culture in Italy during summer nights in Rome.

Fiesta is located in the Rosati Tourist Park (Parco Rosati -Eur) and has an area of ​​5,000 square meters with a capacity of 3,500 people. Its distribution consists of an outdoor music room equipped with a stage with a led wall for live music and two dance rooms for different musical styles (Salsa, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Bachata, Rumba, Merengue, Timba, reggae, and reggaeton).

“The objective of this festival is to build a permanent cultural bridge between Italy and Latin American citizens living in Rome, promoting the value of integration between peoples and respecting different identities.” Fragment extracted from the website. https://fiestafestival.it/

In this regard, the artistic director Mansur Naziri expressed the following: “Over the years I have witnessed several changes in the audience of Fiesta. Now, we have reached the new generations, those the children of immigrants who were born in Italy feel Italian but still keep their traditions alive, even through music. Next to them are the Italians who dancing and listening to Latin songs have also learned a little Spanish, giving life to a beautiful cultural fusion…”

The most representative Salsa artists who have come to this evocative stage of the Eternal City have been Celia Cruz, Los Van Van, Rubén Blades, Gilberto Santarosa, Tito Puente, Oscar D’ León, and Marc Anthony, among many others.

This year the club with its Fiesta festival will continue to offer the best of the Latin music scene from the traditional to the most current. Here are the Salsa artists who will be performing in the cool of Rome’s nights from June to August.

PUPY Y LOS QUE SON SON

Pupy was the pianist in the Revé Orchestra

The Cuban traditional music orchestra created and directed by the pianist, composer, and director César Pedroso Fernández better known as “Pupy” will be performing on Wednesday, June 1^st, and tickets don’t exceed €17.

Pupy is recognized for being one of the most important figures in Timba and traditional Cuban music. He participated in two emblematic orchestras during his career: Orquesta Revé and Los Van Van. In this last-mentioned band, he was one of the founders along with his partner and friend Juan Formell.

After 32 years of artistic career, on October 4^th, 2001, he formed his band Pupy y Los Que Son Son. Its name derives from the recognition of “Son” as a musical genre where his roots come from, and the style of the band is the fusion of the different instrumental formats with the “Tumbao”.

HAVANA D’PRIMERA

Alexander Abreu spent his childhood in Cienfuegos city (Cuba), where he began playing the trumpet at ten years old.

The band of more than ten musicians created in 2008 and founded by the Cuban trumpeter, singer, and composer Alexander Abreu will take the Fiesta stage on Friday, June 3^rd, and you can get the ticket for €30.

Alexander Abreu has become one of the most versatile and acclaimed Cuban musicians in Afro-Cuban music. “I have always seen Havana D’Primera with 15 people on stage, and everyone said that it was impossible, that it would be too expensive, too difficult to move… It is how we started: 14 or 15 of us and a lot of positive energy, now we are stronger than ever.” Abreu commented.

Havana D’Primera’s first album is Haciendo Historia released in 2009, followed by Cantor del Pueblo (2018), A Romper el Coco (2019), and Será que se acabó (2021).

LOS VAN VAN

Los Van Van was the first Cuban group to replace a solo singer with a vocal quartet.

The musical orchestra founded by Juan Formell in Havana (Cuba) in December 1969 will arrive on Saturday, August 6^th. They will present their fusion of Cuban Son, Jazz, and Rock with the incorporation of percussion, trombones, keyboards, electronic violins, flutes, bass, and drums for a rhythmic and harmonic sound that complements the quartet of voices, and you can get tickets for a value of €30.