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Events, festivals, and venues: Tropical Latin music: salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia, vallenato

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Calle Ocho Music Festival

The Calle Ocho Music Festival is a free one-day street festival held each March on SW 8th Street in Miami's Little Havana, billed as the world's largest Latin music festival.

Congreso Mundial de la Salsa (Puerto Rico)

The Congreso Mundial de la Salsa, or World Salsa Congress, is an annual salsa dance event in San Juan, Puerto Rico, founded in 1997 by producer Eli Irizarry.

Feria de Cali

The Feria de Cali, historically the Feria de la Caña, is an annual salsa festival in Cali, Colombia, held around 25 to 30 December since 1957.

Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata

The Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata is an annual vallenato competition festival held in Valledupar, Colombia, since 1968, where accordionists compete for the Rey Vallenato title.

Palladium Ballroom (music)

The Palladium Ballroom was a second-floor ballroom at 1698 Broadway and 53rd Street in Manhattan, known from 1947 to 1966 as the home of the mambo, where Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodríguez played.

Peacock Theater

Peacock Theater, formerly Microsoft Theater and Nokia Theatre, is a 7,100-seat concert and events theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, opened in 2007.

Premio Lo Nuestro 2019

Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 (Premios Lo Nuestro 2019) was the 31st edition of Univision's annual Latin music awards, held in Miami on February 21, 2019, where Ozuna won nine trophies.

Salsa al Parque

Salsa al Parque is a free annual salsa festival held in Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, Colombia, created by the city government in 1997 and drawing crowds of up to 170,000.

Tin Tin Deo

Tin Tin Deo, also written Tintindeo, is a salsa club in Cali, Colombia, founded in 1987, named for an Andy Harlow track, and declared an emblematic rumba site in 2021.

Vibras Tour

The Vibras Tour was Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin's 2018 North American tour supporting his album Vibras, running from Fresno to Miami and grossing $11.5 million.