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The 3rd Annual International Guaguancó Festival will be held from June 22-24 in Barcelona, Spain. This year's festival is dedicated to Gregorio Hernández better known as "El Goyo", a legendary rumbero who passed away earlier this year.

The festival offers classes with live music for both students and teachers in a wide variety of Afro-Cuban dances such as: Yoruba dances, Rumba Guaguancó, Columbia, Yambú, Contemporary Afro, Congo: Makuta, Palo & Yuca, Timba, Afro-Rumba, Franco-Haitian, Abakuá, Arará, Rumba Casino, Folkloric songs, Rueda de Casino, Son and Cubatón.

There will also be dance performances and live music including the amazing line up of La Charanga Habanera Friday the 22nd and Tirso Duarte & La Mecánica Loca Sunday the 24th!

Check out the Guaguancó Festival 2012 promotional video below.

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Charanga packed Yoshi's on Monday and is back tonight for more madness. Click here for Tom's gallery. Many more photos coming soon. After SF, the band returns to Miami for several last shows.

And Havana d'Primera tickets, including the great new "all night pass" (both shows for a big discount), are already on sale (and going fast) at Yoshi's box office.

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Yoshi's SF will begin selling HDP tix @ 6:30 tonight! Posting from cell phone. 
VISAS APPROVED!!

Alexander Abreu & Habana D' Primera

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