The 3rd Edition of the four-day San Diego International Cuban Dance Congress will take place October 25-28 at the Town & Country San Diego. The event will include concerts, DJs, dance workshops in son, casino, rueda de casino, rumba and cubaton as well as dance performances. They are also bringing back the popular Timba Boat and Timba Mob Bus. The names of the bands and instructors will be announced later, so follow the Cuban Dance Congress Facebook page to stay updated. In the meantime, you can still get passes at a reduced price until March 31.

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ENGLISH: France is the center of Timba in Europe tonight with concerts by two of the greatest exponents of Timba: Pupy y Los Que Son Son in Limoges at the Carnival Salsa Festival, and Lazarito Valdés & Bamboleo in Paris for the 6th Rueda de Casino Festival. I would hate to be forced to chose between those two concerts. 

ESPAÑOL: Francia es el centro de Timba en Europa esta noche con conciertos de dos de los más grandes exponentes de la Timba: Pupy y Los Que Son Son en Limoge en el Carnival Salsa Festival, y Lazarito Valdés & Bamboleo en París para el 6º Festival de Rueda de Casino. No me gustaría tener que elegir entre esos dos conciertos.

Pupy y Los Que Son Son will perform in France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland on this tour. If you want to catch them in Spain, today is the last day to buy discounted tickets!
Click here for the tour dates.

Pupy y Los Que Son Son actuarán en Francia, España, Italia y Suiza en esta gira. Si quieres verlos en España, hoy es el último día para comprar boletos con descuento.
Haga clic aquí para ver las fechas de la gira.

"Pasándola bien (Guarchará)"

Lazarito Valdés & Bamboleo will be heating up Paris with songs from their recent album "Pa' Que Bailes". Their tour will take them to France, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Germany. Click to find a concert near you!

Lazarito Valdés & Bamboleo calentará París con canciones de su reciente álbum "Pa 'Que Bailes". Su gira los llevará a Francia, Suecia, Finlandia, Italia y Alemania. ¡Haz clic para encontrar un concierto cerca de ti!

"Qué culpa tengo yo" from the CD "Pa'Que Bailes"

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ENGLISH: The 2018 Fiesta del Tambor "Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam" kicked off yesterday with concert at El ISA by Arnie Lang and students of the percussion school at El ISA. Today activities get underway with events in locations throughout the city including Teatro Mella and Jardines del Mella. The new cultural center Casa de la Música de Plaza will host a masters class in batucada by Fabiana Cosa followed by the first leg of the percussion competition in the Sala Teatro. In the Sala Grande there will be concerts tonight by Rozaliz y su orquesta and Bamboleo and the Piano Bar Convergencia will feature Joao Donato, Janis Siegel y Nanny Assis and Luan Carlos Marín y su Grupo. There is so much going on that you need to check out the program. Click here to download final version of the PDF.

ESPAÑOL: Fiesta del Tambor "Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam" 2018 comenzó ayer con un concierto en El ISA por parte de Arnie Lang y alumos de la escuela de percisión en El ISA. Hoy se inician actividades con eventos en lugares de toda la ciudad, incluidos Teatro Mella y Jardines del Mella. El nuevo centro cultural Casa de la Música de Plaza acogerá una clase de maestros de batucada de Fabiana Cosa seguida de la primera etapa de la competencia de percusión en la Sala Teatro. En la Sala Grande habrá conciertos esta noche de Rozaliz y su orquesta y Bamboleo y el Piano Bar Convergencia contará con Joao Donato, Janis Siegel y Nanny Assis y Luan Carlos Marín y su Grupo. Están sucediendo tantas cosas que debes leer el programa. Haz clic aquí para descargar la última versión del PDF.

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The 2018 Fiesta del Tambor Guillermo Barreto en Memoriam begins March 5th and really is a party with so many facets that you are guaranteed to find something for you. The complete program has now been published. Check it out and you can even download it as a PDF if you want to have it with you as you walk around Havana.

Many of the events will take place the the new Cultural Center and Casa de la Musica in Plaza, which houses both a concert venue, a piano bar and also a community center. Click here to read Bill's blog on it.  There are music and dance workshops and competitions, and lots of concerts. How about Bamboleo, Klímax, Manolito y su Trabuco, Aisar y el Expresso de Cuba, Pupy y Los Que Son Son, Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor, Azúcar Negra, Tanja Pantoja, Achy Lang, Charanga Latina, Los 4, Los Van Van, El Niño y la Verdad, Issac Delgado, and Havana d'Primera to name a few. And that doesn't include the jazz and rumba concerts! 

Check out the video below to see how things are already heating up at La Tropical.

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