Fourth Cuban Salsa Festival Opens in Havana
The festival program also includes the performance of renowned DJs from Spain, Germany, Italy and Slovenia and the main course is the concert by Puerto Rican singer Jerry Rivera.
The event will last until February 24 and is also dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Cuban singer and composer Benny More.
Salsa Festival, organized by the Carnival Company and the Provincial Directorate of Culture in Havana, with support of important Cuban institutions, has among its objectives to boost popular Cuban dance music.
According to its main sponsor, musician Maykel Blanco, the goal of this event is to foster and make known to the world the salsa music currently produced in Cuba, as well as dance and other cultural events.