Celebrando 2023 - Salsa & Heritage Festival
Enjoy KXAN Video - Thanks All!
Puerto Rican Cultural Center

THANKS TO ALL who came to our Salsa & Heritage Festival!

Enjoy this video from KXAN News who surprised us with their attendance!

https://www.kxan.com/video/austins-puerto-rican-community-celebrates-its-2023-salsa-heritage-festival/8725188

Approximately 280 from far away cities including - Oklahoma to Dallas, Killeen, San Antonio to Brownsville, Illinois, Orocovis Puerto Rico (!!) - and KXAN News enjoyed our once-in-a-lifetime, fusion of Puerto Rican and Colombian mountain traditions!

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR PHOTOS & VIDEOS!

Our cultural center programs start again on August 12, with more exciting events in plan!  

Ask how you can join our performing family and awesome volunteers! Participating is MUCH more fun than watching!

Celebrando 2023 - SALSA & HERITAGE FESTIVAL

Proyecto Montañas, Colombia & Boricua Mountain Traditions!

June 11, 2023, 3-8pm

Find your dancing shoes! Experience a rich fusion of Puerto Rican and Colombian mountain traditions brought to life in this one-time-only event! Our Salsa & Heritage Festival will feature handcraft artisans, comida criolla by Borinken Roots, and special guest artists:

- TrabuRikan Salsa Orquestra -- the BEST Salsa orquesta in Texas!

- Kiko Villamizar - Colombian Folklorist, Musician, Songwriter &

Colombian Master artists El Indio Hernandez and Damian Bossio.

- Ricky Villanueva - national award-winning improvisational trovador, musician and composer from Comerio, the Cradle of Trovadors.

- Irvin Santiago Diaz - award-winning Cuatrista and Trovador of improvised décima from Morovis.

- Raul de la Paz - Master Choreographer & Director, Ballet Sangre Viva

- Karla Cortijo - Dancer & Choreographer, Ballet Sangre Viva

- Isaí Chacon - Flamenco Guitarist, Musical Director A'lante Flamenco

- Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance with Tekina-eirú Maynard, Director, Choreographer, Songwriter!

The Salsa & Heritage Festival will take place at the JCC Ballroom at Shalom Austin, 7300 Hart Ln, Austin, TX 78731.

ADVANCE TICKETS 20% off. Sale ends Saturday!

https://tickets.prfdance.org

Adults - $24 in advance / $30 day of the festival

Children (ages 3-12) are $5.00. (Bring the kids!)

Children 2 & under are FREE.

(No extra fees to buy online!)

THANK YOU SPONSORS!!

The Celebrando 2023 Salsa & Heritage Festival is sponsored in part by H-E-B, and with grant support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities!