Live Salsa
Nelson Rodriguez y el Clan
Thursday August 13th
FREE 8:30pm Salsa Dance Lesson
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 10pm & 11:30
Music by DJ J Loco
$10 door cover after 9pm | Kitchen open until 12am
Nelson Rodriguez is a very talented and versatile singer from Cuba, who is well known around the city, being the leader for Tres Del Solar. Now he join forces with Arturo Ortiz, master pianist, arranger & producer, to create this new ensemble of musicians, expand on the repertoire and possibilities, with the sole purpose of making you dance to great hits from various artists, from beginning to end!
08:00 PM - 02:00 AM
La Excelencia
Friday August 14th
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 11:45pm & 1:30am
Music by DJ J Loco
$20 door cover after 10pm | Kitchen open until 12am
La Excelencia’s in-your-face sound and energetic, live performances reach outside of the salsa norm, and have propelled the band to main stream audiences and venues. Inspired by the salsa sounds of the 70’s and the sociopolitical landscape of today, La Excelencia is an award-winning band from New York City that combines traditional salsa elements with a modern and unapologetic sound. Their music invigorates social mindedness amidst a powerful and danceable soundtrack
11:00 PM - 04:00 AM
Grupo K'ndela
Thursday August 27th
FREE Salsa Dance Lesson 8:30pm
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 10pm & 11:30
Music by DJ J Loco
$10 door cover after 9pm | Kitchen open until 12am
El Grupo K’ndela Salsa Band is a high-energy Salsa Dura powerhouse with over 10 years of experience lighting up dance floors. Featuring an incredible lineup of talented musicians such as Jimmy Bosch, Ray Cabrera, Brian Pozo, Engels Contreras, Jimmy Feliciano, and Eric Cabanilla, the band delivers nothing but hard-hitting, authentic salsa for “El Bailador.”
08:00 PM - 02:00 AM
F.S.U
Friday August 28th
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 11:45pm & 1:30am
Music by DJ J Loco
$20 door cover after 10pm | Kitchen open until 12am
Straight out of New York City, F.S.U (Funk Salsa Urban) is rewriting the rules of Latin music. Inspired by the legendary 90’s group DLG, F.S.U is blending classic salsa rhythms with the grit of funk, the swagger of urban beats, and the bilingual punch of Spanglish lyrics creating a sound that feels both nostalgic and completely fresh.
11:00 PM - 04:00 AM
Rafaelito y su Tumbao
Saturday August 29th
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 11:45pm & 1:30am
Music by DJ J Loco
$20 door cover after 10pm | Kitchen open until 12am
Rafaelito y su Tumbao is a Latin Salsa Band, an Orchester conveying the temperament, fever, and terrific rhythm of Latin America during each performance. That is a project of Rafael Pareja. After having performed on Latin, Jazz and Salsa stages for many years, the Peruvian decided to found their own Salsa band which refers to the old structure of the New York Salsa style and deals with the Cuban and afro-Antillean music as well as expressions of the Latin American music having origin in the Cuban music. The Latin band consists of young and experienced musicians whose characteristics are to combine a powerful part of the passion and successful interplay which leads to a compact and clear sound.
11:00 PM - 04:00 AM
Rumba Nation
Sunday August 30th
FREE Salsa Dance Lesson 8:30pm
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 10pm & 11:30
Music by DJ J Loco | DJ Kenny
FREE Admission | Kitchen open until 10pm
Derek Christopher Suarez is one of the most dynamic blind musicians/singers in New York City. He is of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Guatemalan descent, which adds an eclectic style to all Latin genres with a New York twist. Over the years, he has recorded with several local Latin bands, and has played in Russia, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, among other places. Derek has been featured on bass, piano and vocals in several bands at G&G's, and has become a crowd favorite. Now, he has formed his own band, Rumba Nation, featuring a mixture of fresh new faces and some of the most well-known musicians in New York.
08:00 PM - 02:00 AM
Alfredo de la Fé
Friday September 11th
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 11:45pm & 1:30am
Music by DJ J Loco
$20 door cover after 10pm | Kitchen open until 12am
Alfredo Manuel De La Fé is a Cuban-born and New York-based violinist who lived in Colombia for more than 16 years and is responsible for transforming the violin into an important sound of Salsa and Latin music. The first solo violinist to perform with a Salsa orchestra, De La Fé has toured the world more than thirty times, appearing in concert and participating in more than one hundred albums by such top-ranked Latin artists as Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, José Alberto "El Canario", Cheo Feliciano, The Fania All-Stars, Santana[2] and Larry Harlow. His second solo album, Alfredo, released in 1979, received a Grammy nomination as "Best Latin album". A child prodigy, Alfredo's father who was a singer (a tenor of opera) in Havana, Cuba and sang on Cuban radio with Bienvenido León and Celia Cruz in the 1940s recognized his son's skills and encouraged his musical talent.
11:00 PM - 04:00 AM
Alfredo de la Fé
Saturday October 10th
LIVE Salsa Band | Two sets 11:45pm & 1:30am
Music by DJ J Loco
$20 door cover after 10pm | Kitchen open until 12am
Alfredo Manuel De La Fé is a Cuban-born and New York-based violinist who lived in Colombia for more than 16 years and is responsible for transforming the violin into an important sound of Salsa and Latin music. The first solo violinist to perform with a Salsa orchestra, De La Fé has toured the world more than thirty times, appearing in concert and participating in more than one hundred albums by such top-ranked Latin artists as Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, José Alberto "El Canario", Cheo Feliciano, The Fania All-Stars, Santana[2] and Larry Harlow. His second solo album, Alfredo, released in 1979, received a Grammy nomination as "Best Latin album". A child prodigy, Alfredo's father who was a singer (a tenor of opera) in Havana, Cuba and sang on Cuban radio with Bienvenido León and Celia Cruz in the 1940s recognized his son's skills and encouraged his musical talent.