Festival Betances
Thank you for joining us for Salsa en el 23: Celebrating 50 Years of Festival Betances!
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What is Festival Betances?
Festival Betances has become a staple in New England’s Latinx community and the Boston summer festival season. Every year the in-person event has drawn a 3,000-person multicultural audience. The last two virtual Festival Betances celebrations had over 60k viewers, 43% of those being specific to Massachusetts. Through the years, Betances’ stage has seen multiple musical and dance performances, ranging from local and regional acts to international Latin music icons such as, Larry Harlow from Fania All Stars, Tony Vega, and Tito Rojas. The Festival is named after Ramón Emeterio Betances, a Puerto Rican patriot whose medical contributions benefited Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. He also became a leader in awakening national consciousness in Puerto Rico, and is considered one of the foremost intellectuals of the 19th century. |
Juan Nieves, our beloved Maestro Cuatrista Puertoriqueño
Barbara Zamora y Su Orquesta, From Cuba the Mulatisima of flavor
SBM, Boston-based salsa singer, and songwriter
David Pabón, for the salsa romántica lovers
We close off with Latin Grammy winner and salsa superstar, José Alberto “El Canario”
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