DATE OF EVENT |
Saturday, June 24th, 2017. |
TIME |
12:00 noon to 7:00 PM rain or shine. |
LOCATION
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Located on the waterfront on Pier 4 at 58th Street and 1st Avenue in
Sunset Park, Brooklyn. |
VIEW LOCATION MAP |
Click Here For Map. Travel instructions are below. |
PRESENTED BY |
The Boricua Festival Committee in association with United Puerto Rican
Organization of Sunset Park and Salsa En La Calle NY Style Television.
Hosted by Willie Villegas. |
CONTACT INFO |
www.BoricuaFestivalNY.org
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Local Newspaper Article about this event. |
TYPE OF EVENT & VENUE |
Free outdoor summer festival in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, on the pier over
the river, featuring bands, salsa performances, Latin food, arts, crafts,
community based organizations and more. |
MUSIC |
Mostly salsa bands.. |
DANCE PERFORMANCES |
Salsa Salsa Dance
School ,
Movimiento Dancers ,
Lorenz Latin Dance
and Latin Fever On 2
Dance Company . |
DJ |
DJ Elvin and DJ Benny Fuego. |
BAND |
Pedro Conga Y Su Orquesta, Son Tres Y Mas featuring Ralph Irizarry and
Grupo Arcano. They will be listed on our
Main Calendar. |
DANCE FLOOR |
There's no specific "dance floor", so
people dance pretty much anywhere they want. Most dancing is on the pier,
which is cement. Most cement surfaces are rather "slow". |
PRICES |
Free. |
BEVERAGES AND FOOD |
There are concessions with Latin food and plenty of
beverages. |
DRESS CODE |
Casual, typical outdoor summer clothing.
Anything goes....almost. |
DANCE TIMING |
This is a neighborhood street festival so there be some On 2 dancers from
the local Brooklyn mambo studios and also dancers and the general public
dancing on various timings and styles. |
DESCRIPTION |
This event is held outdoors every year on
Pier 4 at 58th Street and 1st Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It's a classic New
York City street festival with music, dancing, concessions stands with
food, beverages, arts, crafts, community groups, attended by people of all
ages and dancing styles.
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HOW TO GET THERE |
This event is held on the 58th Street Pier
at 1st Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Click Here For Map . By Subway:
Take the N or R trains to the 59th Street Station in Brooklyn. Walk
to 58th Street, turn left and walk all the way to the end.
By Car From Manhattan: From the Manhattan or Brooklyn
Bridges, get onto the Brooklyn Queens Expressway / Interstate 278 West
heading toward Brooklyn and Staten Island. From the Brooklyn Battery
Tunnel, follow signs to 278 toward Brooklyn and Staten Island / Verrazano
Bridge. You soon end up on the Gowanus Expressway. Get off at
Exit 23, 39th Street. Bear right onto 39th Street and go to 1st
Avenue. Turn left onto 1st Avenue and drive to 58th Street.
From Belt Parkway, Heading West: Take Exit 1 toward 65th
Street. Stay to your right, go up the ramp, turn left onto Ridge
Blvd. Go straight to 58th Street, turn left to 1st Avenue.
For more information on public transportation, click on
NYC Subway-Bus-Train Maps
, or
NY-NJ PATH Train Maps or
Long
Island Railroad Maps or
MetroNorth Railroad Maps or HopStop.
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OTHER INFORMATION |
This event happens rain or shine. Please Note - Disclaimer: New
York City area summer outdoor salsa events in general are subject to program changes and
occasional cancellations for various reasons (band, DJ, weather, administrative mixups,
etc.), so don't be too surprised if this happens. And the music may
not always be as "pure salsa" as we would like. Also, the dancing
conditions may be less than ideal, for example concrete, grass, dirt,
sand, etc., so bring footwear that prepares you for any surface. I
will state the dancing surface if I know what it is. My information
comes from the most reliable sources I can find. In most cases, the
information turns out to be accurate, but occasionally it is not. It
is the nature of the beast.
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