Aims
There are many sites that provide information about what's going on, but not so many that give you an impression of what the venues are really like. It is our intention to provide pictures and a description of salsa venues that we have personally visited.
Salsa/Merengue
- Copacabana - Manchester
- Wednesday night is the best night for pure salsa. It's also a good
party at the weekends, but more a mixture of latin pop with occasional
salsa. Sevendale House, Dale Street, Manchester M1 2HF
- Salsology - Manchester
- This is an event held approximately once every two months
and is attended by salseros from up and down the country.
The venue is the largest one I know that has such regular events
and it's run by some of the North Wests top teachers so they
always have great classes.
The Longfield Suite, Rectory Lane, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AY
- The Flute - Liverpool
- Thursday night is salsa night. They play lots of salsa early on
and then start to mix in other latino music as the night progresses.
35 Hardman Street, Liverpool L1 9AS
- The Asterdale - Derby
- This is a once a month event in Derby, run by
Lee Hunter. The venue is great, with a large dance floor and
plenty of space around. It's one of the friendliest events
i've been to, where everyone dances with everyone.
Borrowash Rd, Spondon, Derby DE21 7PH
- Lowton Labour Club - Lowton
- I'm not sure how regular these events are, they seem to
be once every couple of months, but I don't always hear about
them in time. This is another really good venue for dancing
with a wooden dance floor. Look out for the fancy dress themes.
You don't have to dress up, but quite a lot do.
Lowton Labour Club, 196 Newton Road, Lowton WA3 2AQ.
- St Anne's Club - Birmingham
- St. Anne's Club has salsa on friday nights and is worth
the trip down from Manchester. Good music, plenty of room to
dance and a great atmosphere. Have a look on the
Latin Motion
web site for lots more venues and events in Birmingham.
St. Anne's Club, Alcester Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B12 0PH.
Events
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1st August 2008 | Salsa Sisters, Guilty Pleasures | Bideford |
| 17th October 2008 | Salsa y Bachata | Southport |
| 5th December 2008 | Latin Explosion 6 | Brean Sands |
Naturally you will find Perros at the Mambo City salsa congress and the next Pontins event:
Comments
MamboCity
Had a fabulous time at the MamboCity congress at the end of April 2006. It's always a great event with, amongst many others, Mr Salsa himself "Eddie Torres" teaching. For those of you that don't know, he's the guy that taught many of the teachers we now regard as the top teachers in the world!
Also "Salsa Freak" Edie Lewis gave some great lessons with her usual brand of humour thrown in.
How did that lipstick get there?
Robert and Jean White of MamboCity presented a great selection of classes, including New York (On2) style, LA (On1) style and Cuban.
Pontins - East Coast Latin
Personally I think Cressida and team really excelled themselves this time, presenting a salsa weekend with the addition of some ballroom dancing lessons provided by "Andrew Cuerdon & Hanna Haarala" of BBC's "Strictly come dancing" show. Having done a fair amount of ballroom classes over ten years ago, before I discovered salsa, it was great to remember just how much fun ballroom dancing can be. Shame there aren't more places around where you can go to dance it! Fortunately Cha cha does now get played more and more at various salsa functions and you do get the occasional Rumba.
On the Sunday night, they put on a show that was a farce of "Strictly come dancing", which was the funniest show i've ever seen at Pontins. Andrew Cuerdon danced with Cressida and Hanna Haarala did a Waltz with Rohan, but the winning couple had to be seen to be believed. Lee Hunter dancing a marvelous Paso Doble with the most extravagant looking tall "lady" (Aladdin) you have ever seen in a blue ballgown, showing off her gold thong!