On Saturday, October 5th, join us for a very special night of live music featuring NYC's only queer & trans salsa band, Las Mariquitas. Experience fresh, queer and transfeminist takes on classic salsa songs arranged by the musicians themselves, and come early for a dance lesson led by queer and trans instructors. A one-of-a-kind experience you will not want to miss! 

7PM DOORS
7:30PM Dance Lesson
8 & 9PM Sets
$20 ADV/$25 DOORS


Las Mariquitas is New York’s Queer and Trans Salsa band, a political liberation project. Las Mariquitas celebrates the community of LGBTQIA+ salseres by creating an affirming, safe space. Las Mariquitas shares the stage with queer and trans dance leaders, embracing a culture of consent on the dance floor. Las Mariquitas works to honor the legacy of salsa as liberation music by writing new queer and transfeminist songs for the canon. 

Las Mariquitas es el grupo de salsa Queer y Trans de Nueva York, un proyecto de liberación política. Las Mariquitas sigue celebrando a la comunidad de salseres LGBTQIA+, creando un espacio seguro. Las Mariquitas comparte la escena con bailarines queer y trans, aprovechando una cultura de consentimiento en el piso de baile. Las Mariquitas honran la historia de la salsa como música de liberación, escribiendo nuevas canciones queer y transfeministas para el canon.

Learn More: The New York City Bands Reimagining Salsa and Challenging the Patriarchy

https://youtu.be/8y4YQMxf6J8