15th Celebrando Salsa & Heritage Festival – Puerto Rico & India Cultural Exchange

Name: 15th Celebrando Salsa & Heritage Festival – Puerto Rico & India Cultural Exchange
Start: 2026-06-07T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-07T20:00:00-05:00
Location: JCC Austin

Schedule

Sun Jun 07 2026 at 03:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

JCC Austin | Austin, TX

🇵🇷 15th Celebrando Salsa & Heritage Festival 2026 🇵🇷
Puerto Rico–India Cultural Exchange
📅 June 7, 2026
🕒 3:00–8:00 PM
✨ SEMI-FORMAL EVENT
🔥 Austin’s beloved Puerto Rican cultural festival returns!
The 15th Celebrando Salsa & Heritage Festival is the - grand culmination of a year in development - for our Puerto Rico–India Cultural Exchange, bringing master artists from Puerto Rico together with Indian classical dance in a vibrant evening of Salsa, folklore, and living cultural traditions.
Presented by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin), this milestone 15th anniversary festival celebrates *nearly three decades of community work preserving and sharing Bomba, Plena, Jíbaro music, and Boricua dance traditions in Central Texas.
Find your dancing shoes and join us for an unforgettable evening of music, culture, and community.
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🔥Live Salsa
Dance Salsa Gorda with the electrifying Orquesta Saboré!
Enjoy artesanía and delicious comida criolla by Boriken Roots throughout the evening.
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🌺 Featured Cultural Performances
🔥 Southern Bomba & Plena direct from Puerto Rico
with master artists Nelie Lebrón Robles, Emanuel Dufrasne-González, and Paracumbé, joined by the performing company Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance
🔥 Bharata Natyam Dance of India
with Anu Naimpally & Austin Dance India
🔥 Original Jíbaro, Salón, Bomba, and Plena music and dance
performed by Puerto Rican Cultural Center students, Coquí dancers, and the PRFD performing company
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Live Salsa • Cultural Exchange • Folklore • Community Celebration
🔥 Invite your friends! 🔥https://www.facebook.com/events/1508216767099594

🇵🇷 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🇵🇷
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) is a 29-year-old nonprofit (501c3).
This heritage project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (ACME), and the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture.
Since 2005, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center has proudly been affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin)
🔥Celebrating 29 Years
🌐 http://prfdance.org
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