FREE Community Salsa Jam Session with Las Mariquitas

The Clemente's micro-resident collective Las Mariquitas invites you to join our first FREE Community Salsa Jam Session September 27th in collaboration with The Clemente. A salsa jam session is a collaborative and improvisational gathering of musicians who come together to play Salsa and other related genres in an informal and spontaneous setting. We will have two sessions to choose from, both led by Las Mariquitas.  Everyone is invited musicians and non musicians, to jam or listen and dance.

Session 1: For Beginners and Student Musicians

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Calling all budding musicians and salsa enthusiasts! Join us in this specially curated session aimed at nurturing beginner talents and student musicians in the salsa genre. This will be a chance to learn, grow, and better understand the rhythms and elements that make up salsa music at a slower pace than our open community session.

Session 2: Open Community Salsa Jam

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Starting with a short set from our house band, Las Mariquitas, we open the floor to singers, instrumentalists and dancers of every level to join us! We will be playing traditional salsa tunes and collaborate in free improvisation in the style. 

Reserve your spot HERE.

Registration for our second Salsa Jam session, October 25, is live HERE.

About Las Mariquitas:
“Una nueva página en el libro de la salsa,” Las Mariquitas is New York’s queer and trans-centered salsa band in residency at The Clemente Center. A political liberation project, Las Mariquitas celebrates the community of LGBTQIA+ salserxs in an affirming safe space. Las Mariquitas honors the legacy of salsa as liberation music by writing new queer and trans feminist songs for the canon.