Want to win a free event pass for the 12th Annual San Francisco Salsa Congress? Well, here’s your chance! We are running a contest right now on our Facebook page. To enter, all you have to do is like our page and share this photo for the upcoming SF Salsa Congress. One lucky winner will …

I hope you have a dozen Halloween costumes ready, because this year there are more Halloween salsa parties going on in the Bay Area than there are pumpkins in a pumpkin patch! No matter if you’re in the South Bay, San Francisco, or East Bay, there are a dozen Halloween salsa events going on that …

Did you see today’s Google Doodle? It’s none other than the famous Cuban salsa singer, Celia Cruz! Even if you’ve don’t know who Celia Cruz is, you’ve probably heard her music. Celia was one of the most well known salsa singers of her day, and she was a member of the Fania All-Stars, one of …

Labor Day Weekend is coming up, and what better way to celebrate it than with some salsa dancing! Here are some of the top salsa events that are coming up this weekend. If you know of any salsa events that aren’t listed below, please leave a note in the comments, and I’ll add it to …

Mambonova Dance Company, one of the top ‘On2’ salsa dance teams in the South Bay, is hosting auditions for their training and performance teams this Sunday. The auditions will be held at Cheryl Burke dance studio in Mountain View, which is also where the team practices. The auditions begin at 1pm. Mambonova has multiple levels …

Want to star in a reality TV show? Here’s your chance! An TV production company is working on a reality TV show based around competitive salsa dancers in the Bay Area. Sound interesting? The details are below:

Montuno Dance Company, a salsa team based in San Jose, is hosting auditions on Saturday, July 20th. The auditions run from 11am – 4pm at the KB Fitness Exercise Studio in San Jose, and will be for Montuno’s Student, Amateur, Semi-Pro, and Men’s Footwork teams. No experience or partner necessary. You should wear comfortable clothes …

The US Salsa Open Championships are coming in just 2 weeks, starting Friday, July 12th at the Oakland Marriott Hotel in downtown Oakland. The US Salsa Open is largest salsa competition in the Bay Area, and one of the largest in the US, featuring over 100 different divisions to compete in, ranging from solo footwork …

The finals of MamboNova’s Salsa Dance Competition took place this past Saturday, and the results are in! 7 couples competed against each other at Dance Boulevard in San Jose, with $900 in cash plus prizes including free passes to the SF Bachata Festival and the Las Vegas Salsa Congress up for grabs. These were the …

The finals of the “So You Think You Can Dance” Jack & Jill competition at Hot Salsa Saturday took place this weekend, pitting a dozen couples against each other in a freestyle dance competition in salsa, bachata, chachacha, and merrengue. After 3 rounds of random partner switches, the winners were as following: 1st place: Vmal …

The final round of Hot Salsa Saturday’s annual “So You Think You Can Dance” Jack & Jill is coming up on Saturday, June 15th! If you’ve never seen a Jack & Jill competition before, it’s a freestyle dance competition where the guys and girls are paired off with a random partner, and have to dance …

Have you ever wanted to watch a live dance competition? Or are you the competitive type that likes to compete? If so, you’re in luck, because there are a number of salsa competitions coming up in the following weeks. Here’s a quick guide to the competitions that are coming up in the Bay Area if …

Are you familiar with the history of salsa? Check out this cool infographic that’s making the rounds on Facebook (originally from a presentation at Johannes Gutenberg University): (Click for full-sized image) One of the meanings of the word salsa is “mixture” and salsa is indeed a mixture of various different music and dance forms, including …

Missed the competition at the SF Salsa Festival this past weekend? Here are the results for the top 2 winners in each division, who qualified for the World Latin Dance Cup coming up in December: Amateur Couples: 1st Place – Jeremy Martinez & Olaia García Alvarez (video) 2nd Place – Derek Marrero & Keesha Roberts …

In case you haven’t heard yet, the 5th Annual San Francisco Salsa Festival is coming up this weekend! The SF Salsa Festival is a 3-day long salsa extravaganza that brings some of the best salsa instructors and performers in the world to San Francisco for 3 nights. The party begins on Thursday night at Cafe …

The opening night of Hot Salsa Saturday is coming tomorrow to San Jose! The event, organized by Michelle Castro and Isidro Corona is a revival of the Hot Salsa Friday social, which used to be one of the biggest salsa socials in the Bay Area. Tomorrow is the first night of the event, so it’s …

Update: See results for the 2016 World Salsa Summit. Congratulations to Keesha Roberts from San Jose who took 3rd place in the “Solo Womens” category at the first day of the World Salsa Summit! More results to be posted tonight.

Update: See results for the 2016 World Salsa Summit. The first annual World Salsa Summit (a world-class salsa competition organized by Billy Fajardo) is being held this week from Thursday, January 31st – Sunday, February 3rd, and a reporter from Salsa By The Bay will be there to provide the results from the competition! Check …

Looking to make salsa dancing one of your New Year’s resolutions? Well, some of the top dance teams in the Bay Area will be holding auditions this month! Saturday, January 5th, 2013 – Montuno Dance Company One of the premier On1 salsa teams in the Bay Area, directed by Isidro Corona, will be holding auditions …