SALSA DIRECT - THE No. 1 UK SALSA
& LATIN MUSIC BAND & DANCE AGENCY
Salsa Direct is the UK's premier specialist agency for authentic salsa bands and latin music groups and musicians of all Latin American styles.
Whether you are looking for Cuban/ Colombian Salsa, Dominican Merengue, Spanish Flamenco or Gipsy Kings, Argentinian Tango through to Mexican Mariachi, the old Havana Buena Vista 'Son' sound, Peruvian Panpipes, Brazilian Samba, Latin-Pop, Latin-Jazz, or very much more that you may not yet have heard of - we have the lot!
We also supply Latin dancers, Salsa / Merengue / Lambada / Reggaeton / Bachata dance shows / cabaret, and dance teachers / instructors and Latin DJ_s, in a wide range of styles: from steamy Cuban to exotic Carnival in Rio, traditional Mexican Hat Dancers, sultry Tango, Latin Ballroom, South American Folk dancers - even fiery Caribbean Limbo, all in full authentic costume.
Established for 9 years, we are based in London, UK, but supply our artistes internationally, as far as Dubai, Jordan, Lithuania, Egypt, Bahrain, even South Africa and South America.
Here at Salsa Direct, we know the strengths and specialities of all our personally-vetted acts, and will give you a carefully tailored selection of the acts we believe to be the most suitable for your event, be it a private party, a wedding, a festival, or a high profile TV advertising campaign or international product launch.
Our bands and dancers are based throughout the UK, so we always aim to find you the most suitable local act, to keep prices down. We have the largest up-to-date roster of specialist Latin artistes of any of the UK_s agencies, and we regularly supply all the other major Agents and Event or Function Planners who come to us for our vast knowledge of Latin American culture, and of the suitability of an act for any specific event.
So if you have found Salsa Direct, you are cutting out the middle man!
We also have a huge ideas-bank (including decor and catering) to help you to make your theme night the most imaginative and successful one ever!
Whether you want a hot and spicy full-on dance night or a laid back cool jazzy reception, we have the very thing for you.
Some of the Events that we have supplied for:
weddingsprivate parties
celebrity/royalty functions
clubs/ bars (Cafe de Paris, Bar Salsa, Havana, Cuba, Down Mexico Way etc)
restaurants (Oxo tower, the Roof Gardens, Trader Vic's - Hilton, Latin Square, Cafe Royale etc)
Hotels (Hilton, Crowne Plaza, Sheraton, Kempinski etc)
Function venues (Vinopolis, London Aquarium, Tower Bridge, Natural History Museum, G-Casino's etc)
shopping centres (Whiteleys, Lakeside Thurrock, Bullring, the new Highcross Leicester etc)
shop promotions (HMV, Harrods, Debenhams, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport etc)
product launches (Bacardi, Havana Club, Corona, Old el Paso etc)
corporate events (Legal & General, HSBC, Vodaphone, Financial Times etc)
conferences (Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Nicaragua Solidarity campaign)
political rallies/campaigns (Labour Party, Lib-Dem, Marxist rally )
Award Ceremonies/ Charity Fundraiser Events (VSO, FNZ, Diabetes UK, Lupus, Cancer Research Moonwalk etc)
staff training / team building events
salsa weekends/clubs/classes
holiday camps (eg Butlins)
cruise lines (Fred Olsen, Royal Caribbean)
Strictly Latin / Ballroom/Come Dancing nights
TV programs (Generation Game, Channel 4, BBC: Happiness/My Family/ Alexei Sayle etc)
Festivals and Arts centres: (Womad, One World, The National Theatre, and throughout Europe )
OUR CURRENT PROJECTS
Summer-Autumn 2008 was a frantic season for Salsa Direct, supplying salsa bands and dancers to places as far flung as the Caribbean (Fred Olsen cruises), the Kempinski hotel Gozo (Malta), Le Meridien Dead Sea Resort hotel Jordan, and the Crowne Plaza Bahrain (who we supply with New Year entertainment annually), and programming the entire Family Festival in St Helier, Jersey.
We recently won the contract for programming all the live salsa bands for the newly revamped Latin club "Fiesta Havana" in Fulham, London which has brought in a new breath of life to the place and is building a huge popularity.
STOP PRESS......
We still have some availability of acts for New Year's Eve 2008 in various regions of the UK, contact us now to discuss your needs!
Closer to home, we had the following great feedback:
"Just a brief note to let you know that we had a great time on Friday night.
The Band (Coco Xpress) was excellent and everyone said it was the best Ball we had ever had. Everyone danced it seemed the whole time.
The DJ was excellent too. I'm sure we will be using them again in the future.
Thank you very much for looking after us"
Alexandra Daniell, Chairman Anglo Argentine Society (Oct 2008)
"The band you sent us "Lokito" were great. I was particularly impressed by their friendly professionalism and bright, optimistic musical style that cut through the rather dismal weather. We would certainly book them again for the Northampton Festival.
Thanks once again for your help."
John Tattersfield, Arts Development Officer, August 2008
"CoCo Xpress really helped to create a lively party atmosphere at our wedding and we had plenty of comments from our guests on the fantastic music they played. You don't have to be a salsa expert either as they have a good repertoire of latin pop, and all generations were soon up and dancing. They set up quickly and unintrusively too, which was an added bonus. We would highly recommend them for any event."
Melanie and Michael
"Just wanted to say thanks to yourself and Latin Fiesta band for Sunday night, the evening was a great success and the music and dancing was brilliant.
Thanks again
Isla, Manager, Barney's Bar & Restaurant, May 08
" The Mariachi Tequila band were very good, the music was just right, a real Mexican sound."
Wendy, Corianders restaurant, Bournemouth, April 08
"As promised I would like to feedback on Viramundo who I booked for my wedding on 16th Feb. I am sure you will recall that I had wanted a particular sound and instruments.
Well, I can hardly thank you and them enough. They exceeded our expectations. They were punctual, professional, listened to my requests, played wonderfully - in fact they whipped up a storm.
We loved them, I am over the moon. They made a very unique and memorable contribution to our wedding day.
Please pass our thanks and delight on to each of them.
Thank you again - they were worth every penny."
Hala Mustafa, Feb 2008
"Just to say thank you very much to you and the band, Coco Xpress, for a fantastic evening of music and entertainment. Everyone has said it was the best ball ever and it was the music that gave it this accolade. I certainly have never seen so many people up and dancing for the whole evening including the vicar!!
I can highly recommend Coco Xpress not only for the talented musicians but also for the smooth and professional organisational element.
Thank you and wishing you all the best"
Brianne and the Westbourne Committee, July 2008
"The band Soneando were great! Very obliging and the music was fantastic-just like being in Havana in fact. I'm sure they played longer than agreed and they were all very charming.
Many thanks for arranging it-we are both very grateful and we would certainly contact you again if needs be."
Stephen Clarke , June 2008
Please get in touch to discuss your idea with us:
e-mail or call the Salsa Direct office on:
(UK +44) 020-8808 4290
We speak English & Spanish (se habla español)