Las Guaracheras

“We are strength, union, love, sisterhood, music. We are Guaracheras.” This all-women salsa sextet (founded in the city of Cali, Colombia, in 2017) lifts and celebrates the female voice within Afro-Latin music. And the salsa? They bring it. With vibraphone, percussion, bass, piano, and vocals, Las Guaracheras do what all great salsa bands do: pull crowds to the floor to dance. They have been part of the salsa scene in Guadalajara, Mexico City, Madrid, Bogotá – and they bring the spice and soul of this music and dance tradition to Bloomington during the Lotus Festival.