Salsorro

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Salsorro.com
Type Privately held companies
Founded 2001
Headquarters Santiago de Compostela
Key people Diego Berea & Alfonso Noya
Industry artist management and stage production
Products salsa congress tickets dvds
Website Salsorro.com
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Salsorro is at the same time the common name of a salsa congress in the northwest of Spain and the main European salsa website in Spanish according to Alexa.

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[edit] Salsorro, Galicia International Salsa Festival

Since 2002, salsorro is the popular name of a salsa congress that takes place every November in Galicia (northwest of Spain). It was originally created because of the anniversary of a salsa music website, called www.salsorro.com. Nowadays, the Salsorro festival[1] is considered one of the most important in Europe, among others as the UK Salsa Congress at Bournemouth, the Switzerland Salsa Congress at Zurich, the Hamburg Salsa Congress, Murcia Baila or the Simposium de salsa de Madrid.

Some of the press notes are available at La Voz de Galicia [2] and El Correo Gallego [3] [4] [5].

Some professional photos are available at El Correo Gallego[6].

[edit] Salsorro.com, the main salsa website in Spain and Portugal

Salsorro is also the name of a Spanish salsa website created in August 2001 by Diego Berea and Alfonso Noya to promote the salsa scene in Spain and Portugal.

According to the www.salsaranking.com, www.salsorro.com is the most visited salsa website in Spain and also the most visited European salsa website in Spanish.

Among its sections, it contains news about salsa congresses, salsa festivals and competitions, forums and galleries, blogs, videos, a salsa shop and a directory of salsa schools, instructors, dancers and clubs. Its original scope was Galicia (Northwest of Spain) but nowadays it also includes relevant information about the salsa scene in Spain, Portugal and many other countries in Europe.

www.salsorro.com has become the most comprehensive and visited website about salsa in Spain and Portugal, and it is one of the most relevant in Europe. It has been updated every week since its creation in 2001 and keeps a history of all the news and posts since then.

[edit] External links

Other relevant salsa congresses include

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  1. ^ salsorro festival
  2. ^ La tierra se calienta y Santiago se tropicaliza a ritmo de salsa La Voz de Galicia 11/12/2006
  3. ^ El congreso internacional "Salsorro" reúne a 1.500 bailarines en Compostela El Correo Gallego 11/11/2006
  4. ^ Santiago será la capital de la salsa El Correo Gallego 11/11/2006
  5. ^ Cita con la salsa La Voz de Galicia 12/17/2005
  6. ^ Salsorro 2006 photos at El Correo Gallego
  7. ^ Salsorro videos at YouTube