Are you ready to Salsa and Mambo?  Well then, welcome to the Official Website of the 8th Annual New York Salsa Congress. Here you can buy your passes, book your room, check out whose teaching and/or performing, etc. via our Navigation Bar above. You can also view our highlights via the Highlights Box to the left which includes 2007's Archive. Now that you are here, relax and do some surfing. Make sure you take your time and click all the links and read everything or as much as you can so you can see all of the excitement that we have in store for you. This event is New York’s PREMIER Latin Dance & Music event held for 3 days & 4 nights (this year August 27 -August 31, 2008), every Labor Day Weekend, which was rightfully declared the Official New York Salsa Congress Weekend by Mayor Bloomberg in 2005.  

For one weekend only in New York from morning to early morning, with the purchase of a Full Pass VIP Package (Very Highly Recommended), you'll have the opportunity to choose from and enjoy:

• Over 45 workshops from beginner to advanced levels in different styles of Latin dance, being taught by a list of the most sought after Instructors both nationally and internationally renowned. 

• Over 90 Spectacular Artist Showcases comprised of the hottest local and international dance groups from Thursday to Sunday. Not to mention our daily matinee performances starting at 6 PM which includes our Saturday matinee New York's Got Salsa Youth Showcase. 

• Our Live (4 Day) Concert Series with some of the most sought after & respected bands in the Latin community, plus DJs playing the Hottest Salsa and Cha-Chas around so you can dance the rest of the night away.

• The 2nd Annual New York Salsa Congress Dance Championship.  Let's see who will be crowned this years champions and ESPN qualifying couple.

All of this and more, right smack in the heart of New York City, across the street from Radio City Music Hall, around the corner from Carnegie Hall and just walking distance from Times Square, under one roof, at the prestigious NY Hilton Hotel (1335 Avenue Of the Americas ( 53rd Street).  Team NYSC’s mission is to take this event to the next level and compliment the MECCA OF SALSA, which is New York City, with a Grand Mecca event. As we move forward and continue the tradition, we are excited for you to see what’s to come. Believe us; you are not going to want to miss any of this. Being that this is the city that never sleeps, there’s absolutely no sleeping till Monday. Oh and whatever happens at the New York Salsa Congress, stays at the New York Salsa Congress. We hope you will join us!