After 25 years of stay music, Los Angeles' Storia Conga Room is closing completely

The Conga Room, Los Angeles' iconic music live performance venue, will shut completely on March twenty seventh. All through its run, the Conga Room has seen notable performances by Latin artists comparable to Dangerous Bunny, Buena Vista Social Membership and legendary percussionist Tito Puente.

In 1998, the place opened in Mid-Wilshire with a efficiency by the Cuban singer Celia Cruz 5 years earlier than her loss of life. The unique traders of the Conga Room had been the artist Sheila E. and the actors Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Smits and Paul Rodriguez. It turned often known as the house of West Coast salsa with Latin music and leisure and even hosted the second Latin Grammy Awards in 2001. In 2008, the venue moved to LA Dwell.

Billboard interviewed Conga Room founder Brad Gluckstein, who cited a number of points surrounding the closing. The pandemic has enormously impacted all stay music venues. Gluckstein mentioned inflation, excessive rates of interest and a drop in Conference Middle site visitors has led to a altering enterprise mannequin. Gluckstein additionally mentioned AEG and Dwell Nation, the 2 main firms that promote, function and handle ticket gross sales for stay leisure, had been making it troublesome to guide nationwide acts.

Recording artist Bad Bunny performs on stage at the Conga Room in Los Angeles. — Dangerous Bunny performs on the Conga Room.

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