page_title: Melina Almodovar
section_title: Hollywood Salsa Festival in Florida
hierarchical_section_title: Melina Almodovar / Hollywood Salsa Festival in Florida
caption_attribution_description: English: Crowd getting ready for HSF5 Arts Park at Young Circle
context_page_description: Melina Almodóvar, also known as La Muñeca de la Salsa and La Chica Del Bling, is a Puerto Rican salsa singer, songwriter, dancer, and entertainer. Known for her high-energy performances and salsa dancing skills, she combines old-school salsa moves with contemporary styles of dancing and singing. She is also credited with establishing the first successful salsa orchestra in the Southern United States, Orquesta Caliente.
context_section_description: In 2014, Melina Almodóvar and her production partner Cristina Moinelo entered into a collaboration with the local Community Redevelopment Agency to hold a regular concert series in Hollywood, Florida dedicated to Salsa Music. The venue of Arts Park at Young Circle had a stage and auditorium with enough space for families and salsa lovers and was selected as the venue. At the fifth event, in 2018, 10,000 people attended. The festival has become a staple in Florida and salsa fans attend this free event annually.
  
  It is composed of salsa dance performances, live orchestras and traditional latin food and drink, all of hosted and also performed by Almodóvar and diverse guest performers. The festival is held annually on the first Saturday in April.
   
  The week before is called Salsa Week by locals and includes salsa performances all over South Florida. 
  This festival yielded a spin-off festival in 2018 in Miami Beach city which was called "Miami Beach Salsa Festival", held on November 3 North Beach Band Shell. This was also produced by Almodóvar and her production company Almodovar Musica LLC.
caption: Crowd at Hollywood Salsa Festival # 5 April 7, 2018  Arts Park at Young Circle Hollywood, Florida
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