Nine-piece salsa band, Charanga Tropical, is a favorite of Summer Music Festival at Northrop in previous years, and plays widely throughout the Twin Cities and internationally. With a modern spin on influences of Cuban, danzones, salsa, cha cha cha, and timba, this fun group is what City Pages described as "a musical delight and a visual spectacle." Dancing is a must!

Charanga Tropical includes: flute player Douglas Little, violinists Kerri Fabyanske and Latannia Ellerbe, violist Kirsti Petraborg, Brazilian percussionist Eliezer Freitas-Santos (congas), Mexican percussionist Mariano Flores (timbales), bassist Mark Haynes, and Cuban musicians, Viviana Pintado as the star pianist and vocalist Damian Rodríguez.