Orquesta La Brava

Orquesta La Brava

Late Show | $55 Main Room Seating – $30 Bar Seating/Standing Room Only

“OLB…The Dancers’ Orquesta in Colorado”

Orquesta La Brava played their first performance in April of 2010 in the Great Denver area. Led by musical director Fernando Flores from Panama, Orquesta La Brava embraces the vibrant percussive energy from the Caribbean, along with the rawness of New York’s Spanish Harlem, where Salsa was born. Celebrating the Golden Age of Salsa. Orquesta La Brava proudly carry’s Salsa music forward to a new generation of thirsty music goers looking for a live and percussively driven musical experience.

Orquesta La Brava’s musical director, Fernando Flores, was born and raised in Panama with a hunger to play and represent the music of his childhood. Mr. Flores found himself putting together his musical life project of Orquesta La Brava, named after the infamous “Salsa Dura” style, played during Salsa’s golden age. OLB is made up of stellar musicians from all over the world via Denver. Mr. Flores has managed to lead his project to becoming one of Colorado’s hardest hitting and purest Salsa bands since its inception in 2010.

OLB has participated in major events in Colorado such as the Denver Salsa Bachata Congress, now renamed CALDAC. OLB has opened the stage to international artists such as El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, Los Van Van (Cuba), Luis Enrique (Nicaragua), Oro Solido (Dominican Republic). Also participated in several festivals in Colorado, such as the Puerto Rican Festival, Peruvian Festival, Aspen Ideas (Aspen), Suave Fest, and the 1st Latin beer festival in the USA. BASALSA in TACAW, Glenwood Springs, and many more. Not mentioned are the different performances in Denver clubs such as La Rumba, the extinct Raices, and cities as Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, and many others.

Orquesta La Brava is known for always attacking the stage and their performances with passion and excitement, leaving audiences hungry for more.