Salsa Night at Jimmys!

September 15, 2008

There’s a spicy force on Aspen’s nightlife scene: Salsa Night at Jimmy’s, where Aspen’s Latino culture has a crowd of regulars partying way past midnight. Just as the dinner crowd begins to wind down, the tables arepulled back and the steamy, tropical beat of Afro-Latino rhythms begin to percolate through the room.

As if choreographed by Tito Puente, crisply dressed pairs flock onto the dance floor to perform their seductively synchronized movements. It is a multicultural phenomenon that can rarely be witnessed anywhere else in this valley.

Having taken tango and salsa dance lessons for more than a year, Jimmy was searching for an outlet for his new-found passion. “I was just looking for a place where my friends and I could dance.” The Saturday night gigs have fast become an Aspen institution, inhabited by true aficionados, devotees of the Latino musical genre, and curious wannabes who quickly fall prey to these additively sexy rhythms. Jimmy’s Salsa Night is the newest hot and spicy addition to Aspen’s late-nightscene.

Salsa/Tango year round except Oct and First 2 weeks of May
Jimmy’s Restaurant
205 South Mill Street Aspen, Colorado
970-925-6020

Written by debbie · Filed Under Activities

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