Fresh off touring Europe in May and June, Orquesta Guayacán is ready for its U.S. leg, Billboard can exclusively announce Thursday (July 3).
The five-date stint kicks off July 10 at Denver’s Stampede Club and wraps July 24 at the Flamingo Theater in Miami. The Colombian salsa group — known for timeless hits such as “Oiga, Mira, Vea,” “Ay Amor, Cuando Hablan Las Miradas,” and “Te Amo, Te Extraño” — will also make stops in Phoenix, Salt Lake City and New York City.
“Our tour in Europe was very important, but now that we’re going to the United States, with all the processes our Latin brothers and sisters are going through, we know our arrival is a very special moment,” Nini Caicedo, the orchestra leader alongside Alexis Lozano, tells Billboard. “We’re happy to bring joy to Latinos because joy is always a human need. It’s our mission to bring joy.”
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In addition to the new tour, Guayacán is making the rounds with new single “Rumba Para Enamorar” in collaboration with Heredero. The song tastefully laces the orchestra’s traditional salsa with Heredero’s carranga style (a rural Colombian Andean genre).
“We started out making a cumbia criolla, but since we have salsa in our veins, this fusion was born,” Caicedo explains. “It’s been very well received. Salseros don’t have the numbers that other genres have, but this song achieved a million views on YouTube already. It’s well-made traditional music, and it’s been embraced all over Colombia.”
Additionally, Caicedo reflects on the Colombian group’s upcoming 40th anniversary in 2026.
“When we started in 1986, we decided to make a living from something we’d been able to do for free all our lives. Music was our hobby,” he expresses. “We’re from a small town called Quibdó, and when Alexis and I went to Bogotá, we didn’t understand why artists and musicians would say, ‘I’m going to work.’ It never occurred to us that we’d be making a living from a hobby. That’s why we’ve lived a life of joy all this time. Joy preserves reality, your life — it doesn’t age you, it doesn’t embitter you. There hasn’t been any suffering in our career, which is why we still feel the same way as when we started.”
See the 2025 tour dates below:
- July 10 — Denver @ Stampede Club
- July 11 — Phoenix @ Stratus Event Center
- July 12 — Salt Lake City @ VIP Event Center SLC
- July 20 — New York @ Hall de la Ciencia
- July 24 — Miami @ Flamingo Theater
