Grupo Niche to Bring Salsa to bergenPAC This March

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Grupo Niche -Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8PM. Purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling bergenPAC's Box Office at (201) 227-1030.

Grupo Niche is a salsa band founded in 1980 in Cali, Colombia by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Varela was the group's director until his death in 2012 and the producer, composer and vocalist. Grupo Niche is considered one of the most important Latin salsa groups.

Grupo Niche's first album: Al Pasito was released in 1980. The following year the group found success with their second album, Querer es Poder, particularly with the single "Buenaventura y Caney." After recording two more albums, Grupo Niche released No Hay Quinto Malo in 1984, which featured their signature song, "Cali Pachanguero." The tribute hit single to the "world salsa capital" catapulted Niche as one of the top salsa bands of Colombia.

Grupo Niche is known for its music's fast and vigorous dance as well as romantic themes of a much slower pace. Among its best known hits are "Cali Ají," "Del Puente p'allá," "Sin sentimiento," "Una Aventura," "Etnia," "Gotas de Lluvia," "Han Cogido la Cosa," "Mi Pueblo Natal," "Hagamos lo que diga el corazón," "Duele más," "Nuestro Sueño" and the famous cumbia "Canoa Rancha." Its most famous song is "Cali Pachanguero." The group still enjoys success and keeps on touring, making worldwide presentations and singing their most memorable songs.

Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Box Office (201) 227-1030. bergenPAC is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631.

Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat Bergen Performing Arts Center, or bergenPAC, is the area's cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class entertainment. The jewel in our crown is The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC - the innovative, educational performing arts initiative that, through programs, classes, outreach, school shows, and main theater presented shows, reach more than 30,000 students and community youth annually. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, "hands-on" training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals. It is through the ongoing generosity of sponsors, donors, members, and patrons that the not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation bergenPAC and The Performing Arts School are able to thrive and enrich our community.

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