From profession milestones to new music releases to main bulletins and people little essential moments, Billboard editors spotlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Right here’s what occurred within the Latin music world this week.
Marc Anthony Unites Stars for Maestro Cares’ Golf Fundraiser
A lineup of stars, sports activities legends and philanthropists gathered on Friday (Could 1) for the Maestro Cares Basis’s fifth Annual Golf Event, hosted by co-founders Marc Anthony and live performance promoter Henry Cárdenas. Going down in Aventura, Flor. on the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort, this 12 months’s event and fundraiser helps the muse’s efforts to help deprived kids and communities in Latin America and the U.S.
These in attendance included Luis Fonsi, Lenny Tavárez, producer Jean Rodriguez, comic and actor Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, NBA Corridor of Famer Alonzo Mourning, Miami Dolphins icon Nat Moore and former NFL participant Robert Bailey. Additionally, there have been professional golfers Camilo Villegas and Marcelo Rozo, former boxing champion Jorge Linares and Fontainebleau Growth CEO Jeffrey Soffer.
“Seeing how this event has grown over these 5 years is unimaginable,” stated Anthony in a press launch. “Along with Henry and every of you, now we have achieved one thing that goes past a trophy; we’re making a legacy of hope. Thanks all for becoming a member of us as soon as once more to be the engine of change that so many kids want.”
Los Tigres del Norte Accomplice With St. Jude for Día del Niño Assist
Los Tigres del Norte visited St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital for the primary time on Thursday (April 30) — Mexico’s El Día Del Niño (Kids’s Day) — and related with sufferers and households by means of music and traditions, like the sport of la lotería (the Mexican bingo). Via this initiative, the band is urging followers to affix the Angeles de Esperanza (Accomplice in Hope) program, offering month-to-month help to assist households deal with their kids’s well being with out monetary burdens.
“Our go to to St. Jude Kids’s Analysis Hospital deeply touched our hearts,” stated Los Tigres del Norte in a press launch. “To see kids and households from all over the world supported with compassion and dignity is a strong reminder that no baby ought to face most cancers or different critical diseases alone. We left impressed and for Día del Niño, we invite our neighborhood to affix us as Angeles de Esperanza, giving hope, month after month, to kids who deserve each likelihood at their greatest life.”
Los Tigres del Norte. Picture courtesy of the group.
SummerStage Marks 40 Years, LAMC Highlights Trueno, Milo J & Extra
Capital One Metropolis Parks Basis SummerStage revealed its 2026 lineup on Tuesday (April 28), marking the pageant’s fortieth anniversary with performances throughout New York Metropolis parks. Inside the stay summer season sequence, the Latin Various Music Convention (LAMC) returns with reveals that includes Julieta Venegas, Lasso, Trueno, Milo J, and J Noa, amongst others. Free and ticketed occasions will run from June by means of September at its flagship venue in Central Park and extra neighborhood parks throughout the 5 boroughs.
“Forty years in the past, I had a easy thought: that world-class music and performing arts belonged to everybody, not simply those that may afford a ticket. 4 a long time later, I’m genuinely moved by what SummerStage has meant to our metropolis and what we helped construct along with our followers,” stated SummerStage founder Joe Killian in a press launch. “SummerStage has been the cultural spine of NYC since 1986, bringing artists from throughout the globe to share their sounds and tales with our neighbors of their native parks […] As we step into this fortieth season, I’m not simply pleased with the place we’ve been, however I’m additionally excited for the moments nonetheless to come back.”
BRESH Brings “La Fiesta Más Linda” to U.S. and Soccer Followers This Summer time
Internationally famend Argentine occasion BRESH continues to broaden its U.S. presence with new cities and an occasion sequence of occasions scheduled to coincide with the World Cup this summer season. Recognized for mixing reggaeton, pop and Latin hits, BRESH continues to have fun tradition, music and neighborhood as a world motion. Get tickets right here.
“We’ve all the time believed that BRESH is greater than only a occasion. It’s an area the place folks join emotionally, share pleasure and have fun tradition collectively,” stated BRESH CEO Tomas Allande in a press launch. “The U.S. has turn out to be a key a part of our imaginative and prescient, and this summer season’s worldwide soccer event provides the right alternative to deliver our neighborhood nearer collectively by means of shared experiences. We wish to amplify the thrill across the event whereas additionally staying true to BRESH’s ethos of unity and celebration.” See the dates under:
- June 13 – New York Metropolis — HK Corridor @ 11PM ET
- June 15 – Kansas Metropolis — Kansas Metropolis Dwell! @ 8PM CT
- June 20 – Jacksonville — Extra particulars quickly
- June 20 – Atlanta — Consider Music Corridor @ 10PM ET
- June 21 – Miami — Extra particulars quickly
- June 22 – Arlington — Extra particulars quickly
- June 26 – Orlando — Extra particulars quickly
- June 26 – Houston — Extra particulars quickly
- June 27 – Dallas — SILO Dallas @ 9PM CT
- July 10 – Los Angeles — Extra particulars quickly
- July 18 – New York Metropolis — The Rooftop at Pier 17 @ 4PM ET
Julieta Venegas Displays on Id and Baja Roots at Norteña Occasion
Del Maguey & Parcha hosted Julieta Venegas on Thursday (April 30) in New York’s Nationwide Sawdust for an intimate night of music and dialog about her upcoming album and memoir, each titled Norteña, due out later this month. Venegas talked about being raised on the border (Tijuana-California), her household, identification and her musical growth up till her arrival in Mexico Metropolis.
“It began to turn out to be an obsession to learn books about Baja California, about Tijuana,” stated Venegas through the occasion. “To start inhabiting this universe with the panorama of Baja California that impressed me a lot for the album — my residence, my household, the connection they instilled in me with music. The e-book is about that too. It’s a reminiscence that I invented; that’s the norteña music I bear in mind. I included all the weather and undertones that I felt are norteños to me. It was a method of celebrating it, placing it into phrases and songs.”
She additionally carried out her newest single “La Línea” and beloved hits like “Lento” and “Limón y Sal,” alternating between her piano, accordion and acoustic guitar.
Julieta Venegas performs at New York’s Nationwide Sawdust. Picture Credit score: Reuben Torres
