Latin music icons to headline Holy Saturday concert in Pembroke Pines
Looking to close out Holy Week with a bang?
Pembroke Pines offers you a Latin music concert headlined by genre legends who want to do just that.
Cuban salsa icon Willy Chirino and Salvadoran bolero artist Alvaro Torres are bringing their “Sabado de Gloria” concert — Spanish for “Holy Saturday,” the day before Easter — to the Charles F. Dodge City Center on April 4.
Both musicians will deliver a hit-studded setlist stacked with the former’s Cuban liberation anthems and the latter’s romantic ballads.
Also accompanying Chirino and Torres is Cuba’s Albita Rodríguez, famous for popularizing modern takes on her home country’s rumba and mambo genres in Miami. She’s joining as a special guest.
Doors for the concert open at 7 p.m., and the performance is slated to start at 8 p.m.
Tickets — largely available on the floor or the venue’s first mezzanine — range from $47 to $249.95 on Ticketmaster.
Some things to note, per the Charles F. Dodge City Center’s website.
All guests and bags will be searched, outside food and drinks aren’t allowed, audio and video recording devices aren’t permitted, and the show may include strobe and flashing lights.
If the Saturday night perfomance piques your interest, but you’re unfamiliar with the works of Chirino, Torres and Rodríguez, we’ll catch you up to speed.
Chirino is most famous for being a pioneer of the “Miami sound,” a fusion of rock, salsa, pop and Brazilian beats that took over the 305 in the 1970s and ‘80s.
He’s amassed over 200,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and while his most-streamed song, “Medias Negras,” is about a cheeky, deceptive romance, Chirino’s Cuban liberation anthems have secured him notoriety in recent years.
Some of those songs include “Ya Viene Llegando” (1994), “Cuba Libre” (1998) and “Que Se Vayan Ya” (2021), a song about the anti-regime protests that took over the island the year it was released.
Torres — who’s got the most Spotify listeners out of the three headliners, almost 600,000 — is nicknamed “El Último Romántic” and remembered most for his 1991 duet with Mexican superstar Selena titled “Buenos Amigos.”
The single, which topped the Billboard Hot Latin Track chart the next summer, was Torres’ second No. 1 hit and Selena’s first.
Rodríguez was born in Cuba, but was launched to stardom in 1990s Miami after catching the attention of Emilio Estefan, who signed her to his label, Crescent Moon, in 1994.
She’s shared the stage with Celia Cruz, Tony Bennett and Juan Luis Guerra, and her top hit is “Que Manera de Quererte.”
For more information on Chirino, Torres and Rodríguez’s “Sabado de Gloria” performance, check out updates on the Charles F. Dodge City Center website and Instagram.
This story was originally published March 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM.
