Hugo Salcedo

Hugo Salcedo, a Colombian DJ, percussionist and producer from Cartagena who has been in Adelaide since 1999 and has spent most of that time building the city's Latin scene rather than working its club circuit. The origin story is a good one. Invited to jam at a WOMADelaide after party for Cuban band Las Perlas del Son, he ended up dancing on stage, and the requests for lessons that followed turned into Latino Grooves: a dance school, events company and entertainment agency all under the one roof. He fronts the bands Salcedo and Soul Macumbia, founded Socialbeat Entertainment, teaches at Kols Dance Academy, and runs the weekly Latin nights the city has long since come to expect.