Cuba shakes with music and, for anyone with an interest in folklore and myth the sound of Cuba is a sound source of information. Vital and exhilarating the beat of the country sweeps you up, stops time and with it, your worries. Tropicana Cabaret is well-known around the World as “A Paradise under the stars”. It was built in 1939, at the ancient grounds of “Villa Mina”, a neighborhood belonging to Marianalo area. From that time it was identified by its great glass arch.

Its main salon has capacity for one thousand people around the stage or movil track rounded by palms and air ramps which artists use in their show. Tropicana is everything it’s cracked up to be in terms of glitz, glamour and sheer exuberance. From the first moment the show opens with dozens of dancers in shocking pink sequins dotted among the trees, you know you’re in for a treat. The show offers singers, acrobats and strong men but the dancers are the thing. The shimmying, shaking, swaying, leg darting moves and overall sheer energy was contagious. The Afropoppers, ranging in age from 16 to sixty-something, hit the dance floor.

This cabaret was founded in 1939, and soon this Paradise under the stars became the favourite of those visiting the Havana. This is one of the largest night clubs in the country and among its many options are restaurants, the lounge under the stars and the incomparable show awing almost a thousand spectators. On Tropicana’s stage many famous celebrities have performed, such as Nat King Cole, Josephine Baker, los Chavales from Spain, Carmen Miranda, Pedro Vargas, Libertad Lamarque, Tania Libertad, Alejandra Guzman, Cheo Feliciano, Celia Cruz, Olga Guillot, Elena Burke, Rita Montaner, Bola de Nieve and many others. Since 2002 it is considered a National Monument.
The more than 200 performers are still hand-picked from the creme-de-la creme of Cuba’s dancers and singers, and famous international entertainers still occasionally perform. The show starts at ten o’clock pm.