11 Standout Performances at 2023 Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC)

The Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) continues to display its curatorial skills for highlighting excellent Ibero-American music, and this year was no exception. For five consecutive days, from Tuesday to Saturday (July 11-15), the conference and concert series featured a variety of established Latin stars and luminary newcomers, and even some history in the making (with Juanes’ drawing “excessive crowds” at SummerStage).

Attendees reveled in an array of Spanish-language music spanning from Latin hip-hop to indie rock and reggaetón. Exciting acts arrived to Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield on Wednesday (July 12) and Saturday (July 15), such as Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano, Colombian rockstar Juanes, Argentinian wordsmith Trueno, corridos trio Conexión Divina, and Colombian duo Dawer x Damper. S.O.B.s once again held the LAMC’s acoustic showcase, featuring Sofía Campos, Boza, Gus Vázquez and more; and DROM hosted multiple days of shows with its Sony, Warner, BMI, and Indie showcases in the East Village. Performers included Elena Rose, Circo, Ramona, Royal Lobos and more. 

During the day, the LAMC hosted a wide variety of panels, with topics like “The State of Latin Music,” “Streaming and Marketing Your Music,” “The Sonic Boom of Latin Touring,” and “Women in Front of and Behind the Scenes of the New Latin Music Explosion.”

For this list, Billboard Español rounds up some of the most standout performances of the series, featuring Beéle, Ramon Vega, Elena Rose, Gale, Dawer x Damper and more, in alphabetical order.