The iconic Cuban American singer will offer a mass entertainment on October 5 in the Plaza de Colón, as part of the festivities organized by the Community of Madrid.
Miami, United States. – The Plaza de Colón, one of the most emblematic spaces of the Spanish capital, will host on October 5 a free concert of Gloria Estefan, a fundamental figure of Latin music worldwide. The event, framed in the celebrations of Hispanic Day 2025, will be the central show of the cultural agenda organized by the Community of Madrid.
The Cuban American singer will interpret both her best known successes – as My land, Conga and Today– As new songs from his most recent record production, Rootspublished in May of this year. The presentation promises to become “the most important cultural event of the year in the country,” according to Sony Music in Your official statement.
The show will have an especially symbolic character, because it coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of Estefan’s artistic career. “It is an honor to share this significant moment in a city that has always embraced Latin culture with such love,” said the artist. “Madrid has a very special place in my heart, and I can’t wait to celebrate our roots together.”
The album Rootsproduced by Emilio Estefan and recorded in Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, it is proposed to build bridges between tradition and modernity. In it, the singer explores classic rhythms such as sauce, combined with contemporary production that aims to connect generations. His first single, also entitled Rootshas been applauded by its message of identity and cultural continuity. In Estefan’s words: “Raíces expresses how love and life are like sowing: what you grow with faith, patience and delivery, sooner or later will bear fruit.”
With more than 100 million albums sold and multiple Grammy awards under his belt, Gloria Estefan has been recognized for decades as an ambassador of Latin music in the world. Its artistic tour, since the foundational days with Miami Sound Machine to consolidate as an international superstar, has been decisive in the opening of roads for other Latin artists. “His participation makes the great concert of Hispanicity 2025 into a historical event,” says the statement.
The initiative is part of the commitment of the Community of Madrid with music and cultural diversity, a line that this year is reaffirmed under the official motto of the celebrations: “All accents fit in Madrid.” According to Sony Music, this institutional support has been key to making possible an event of such magnitude and free access.
“Gloria Estefan knows well what freedom and Hispanity means”, said Isabel Díaz AyusoPresident of the Community of Madrid, announcing the Cuban -American singer as the main guest of the celebrations for Hispanic Day. “[Gloria Estefan] He has lived that unique experience of the Cuban Miami that everyone has to know, ”he added.
The event will seek not only to honor the trajectory of one of the most representative voices of Cuban exile and Latin music, but also reinforce the idea of Hispanicity as a common space of cultural encounter. Along these lines, the concert in the Plaza de Colón is emerging as a mass celebration of the shared roots between Spain and Latin America, with music as universal language.
