Merengue Festival opens in Santo Domingo on 23 July and lasts through 1 August. There will be street dancing at the Malec?n, and several hotels have scheduled live band presentations. The Festival concludes with the 3-4 National Gastronomy Festival that is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, the National Association of Hotels & Restaurants, the Hotel Association of Santo Domingo, the Association of Chefs of the DR, and the Caribbean Traveling Network, a travel TV channel. The gastronomy festival will be held at the V Centenario. Tickets are RD$500 per night.
