The Santo Domingo Merengue Festival organized by the Ministry of Tourism is set for July 24 to July 27. The program so far is: Thursday, 24 July – Tono Rosario, India Canela and Kinito Mendez. On Friday, 25 July – Fernando Villalona, Kico el Presidente and La Banda Gorda. On Saturday, 26 July – Pochy Familia y la Coco Band, Querubanda and Eddy Herrera. For Sunday, 27 July – Sergio Vargas, Giovanny Planco and El Torito. For the closing night, there will be simultaneous performances by merengue bands in the DR and Puerto Rico. In the San Juan Merengue Festival – Milly Quezada, Hermanos Rosario, Grupo Mania, El Prodigio, Joseph Fonseca and Juan Castillo will perform.