Bachata star Zacarías Ferreira plays a Danbury restaurant floor Nov. 21

"La Voz de la Ternura" headlines La Canchita Restaurant & Bar on a Saturday night, a far smaller room than he usually fills.

Zacarías Ferreira usually plays rooms that hold about 1,500 people. On Saturday, Nov. 21, he plays a restaurant on Delay Street. The Dominican bachata singer headlines La Canchita Restaurant & Bar in Danbury, and for anyone in Fairfield County who has sung along to "Dime Que Falto" at a family party, it's a chance to hear it from a few feet away.

The show was announced Oct. 20. Tickeri, which sells tickets for his tour dates, lists it as Zacarías Ferreira en Connecticut, Nov. 21 in Danbury. Event listings list 9 p.m. doors and an 18-and-over policy at La Canchita, 6 Delay St. Tickets are also listed on StubHub. Check the time and age policy with the venue before you go.

Ferreira has been singing bachata since the late 1990s. He's from Tamboril, in the Dominican Republic's Cibao region, and a Tickeri tour listing bills him as "La Voz de la Ternura," the voice of tenderness. His 1997 debut, Me Liberé, won a Casandra award, a prestigious Dominican music prize, and his second album, El Triste, won another. The title track of his 2007 album Dime Que Falto gave him his first Top 5 on Billboard's Tropical Airplay chart, peaking at No. 3 in 2008. A decade later, El Amor reached the Top 20 of Billboard's Tropical Albums chart behind "La Asesina" and "El Intruso." He also sings on "Me Quedo," from Romeo Santos' 2019 album Utopía.

New Yorkers may know him from an odd crossover moment. In 2016 he wrote "Somos Familia" as a walkout song for Mets pitcher Jeurys Familia, as Billboard reported.

His songs are about heartbreak and devotion, and they're built for a room where people can dance close.

That's what makes a restaurant-and-bar show worth noticing. His songs are about heartbreak and devotion, built on guitar-led bachata, and they're meant for a room where people can dance close. This year his Tickeri listings show dates in Baltimore and Lawrence, Massachusetts. For Danbury it means seeing a Billboard-charting singer without driving into the city.

Because it's a restaurant floor, space is the question. Don't expect a long walk-up line to end well. Buy ahead, plan on a late night, and wear shoes you can dance in.

The first chords of "Dime Que Falto" will probably be the loudest moment of the night, and not because of the band.

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