(Prensa Latina - Cumbancha) Santa Isabel de las Lajas (Cienfuegos), Cuba.- With more than a hundred activities on the program, preparations for the Benny More International Festival of Popular Music, to take place September 11 through 14, is making progress in the city. The cradle of the "Sonero" King, Cienfuegos, and Havana will be once again be the venues for the cultural event, this year celebrating its 14th edition.

Front line groups and soloists will perform at the Festival, with which the local cultural institutions will enrich with the homage to the mythic figure of Benny, whose presence is felt in each corner of the southern municipality. The community will star in the program that will include options leading to the native roots and knowledge on the life and work of the musician from Santa Isabel de las Lajas. Year after year the Festival becomes an event ennobling the life and work of the King of Rhythm.