1Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
2Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
3Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
4Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
5Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
6Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
7The Houston Rockets marketing team was on hand to provide info and tickets for the upcoming NBA season.
8Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
9Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
10Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
11Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
12Vendors selling various Latin American souvenirs, jewelry, and clothing set up all around the festival.
13Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
14Vendors selling various Latin American souvenirs, jewelry, and clothing set up all around the festival.
15Vendors selling various Latin American souvenirs, jewelry, and clothing set up all around the festival.
16The Samba Houston Brazilian drum line aims to promote Brazilian music, dance, and culture through classes, workshops and live performances.
17Vendors selling various Latin American souvenirs, jewelry, and clothing set up all around the festival.
18Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
19The Samba Houston Brazilian drum line aims to promote Brazilian music, dance, and culture through classes, workshops and live performances.
20Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
21Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
22Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
23Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
24Cessar Mandujano, also known as "El Gallito Negro", is a mariachi music singer who attended and performed at the festival.
25Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
26The LD Dance Company performed traditional samba dancing from Brazil at the Houston Latin Fest.
27Cessar Mandujano, also known as "El Gallito Negro", is a mariachi music singer who attended and performed at the festival.
28The Houston Rockets marketing team was on hand to provide info and tickets for the upcoming NBA season.
29The LD Dance Company performed traditional samba dancing from Brazil at the Houston Latin Fest.
30Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
31Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
32Houstonians attend the 2021 Houston Latin Fest at Midtown Park in Houston, Texas.
Houston celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month this past Sunday at Midtown Park for the annual Latin Festival.
From flags being waved and tied like capes to t-shirts embroidered with large letters; Houston’s colorful latin community showed up in full effect. Fabian Rojas, an attendee of Puerto Rican descent, was beaming to celebrate his community after a feeble year.
“There is no festival better than the Latin festival and like we say, ‘ay bendito, no hay una fiesta mejor,’” Rojas told Houstonia. “We get to celebrate our heritage, and even now during Covid, we can still get together and have a good time.”
Throughout the day, the park was flooded with vibrant performances every hour, stacked tents tabled with customary boutiques, and traditional mouthwatering dishes. To kick off your welcome, attendees were presented with a drink ticket from Old Parr to exchange for a ginger ale cocktail made by the brand’s whiskey topped with an orange garnish.
Among the delicious eateries were Sugar Grill Cafe’s mouthwatering Plaintaintarts, De Mi Fogón’s Colombian Arepas and Tex Chick’s flavorsome Puerto Rican Empanadillas. To cool off, everyone waited in line for freshly squeezed lemonades mixed by Texas Funnel Cakes and More.
Brazilian-American songstress Gisele Duque took Latin Fest by storm with her star studded vocals in Portuguese, covering a fan favorite “Magalenha.” With her adrenaline pumping from closing her set, she tells Houstonia although Brazilians don’t speak Spanish, it reflects how the Latin community feeds off each other’s energy with their warm nature.
“Even though Brazil is actually the only country in Latin America that speaks Portuguese, it’s so good to see everyone here together,” Duque rejoiced. “Our culture of being Latin and loving and so warming around each other, it’s amazing.”
