Daily News | This year’s Latin America Thrives fair celebrates 60 small businesses
in Philly. What started as a way to support Latino businesses, which had been hard hit by the pandemic, led to Oct. 1 being recognized by City Council as Latino American Entrepreneurs Day. Celebrate Hispanic American Heritage month with the city’s Latin community and support small local businesses — here is what to expect at the 2022 Latin America Thrives in Philadelphia:The fair will be held on Sept.
30, 2022, at Love Park. You can check out the vendors or enjoy the artistic performances between noon to 5 p.m.This is a free event. Folks are welcome to walk around and check out the musical performances without cost. But, how much you spend will depend on what you purchase or consume.This season brings three family-owned local Latino restaurants representing Colombian, Mexican, and Peruvian cuisine: Vista Peru: This Old City restaurant is well known for traditional Peruvian plates like ceviche, Leche de Tigre , and fried yuca. Taqueria Morales: A South Philly staple of authentic Mexican cuisine, this taqueria offers pork, al pastor, steak, chorizo, chicken, and vegetarian tacos. All pair up with either radishes, cucumbers and limes, or cactus with fried onions. Café Tinto: If you are looking for coffee or Colombian baked goods at the festival, this North Philadelphia bakery has you covered. Arepas and Almojabanas are amongst the crowd favorites. You can expect to pay between $5 to $15 per plate. And there will also be vendors at the fair’s market selling traditional sweet and savory snacks depending on the country.Peruvian group Songo will kick off the performances at 12:30 p.m., playing Andean instruments called kena, zampona, and charango. From there, every thirty minutes a new performance will take the stage. If you are looking to learn more about Mexico’s traditional clothing head to the stage at 1 p.m. The Centro Cultural Mexicano, the Consulate, and Mexicanos in Philadelphia will display a variety of cultural garments, along with their meanings. This show is followed by Cuban-Venezuelan violinist and singer Manuela Romero González performing her first original single “De la luna aquí.” After 2 p.m., local artists Diego Calderon “The Heartbreaker of Vallenato and Cumbia,” rapper UDINI La Voz, and Grupo Opción, a merengue and bachate band, will set the tone for folks wishing to dance.This year’s festival doubled the amount of vendors to 60. Designers, artisans, Latin organizations, and small businesses representing Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela will all be on hand showing off their wares. Among the vendors are Colombian designer Salomé Sosmiqué, Mexican fashion designer Julieta Zavala, Salvadorean jewelry designer Leticia Bisutería, Panamanian photographer Alba Juliao, and Dominican artist Isaías Amaro. Organizations like Taller Puertoriqueño will also be present, and the crew from the Puerto Rican film . The Venezuelan soccer team from the Philadelphia International Unity Cup will also be giving out FIFA2026 albums.
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