Centro Latino

FESTIVAL  LATINO  2014

Weekend, NOV. 8^th & 9^th Ogden Park

FREE  ADMISSION

16th Annual Festival Latino

11 am  Saturday and Sunday, November 8^th & 9th

Ogden Park, Wilmington

FESTIVAL CONTACT:  Lucy Vasquez, Festival Chair  910 264-4915

WILMINGTON, NC -- Planners gearing up for the Sixteenth Annual Festival Latino at Ogden Park, a cross-cultural weekend of music, food and family style fun, will take place Saturday, November 8th from 11am to 8pm and Sunday November 9^th from 11am to 5pm at Market Street and Gordon Rd.  The daylong celebration will give residents the opportunity to share in the diverse Latino cultures of the Cape Fear region.  An increasingly popular event, organizers expect attendance at this year’s Festival to hit new highs.  Judging from how we've done in past years, we’re expecting more than 25,000 people to attend, said Lucy Vasquez, festival founder, leading advocate for the Latino community.  It’s an opportunity for people with different languages and backgrounds to enjoy each other’s company, as well as their differences.  Besides offering hungry crowds authentic cuisine from various Latino countries - among them Mexico,  El Salvador, Honduras and Colombia -- festival-goers can also enjoy:

*Entertainment; One stage to host Live Bands, Singers, Latin Dance groups performances coming in from all over North Carolina. Dancing and Fun Contests allday.

*Kids Fiesta activities in the children’s area; Piñatas every hour, Clowns, Mascots, balloons, giant inflatable rides, Lazor Tag, Shows every half hour and lots of games with prizes. The Great Mexican Hat Race every hour, so pass the Sombrero to your teammates in this wacky relay. There is fun for all ages of Amigos!

* Exhibitors; Health and Human Service Fair, offering Hispanics and other residents the opportunity to learn about community programs. Arts & Crafts for sale; local and regional artists and craftsmen including silversmiths and pottery from Latin America. Big and small Businesses also present to reach out to this growing Latino community.

* New this year! Cucalorus Film Festival Kicks-Off their event at Festival Latino with an outdoor Movie Screening of bilingual foreign movie Zip-Zap and the Marble Gang. Saturday November 8^th at 6pm