4th Annual Akron Latin Festival
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Oct 5, 2024 4pm - 9pm
Location
Cascade Plaza
122 S Main St
Details
***The 2025 Akron Latin Festival will take place Saturday, September 20, 2025***
Save the date for the 2024 Akron Latin Festival
Presented by Proyecto Raices and Downtown Akron Partnership. We'll be enjoying a day of Food, Music, Dancing, Cultural Performances and display tents, Vendors, Piñatas and much more!
View the Stage and Dance Floor Schedule
2024 Akron Latin Festival Live Music
- Grupo Fuego
- Luka y su Ropa Vieja
- DJ Alfredo
- Alberto Ventura
- (we will have a 24' x 27' dance floor, too!)
2024 Akron Latin Festival Dance
- Azteca Guadalupano
- America Latina
- Cleveland Rueda
2024 Akron Latin Festival Food
- Tamisu Sweets
(Mix of Latin sweets, desserts: empanadas de dulce de leche, arroz con leche, hojarascas, pay de queso, buñuelos) - Tumbao58 LLC
(Venezuelan food, desserts) - Churros
(Homemade churros, made fresh on the spot) - Freaky Fruits
(Fresh cut fruits onsite with amazing toppings! Find your freaky is our motto!) - Tastebuds Popcorn Canton
(Flavored popcorn varieties) - La Rosita Snacks
(Mexican street corn, fruit cup, fruit salad, Mexican flour chips, shaved ice) - Delicias Salvadoreñas
(Pupusas, atol de elote y papas frita) - Mexinperu
(Peruvian food) - Cool and Fresh Pizza
(Pizzas artezanales y postres) - Pedro's Taqueria
(Authentic Mexican food with various Mexican beverages) - Tacos el Rinconcito
(Nosotros vendemos tacos tortas y quesadillas, tambien aguas frescas y fruta picada) - Cha'firo Inc.
(Cha’firo’s Is Vegan/Vegetarian Puerto Rican Cuisine with Soul!) - Sabor Salvadoreño
(Salvadoran dishes) - Johnny Lóte's Latin Street Corn
(Johnny Lóte’s is elótes elevated: elótes, bowls, nachos) - Latino Bar & Grill
(Mexican cuisine) - La Reina Boricua LLC
(Authentic Puerto Rican cuisine, dessert and more) - El Vaquero Taco Truck LLC
(Authentic Mexican taco truck) - Incredibowls Açaí Bar
(We are a sister-owned and operated fruit shop located in Northfield, Ohio. We set out to make a shop with the most authentic and true to taste açai bowls in Ohio.) - El Patron Birra & Cuisine
(Akron/Cleveland's Premiere Tequila Lounge & Mexican Cuisine)
2024 Akron Latin Festival Vendors
- Pretty Mango
(Organic skincare and hair products such as soaps, shampoo bars, scrub, and oil made from organic gardening products and imported from Honduras) - LiRo Apparel & Accessories
(Traditional Peruvian handmade alpaca products, with a bit of Akron flair) - Happiness Designs
(Glass cups, plastic cups, stainless steel cups, plastic cups, cup sleeves & bookmarks) - Not Yo' Daddy's Mexican Hot Sauce
(Not Yo’ Daddy’s Mexican Hot Sauce® is made from an original, secret, family recipe hailing from Durango, Mexico. Our hot sauce brings forth the bold and distinctive flavors from “El Norte” - the northern region of Mexico) - Clairescreations89
(Colorful, quirky handmade crocheted items ranging from crop tops, festival clothing and dresses, to sweaters and cardigans. Plus homeware, such as decorative pillows, stuffed animals and winter accessories) - Ali's Artesania Taina
(Puerto Rican artisan wood crafting) - Latin Minga
(Productos artesanales latinos hechos por mujeres latinas HECHAS A MANO y traídas a U.S.A.) - Hola Island Provisions
(Authentic Caribbean concentrated marinades) - Vegas Creations
(Creating unique and custom items) - Gala Jewelry
(Hispanic arts, crafts and fabrics. Hispanic jewelry) - The Suite
(Personalized hand crafted gifts) - Pincel & Barro
(Artisanal Mexican textiles and accessories) - Piñatas, Crafts and More by Patty
(Hand made authentic bags and beautiful scrunchies) - Haus of Sin Cosmetics
(Vegan cruelty-free cosmetics company, Latinx-owned and operated) - Day's Boutique (Makeup, accessories for girls)
- Yorleny Flores (Hair coquette bows made by me and bows organizer)
Organizations
- UA Latinos & SHPE
- Proyecto Raices
- Axess Family Services
- Akron Minority Business Association
- El Centro De Servicios Sociales
- Ohio Civil Rights Commission
- Project Learn of Summit County
- C.Ash Group Life Insurance Company
- Main Preparatory Academy
- Akron Children's Hospital
- Orchard Park Academy Akron
More to enjoy at the 2024 Akron Latin Festival
- Piñatas
- Community Mural Project with artist Alicia Vasquez
- Stilt walkers
- Free photobooth
- Face painting
- Ojo de dios craft
- Cultural tent (Dia de los Muertos education)
More to come!
Click here to volunteer with us.
Become an Event Sponsor
Akron Latin Festival is presented by Downtown Akron Partnership and Proyecto Raices CLA, with support from Goodyear's HOLA Employee Resource Group, Great Work Employment, the Summit County Prosecutor's Office, Zips Activity Board, Akron Community Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, Knight Foundation, GAR Foundation and the City of Akron.
