Lakeland Hispanic Festival Celebrating 25 Years
DESIGNED BY SYDNEY SILVA
Lakeland Hispanic Festival is celebrating 25 years of bringing the Latin flare to Lake Mirror.
More than 60 vendors participated last year, and additional vendors for the 2023 event continue to sign up to be part of the celebration according to festival coordinator Claudio Eligio. Through his company Master Music he hopes to bring thousands of people in the Hispanic community, from Central Florida and beyond, together for a memorable event that will run from noon to 9 p.m. on September 30.
“Around the world, we make concerts in Mexico, Spain, Europe, France, and Caribbean Colombia,” Eligio says. “So I am a professional musician, and I know about events. So I am still doing events in a lot of places and with big venues, venues of 20,000 people, 15,000 people.”
Eligio is a musician by trade, having toured around the world with artists like Willie Colon, using his expertise to bring the beats, rhythms, and melodies that propel people to dance. He’s making it his mission to bring local performers to show Lakeland’s Latin flare and bring people to the dance floor.
“The best that we can do is to make a perfect and nice event every year for the people. They can hear nice music, with live music there are going to be a lot of people. Like last year, we bring a lot of people from Puerto Rico,” Eligio says.
The music is alongside authentic Latin food, creative street vendors, arts and crafts, games and more.
More than 4,000 people attended last year’s festival.
FEATURING
Nino Segarra, Merengue, Salsa, Freddy De Jesus, La Orquesta De Julito, Alvarado Big Band
SEPTEMBER 30TH
TO RESERVE A VENDOR BOOTH OR PERFORM CALL Eligio at (863)-258-5286