Category: Events

Puerto Rico Events and Festivals

Comite Noviembre Puerto Rican Artisan Fair

Puerto Rico

Come One, Come All! To our Holiday Artisans Fair on Saturday, December 17th, 2022 10AM to 5PM White Plains Public Library @ 100 Martine Ave (2nd Floor Gallery) Support our artisans and give a unique, one of a kind hand made gift to loved ones and friends! FREE EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! The White Plains Puerto Rican Cultural Committee has teamed up with PRIDA (The Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of the Arts) & Comité Noviembre to host this FREE, Family-Friendly event! Support your local artisans this Holiday…

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Puerto Rican Cuban Festival 2022

Puerto Rico

PUERTO RICAN & CUBAN FESTIVAL 2022 PRESENTING SPONSORS: MICHELOB ULTRA Date and time and Location Festival Puertorriqueño y Cubano Sábado, 15 de Octubre, 2022. Desde las 12 mediodía hasta las 10pm. The Crown Festival Park 18355 Southwest Fwy Sugar Land, Tx 77479 Our mission is to disseminate the Puerto Rican, Cuban Dominican Cultures within the City of Houston and it’s surrounding communities. We want to enlighten and educate the audience through dance, art, music and food. Our event supports and promotes other ethnic organizations and their mission, by providing a…

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40th Anniversary Puerto Rican Festival

Puerto Rico
40th Aniversary Puerto Rican Festival

Humboldt Park Chicago IL Saturday – Sunday September 24 and 25, 2022 by Division and California The Puerto Rican festival of Chicago is an inclusive nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting the culture, art, and values of the Puerto Rican community through a celebration of customs from the island to the diaspora while honoring ancestors, elders, traditions, and the work of the community. Experience the Puerto Rican festival music, food, art, entertainment & culture  

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Bomba Social – Celebrating 25 Years! Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Puerto Rico
Bomba Social

Bring your drums & falda! Bomba Social – Celebrating 25 Years! Puerto Rican Cultural Center BRING YOUR DRUMS & FALDA — WE’RE HAVING A PARTY! Bomba Social – Celebrating 25 years Puerto Rican Cultural Center September 11, 2022, 2-5pm Free & Indoor Event (masks welcome) Come dance, play, and sing Bomba and help us cut our birthday cake. We’re celebrating 25 years of bringing Puerto Rican culture and traditions to Central Texas. The Puerto Rican Cultural Center is the only center in Texas and the Southwest affiliated with the Institute…

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African Influences in the Caribbean

Puerto Rico
African Influences in the Caribbean

The 5th and final installment of this series will include a presentation by Francisco Tovar of the @Institute of Afrodiasporic Studies (IAS) who will share his research about West African ethnic groups and the associated cultural expressions that have contributed to AfroCaribbean identities. Melanie Maldonado of Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts (PROPA) will provide a complimentary lecture on African retentions found in Puerto Rico (inclusive of gastronomy, language and dress). Olabayo Ogunrinola (Nigeria), Thobos Lubamba (Congo) and Dimas Sánchez (Puerto Rico) will close out the session with demonstrations…

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Curse of the Puerto Ricans

Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rican Association of Dallas-Fort Worth, a co-founding member of the Puerto Rican Alliance of Texas, cordially invites you and your family to join us and the Bishop Arts Theatre Center on August 19th, 2022 for a special celebration. The Bishop Arts Theatre Center is excited to present the world premiere of CURSE OF THE PUERTO RICANS, written by Rosa Fernandez and directed by Dr. Marta Torres. The play is about a woman named Julia Rodriguez, who sacrificed a life of her own to stay home and support her family.…

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29th Fiesta Boricua de Bandera a Bandera

Puerto Rico
Fiesta Boricua

Fiesta Boricua is one of the largest and most important branded festivals of the Latino community in the Midwest where the best musical, culinary, and artisan proponents of Puerto Rican culture is displayed. Now in its 28th year it continues to attract crowds of over 100,000 every year onto Division Street between Western Avenue and Mozart Street (Paseo Boricua). A summer event for the entire family and friends of all ages; people from the Chicagoland area and as far away as New York, Orlando and Philadelphia, including Puerto Rico make it…

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El Día de San Juan Salsa Festival

Puerto Rico

El Día De San Juan Salsa Festival Saturday June 22, 2024 The Western Region Puerto Rican Council’s (WRPRC) “El Dia de San Juan” Scholarship Fund Raising event is one of the most highly anticipated events of the summer festival season. Like the huge San Jose Jazz Festival “El Dia de San Juan” festival is a major cultural event in the Silicon Valley. “El Día de San Juan” is a joyous celebration of music, dance, food, culture, language, ownership, history, hopefulness, and agency. “El Día de San Juan” is the Fourth of July, it’s Cinco…

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5to Festival del Batey

Puerto Rico

This past Saturday, July 13th the “Asociación de Artesanos y Artistas Plásticos Puertorriqueños de la Florida”, had their 5th “Festival del Batey” to celebrate the Day of the Artisan. The event was a celebration of Puerto Rican culture through great music, food, festive décor, arts and fine art crafts. Each artisan and painter displayed their artwork which ranged from art, jewelry, sculpture musical instruments, masks and canvas paintings. The artists use wood, clay, seaglass, leather, ceramics, clay, feathers, thread, sand and paper to create their handmade artwork which honors the…

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