YEARLY ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025
The Annual Loisaida Festival beautifully encapsulates the diverse heritage and vibrant spirit of New York City’s Lower East Side, Loisaida neighborhood.
On Loisaida Avenue, culture isn’t just celebrated—it’s lived. The festival becomes a reunion for neighbors, friends, and families who gather to dance, laugh, and remember what it means to belong. It’s a Puerto Rican celebration that wraps the whole community in music, memory, and that undeniable feeling of home.
The 37th Annual Loisaida Festival,’ A Cultural Mosaic,’ beautifully encapsulates the diverse heritage and vibrant spirit of New York City’s Lower East Side.
Viva Loisaida! Awardees
The Loisaida Festival recognizes honorees each year for their community leadership and cultural contributions, celebrating them at an awards ceremony earlier in the week. This year’s 2024 Viva Loisaida! Award recipients are Congressman Dan Goldman; Activist, Author, and former Young Lord Felipe Luciano; Entrepreneur and sister of beloved Nuyorican poet Jesús “Tato” Laviera, Ruth Sánchez; Manny Rodriguez, a long-time youth sports organizer and founder of the Lower East Side’s Félix Millán Little; and Kanielle Hernández, activist, leader and life-long resident of the NYCHA Mariana Bracetti Houses in the Lower East Side. Congratulations to this year’s awardees.
