{"id":130961,"date":"2024-05-22T21:57:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T01:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130961"},"modified":"2024-05-22T21:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T01:57:52","slug":"sabor-latin-festival-returns-to-steelstacks-june-27-29-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130961","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1Sabor! Latin Festival Returns to SteelStacks June 27-29, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., May 22, 2024 \u2013\u00a0ArtsQuest<\/a>, in partnership with media partner La Mega Radio, is proud to announce the 13th annual free admission\u00a0\u00a1Sabor! Latin Festival<\/a>\u00a0taking place from\u00a0Thursday, June 27 through Saturday, June 29, 2024<\/strong>\u00a0on the SteelStacks campus. The festival is a celebration of Latin heritage including music, food and family fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so excited for the 13th<\/sup>\u00a0annual\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a1Sabor! Latin Festival. Each year, the festival honors Latin heritage, culture and community,\u201d says Shayna Super, Programming Manager. \u201cThere will be food and music we all know and love, but this year we\u2019ll enjoy some new offerings from new food, new musical artists, an expanded vendor section and the screening of the Panama vs. USA soccer match on Thursday, June 27! The festival is free to attend and there will be something for the whole family to enjoy, so we hope to see you there!\u201d<\/p>\n

As Super mentioned, there are many highlights to this year\u2019s festival, including the screening of the Panama vs. US 2024 Copa America Soccer match at\u00a06 p.m. on Thursday, June 27\u00a0<\/strong>as a part of this year\u2019s SoccerFest presented by Wind Creek Bethlehem,\u00a0<\/strong>new Puerto Rican food truck, La Frikitona, will be providing authentic cuisine for the evening – and will be joining \u00a1Sabor! for the entire weekend and wrapping up the first night will be performances by favorites Herencia Jibara and DJ Breezzy.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t miss the ultimate salsa reunion, together for the first time: one stage, one show, one \u00a1Sabor!\u00a0<\/strong>ArtsQuest Performing Arts board member Miguel Perez worked hard to join three big Lehigh Valley area Latin salsa artists to headline Saturday night at\u00a0Levitt Pavilion<\/a>. Band leaders Pablo Batista (percussionist), Hector Rosado (percussionist) and Luisito Rosario (singer) will be performing several songs together on\u00a0Saturday, June 29<\/strong>. Old chums from growing up in the Lehigh Valley, Batista and Rosado, will be joined by one of Rosado\u2019s prodigies, Rosario, for an exciting performance where we get to see the three of them together for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

The Brugal Lounge will return this year on Friday, June 28 (6 pm. \u2013 8 p.m.) and Saturday, June 29 (5 pm. \u2013 8 p.m.) with featured Brugal Rum samples and domino tables for the enjoyment of our 21+ guests.<\/p>\n

Finally, festival food favorites of Hogar CREA and Holy Infancy will be returning, joined by La Frikitona, in addition to an expanded crafter and vendor selection.<\/p>\n

Weekend Schedule:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, June 27<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Levitt Pavilion at 6-8 p.m. \u2013 Panama vs. USA soccer<\/p>\n

Levitt Pavilion at 8-9:30 p.m. \u2013 Herencia Jibara<\/p>\n

Air Products Town Square at 9:30-11 p.m. \u2013 DJ Breezzy<\/p>\n

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Friday, June 28<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

Air Products Town Square at 6:30-8 p.m. \u2013 East Coast Salsa Scene<\/p>\n

Levitt Pavilion at 8-10 p.m. \u2013 Combo Melaza<\/p>\n

Air Products Town Square at 10 p.m. \u2013 12 a.m. \u2013 Pancho Bongo y su Orquesta<\/p>\n

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Saturday, June 29<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Air Products Town Square at 4-5 p.m. \u2013 Viva Vallenato<\/p>\n

Levitt Pavilion at 5-6:30 p.m. \u2013 Fabricio Orihuela<\/p>\n

Air Products Town Square at 6:30-8 p.m. \u2013 Jimmy Bosch Salsa Masters<\/p>\n

Levitt Pavilion at 8-10 p.m. \u2013 Hector Rosado, master percussionist Pablo Batista and guest vocalist Luisito Rosario<\/p>\n

Air Products Town Square at 10 p.m. \u2013 12 a.m. \u2013 Mambo Caliente<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An annual Puerto Rican Flag Raising Ceremony will take place on Friday, June 28, to kick off the festival, just prior to the music beginning that day, featuring US and Puerto Rican National Anthems and community speakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you\u2019re doing this year, bringing three icons of salsa music in our region together (Rosado, Batista and Rosario), is truly a special moment,\u201d says Miguel Perez, ArtsQuest Performing Arts board member. \u201cThe Lehigh Valley has never seen anything like it and I\u2019m proud to play a role in pulling it all together. \u00a1Sabor! is all about preserving the Latino culture in our area and ArtsQuest\u2019s dedication to that mission is remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n

About ArtsQuest<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

ArtsQuest\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events.<\/p>\n

Through festivals such as its flagship event,\u00a0Musikfest<\/a>; the\u00a0Banana Factory Arts Center<\/a>; and the ArtsQuest Center at\u00a0SteelStacks<\/a>\u00a0arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, over 50% of which are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.<\/p>\n

Information provided to TVL by:
\nBryn Keeney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., May 22, 2024 \u2013\u00a0ArtsQuest, in partnership with media partner La Mega Radio, is proud to announce the 13th annual free admission\u00a0\u00a1Sabor! Latin Festival\u00a0taking place from\u00a0Thursday, June … Continue reading \u00a1Sabor! Latin Festival Returns to SteelStacks June 27-29, 2024<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sabor.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}