GEORGETOWN, Del. - The 26th Hispanic Festival is set to bring music, food, and cultural celebration to North Race Street in Georgetown this Sunday, starting at 11 a.m.
Kevin Andrade, president and CEO of The Voice Radio Network, has been organizing the event alongside his company for the past decade. Attendees can expect a new addition to the festival's lineup this year.
"We have a partnership with the Freeman Arts Pavilion. They normally do the 'Locals Under the Lights' in Selbyville; they've been doing this for 10 years, but they called me one day and said, 'Kevin, can we do a Latino version?' and I said, 'Wow, that would be awesome,'" Andrade said.
Local businesses are gearing up for the influx of visitors. Ingrid Carrera, manager at El Primo Taquerias, looks forward to offering authentic Mexican cuisine again.
"We are embracing our culture through food, and we love to see all different kinds of people from all different parts of the world come together, and we come together by our food, by our different music, so that feels very nice, and we feel very proud," Carrera said.
Anival Pérez Cortéz, manager of Colombian Barbers, which opened five years ago on the festival's street, expressed excitement about the event.
"We are so excited for this event that's coming up because it's once a year, so we are waiting all year to be part of the event," Pérez Cortéz said.
This year's festival will feature seven international artists and host 120 vendors, including two mobile health clinics.
"We want to show all our brothers and sisters in the region who we are... what is being Latino?" Andrade said. "We want you to try the food, we want you to try the culture and see our music or dances and have fun, you know, just bring your family."
The State of Delaware is set to recognize The Voice Radio Network for organizing this cultural event.
Admission is $15, and children under 10 enter free. For the event schedule and a list of prohibited items, visit the Hispanic Festival's website.