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Expo Latino Festival: 25th Anniversary celebration

24 Aug, 2021

2020 Expo Latino Festival Livestream: Promo video

23 Oct, 2020

Calgary celebrated the 55 years of the Salsa genre.

23 Aug, 2019

Calgary celebró los 55 años del género Salsa.

23 Aug, 2019

Expo Latino Festival Preview

12 Aug, 2019

Meet our 2019 Emcees!

06 Aug, 2019

For its 23rd edition, the Expo Latino Festival will unite with the International Salsa Festival to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Salsa music genre

01 Jul, 2019

Expo Latino Festival presenta su vigésimo tercera (XXIII) edición y este año se une al International Salsa Festival, para celebrar a lo grande los 55 años del género Salsa.

01 Jul, 2019

Thanks for your loyalty… See you next year!

28 Aug, 2018

Meet our 2018 Emcees!

08 Aug, 2018

Our 2018 Lineup

08 Aug, 2018

21st Expo Latino Festival a success!

03 Sep, 2017

Canada Day Celebration with Expo Latino

30 Jun, 2017

Olga Tañón, Woman of Fire, to play at Expo Latino 2017

21 May, 2017

Latin-lovers flood Calgary’s Expo Latino despite rain

07 Aug, 2016

Expo Latino underway with free admission Friday night

05 Aug, 2016

Expo Latino adding flavour to Prince’s Island Park

05 Aug, 2016

Celebrating Expo Latino Breakfast TV

04 Aug, 2016

Expo Latino set to heat up Prince’s Island

04 Aug, 2016

Expo Latino @ Global News Morning Calgary

31 Jul, 2016

about us

President's Message

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Mariela Parra, President of the Hispanic Arts Society

This is a real joy, an honour, and a tremendous responsibility to preside over the Hispanic Arts Society. An organization that for 34 years has impacted Canada’s – and the world’s – Hispanic artists.

I am very excited to be part of an exceptional team at the Society that includes our dedicated board, executive team, staff, and volunteers.

Since the Society’s inception in 1987, the executive board has worked towards the presentation of major productions such as the Hispanic festival “EXPO LATINO”, Calgary’s Hottest Outdoor Festival, and Western Canada’s Largest Latin Festival.

Due to the pandemic, we decided to cancel last year’s festival and explore the live stream option which was a success.

This year marks the 25th year of the Festival. The first Expo Latino Festival commenced 25 years ago in the month of August! To honour this milestone we will celebrate it BIG at the B!G ART Drive-In.

This is a FREE and family-friendly outdoor event. It’s using a hybrid of virtual and in-person delivery to make sure everybody can enjoy the shows and concerts

This event is possible thanks to our sponsors and collaborators: the City of Calgary, Calgary Arts Development, and Rise UP Calgary. We are grateful to have such support.

I hope you will come and enjoy the 25th Expo Latino Festival celebration!

Mariela Parra

President & Artistic Director

The Hispanic Arts Society

THE HISPANIC ARTS SOCIETY

The Society is based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We incorporated on June 26, 1987 as a non profit society and since then we have and continue to stage with tremendous success. Our primary Mandate and Objectives are:

To promote cultural exchanges among different Artists who perform Hispanic Music, Dance, Performing, and Visual Arts.
To advance and promote the Hispanic community for the public benefit.
To bring the public’s attention to the unique characteristics of the Hispanic Arts Community,
To enhance Arts Community and to increase Canada’s access to artistic experiences.

VALUES

Our basic foundation values, the values upon which all we do is based:

Respect for people
Respect for culture
Integrity
Appreciation for diversity

Expo Latino

EXPO LATINO

WESTERN CANADA’S LARGEST OUTDOOR LATIN FESTIVAL

CELEBRATING IT’S 25THANNIVERSARY IN 2021.

The annual Expo Latino Festival in Calgary celebrates the diverse culture and heritage of city’s diverse Latino population. The three-day event features folkloric and contemporary dance and musical performances, authentic mouth-watering cuisine from Ibero-american countries, traditional arts and crafts and hands-on children’s activities and inflatables.

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