BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The music is on, the crowds are here, and ¡Sabor! is officially underway.
“We definitely want to bring our Latin music to the Lehigh Valley, and ¡Sabor! Fest is really, you know, a big part of that,” said Hector Rodriguez, director of Clave Legacy.
¡Sabor! is a free, three-day festival at SteelStacks, and Friday is the second day of the celebration.
“If you look around, the energy that is happening here in this campus, that’s what ¡Sabor! is all about, right?” said Miguel Perez, vice chair of the performing arts board at ArtsQuest.
“I look around and I just see people that remind me of my family and people that I grew up with,” said Francisco Aguilar.
Food trucks, vendors, celebrations and more. But this year, there’s an extra reason to celebrate.
“We started 15 years ago, and today we see the result of that work,” Perez said. “15 years, you know, it’s a big deal.”
“In the beginning it was Puerto Rico, that was kind of the focal point. But these days we have people represented from all nations in Latin America. So it’s very special,” he explained.
Friday’s festivities begin with the Puerto Rican flag ceremony at 6 p.m., followed by three live bands performing from 6:30 p.m. through midnight.
“This is going to be the center of entertainment for the region during this weekend,” Perez said.