{"id":193712,"date":"2026-05-15T21:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/193712\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T21:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:51:08","slug":"celebration-of-local-community-fiesta-on-hamilton-street-returns-for-its-second-year-on-sunday-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/193712\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Celebration of local community&#8217;: Fiesta on Hamilton Street returns for its second year on Sunday | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Bigger and better, that is how organizers are describing the 2026 Fiesta on Hamilton Street.<\/p>\n<p>The event is set for Sunday from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the marking of the beginning of the summer, so we have been hibernating for 6 months it feels like, so this is the first chance that we get to come out&#8230;the weather is going to be great,&#8221; said Victor Martinez from Mega 101.7 FM.<\/p>\n<p>Great weather, food, vendors, and opportunities to connect with the community. Fiesta on Hamilton is now the largest Latino-themed festival in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Allentown this Sunday is really going to feel like a celebration of local community. It&#8217;s going to be one of those feel-good moments that remind you why you want to support local,&#8221; said Brittney Ciardi with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton street will transform to a packed party with thousands of people from 8th to 12th streets.<\/p>\n<p>The event, now in its second year, was so successful that organizers have doubled the footprint. That means more space and more music.<\/p>\n<p>Performers include Milly Quezada, \u00d3ptimo and Charlie Cruz. There will also be a local a stage of local performers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are trying to bring a little bit of everything to make it bigger and better,&#8221; said Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>Two stages of music, 138 vendors and the opportunity to visit the businesses that line Hamilton Street.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s really all about, bringing people to Allentown making them feel good, so they come back and support our business community,&#8221; said Ciardi.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a wellness zone offering resources and health screenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Bigger and better, that is how organizers are describing the 2026 Fiesta on Hamilton Street.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232],"class_list":["post-193712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}