{"id":201785,"date":"2026-05-25T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201785\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:36:13","slug":"the-lehigh-valleys-biggest-latin-festival-debuts-in-downtown-allentown-this-spring-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201785\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lehigh Valley&#8217;s biggest Latin festival debuts in Downtown Allentown this spring | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; A celebration of Latin culture is making its grand debut in Downtown Allentown this spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fiesta on Hamilton, the Lehigh Valley&#8217;s biggest Latin festival, debuts on May 18, presented by Valley Health Partners, the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, the City of Allentown, and MEGA 101.7 FM.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This brand-new event will take over Hamilton Street (between 9th and 11th streets) on Sunday, May 18, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., according to the press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event is completely free for the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fiesta on Hamilton will feature a star-studded musical lineup, including:<\/p>\n<p>Los Adolescentes (Venezuela) \u2013 Internationally renowned salsa sensation.<\/p>\n<p>Oro S\u00f3lido &amp; El Grupo de Ahora (Dominican Republic) \u2013 High-energy merengue that will have the crowd dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Rumba Caliente (Puerto Rico) \u2013 A fan-favorite band bringing the best of tropical music.Local Salsa and Merengue Bands &#8211; Showcasing the incredible Latin talent from the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The festival will also feature Latin food vendors in the region, serving up delicious flavors from across Latin America, according to the press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Valley Health Partners will also host a Family Health Fair, offering free games, giveaways, and health resources for children and families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; A celebration of Latin culture is making its grand debut in Downtown Allentown this spring.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232],"class_list":["post-201785","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\/201785","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=201785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}