{"id":288229,"date":"2026-09-17T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/288229\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:00:35","slug":"el-boricuazo-2026-bctv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/288229\/","title":{"rendered":"El Boricuazo 2026 &#8211; BCTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">  September 19   @   1:00 pm   \u2013   7:00 pm <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Palo Magazine presents the second annual\u00a0El Boricuazo 2026\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.\u00a0at\u00a0GoggleWorks Center for the Arts \u2013 Thorn Alley,\u00a0\u00a0Address: 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held during Hispanic Heritage Month, El Boricuazo is more than a festival. It was created to\u00a0preserve Puerto Rican culture and traditions while allowing younger generations to experience and celebrate their roots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Boricuazo 2026 will feature live Puerto Rican music, cultural performances, dancing, traditional foods, artists, vendors, family activities, and cultural displays.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"275\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155990\" style=\"width:745px;height:auto\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/boricuazo2.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/boricuazo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155990\" style=\"width:745px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entertainment will include\u00a0Los Bomberos de la Calle, a Philadelphia-based bomba and plena group led by Anthony M\u00e9ndez;\u00a0Pasi\u00f3n Tropical; Azotando el Mambo; Saulo Negr\u00f3n and Cantar Campesino; and DJ Poli, along with WH Dance Academy cultural dancers and additional entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guests will experience Puerto Rican traditions ranging from\u00a0bomba, plena, and m\u00fasica j\u00edbara\u00a0to island favorites including\u00a0alcapurrias, arroz con pernil, bacala\u00edtos, pastelillos, traditional breads and sweets, piraguas, and Puerto Rican coffee. The event will also feature a\u00a0domino area, Puerto Rican art, cultural displays, vendors, and children\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EVENT INFORMATION<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Boricuazo 2026<br \/>Saturday, September 19, 2026<br \/>1:00 p.m. \u2013 7:00 p.m.<br \/>GoggleWorks Center for the Arts \u2013 Thorn Alley<br \/>201 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Boricuazo 2026 is presented by\u00a0Palo Magazine, with the support of sponsors and community partners, including Title Sponsor:\u00a0Reading Hospital \u2013 Tower Health and additional sponsors such as:\u00a0 Finanta, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Customers Bank, COCA, Reading Musical Foundation, United Insurance, Reading Furniture &amp; Decor, Kuhn Funeral Home, City of Reading &amp; Mayor Eddie Moran, iHeartRadio Rumba and RMF, along with additional community vendor supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September 19 @ 1:00 pm \u2013 7:00 pm Palo Magazine presents the second annual\u00a0El Boricuazo 2026\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday, September 19,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-288229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288229","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=288229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}