Every year the Loisaida Festival hits the ground running with the yearly Loisaida Festival Carnival Parade. Where our #diverse global #community blends with #puppeteers, marching bands and performance #artists, young and old to create a one of a kind #spectacle of color and fun.
May 28th at 11:00am on the Avenue C corridor, Loisaida Avenue in Alphabet City, Manhattan
2017's theme is Immigration where we'll be recognizing and celebrating the Im/migrant experience in the Lower East Side – The Gateway to America, and celebrating the Latin American Immigrant and their contributions to this community, city and country.
This year the 4th Annual Theater Lab at the Loisaida Festival will feature performances and works from the performance troupe Mezcolanza · NYC
Including works by: Poncili Creacion: Efrain del Hierro & Pablo Del Hierro, Mickey Negrón, Kairiana Núñez Santaliz, Juana de Arco, Awilda Rodriguez Lora, Teresa Hernández, Camila Sánchez, YänTzé Khrïstián
Music: Yaraní Del Valle Piñero's Puras Lágrimas, Lizbeth Román & Los duendes invisibles (Enrique "Peru" Chavez y Andrés Kino Cruz)
Installation: Jandro Antonio Aldarondo Figueroa
Artistic Director: Helen Ceballos