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Photos of the 30th Feria del Barrio

Click on the photo collage or here to see the photos of this year’s Feria del Barrio. See more photos on Feria’s Facebook  Fan page here.

Program of Events

12:30-­12:35 Welcome–‐Feria begins Bienvenida 12:35-­12:50 Taller’s Children and Youth Dance Ensemble 12:50-­1:00 Motivos participation 1:00—1:20 Abigail 1:20-1:25 Carmen and Mary Taller and Raíces- PECO 1:25-2:05 Los Bomberos de la Calle 2:05-­2:30 Raising of Puerto Rican Flag-State Representative Angel Cruz. 2:35-­3:15 Grupo Karis 3:15-3:30 HACE and Congreso,  Xfinity-Telemundo, Award Presentation […]

Johnny & Aida Cruz

Special Honorees

Johnny & Aida Cruz Juan (Johnny) Cruz Jr. was born August 11, 1951 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. His love of music started at the young age of 6, when playing in the countryside, he became aware of the surrounding sounds, the birds and rooster singing during the day and the coqui singing […]

Yo Soy Oro

As part of this year’s 30thannualFeria del Barrio, the creative team of AMerican MEdia Output will introduce a re-branding campaign for the N. 5th Street commercial district, El Centro de Oro, leading with the slogan Yo Soy Oro (I Am Gold). The Yo Soy Oro campaign will appear in advertisements on big belly trash receptacles along the El […]

Headliners

Featuring salsa star Julio César Sanabria with Puerto Rican cuatro virtuoso Edwin Colón Zayas  with Wanda Rivera and her Orchestra.

In Kind Donations & Other Ways to Contribute

The Feria Del Barrio Festival is supported by the hard work and dedication of hundreds of volunteers that set up booths, move tables, clean the streets, and assist the talent and more during the event. Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas is requesting in-kind donations to help feed these volunteers and the performing […]

Feria Dancers

Video from 2012 Feria

In 2011, last time FERIA was held, it attracted over twelve thousand people, bringing together national and Philadelphia-based Latino musicians and dancers for six (6) hours of live entertainment presented on its main stage. Free to the public, FERIA also provides art demonstrations, information booths, craft sales, artists and artisans, […]