Afro-Latino Culture Fest 2025

Festival Kickoff & Opening Announcements

Kicked off the festival with the founder, Sharon Cruz, of the Afro-Latino Education & Arts Collective and Producer/Curator of the Afro-Latino Culture Fest

LADWP Aguas Frescas Chat

Diamond Sponsor Feature with Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Featuring: Anselmo Collins, Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System, LADWP

LADWP Aguas Frescas Chat

Diamond Sponsor Feature with Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Featuring: Anselmo Collins, Senior Assistant General Manager – Water System, LADWP

DJ Lobita

Opening DJ Set Setting the tone with Afro-Latin global vibes

DJ LOBITA Opening Set, setting the tone with Afro-Latin global vibes.

Garifuna Folkloric Performance

  • Woman with curly hair, glasses, and hoop earrings smiling at an event. She is wearing a black T-shirt with yellow text that says 'YES! I'SPEAKY SPANISH.' The background features a colorful poster promoting Afro-Latin California.

    4:00 PM

    Iseiri Isanigu Cultural Group

Spoken Word Performance

  • Woman with curly hair, glasses, and hoop earrings smiling at an event. She is wearing a black T-shirt with yellow text that says 'YES! I'SPEAKY SPANISH.' The background features a colorful poster promoting Afro-Latin California.

    4:35 PM – 4:45 PM

    Reggie Myles

Celebrity Chefs Panel

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

  • Young woman with braids, red flower in hair, and hoop earrings in front of a red, orange, and purple background with text that reads 'Host Highlight' and 'Inaya Rajay' repeatedly.

    Chef RJ

    Caribbean Soul Kitchen L.A. (Afro-Panamanian cuisine)

  • A man with short dark hair wearing a black leather jacket and white shirt against a red and purple background with the text 'Host Highlight' and 'Gadiel Orbe' repeated.

    Chef Issa

    El Diamante

  • Man with a beard and headset holding his head with one hand, with an apple on top of his head, against a red background with the repeated text "Henry Alexander Kelly" and the words "Host Highlight" at the top.

    Chef Sakari Smithwick

    Hells Kitchen + Food Network alum

  • Chef Manoushka Guerrier

    Private Chefs of Beverly Hills, Food Network

Chef Meet & Greet

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Hosted by:

  • Chef Dafne Mejia

    Honduran Chef, Hells Kitchen & Chopped alum

  • Man with a beard and headset holding his head with one hand, with an apple on top of his head, against a red background with the repeated text "Henry Alexander Kelly" and the words "Host Highlight" at the top.

    Chef Sakari Smithwick

    Hells Kitchen + Food Network alum

Bed of Nails Soca Dance

  • Woman with curly hair, glasses, and hoop earrings smiling at an event. She is wearing a black T-shirt with yellow text that says 'YES! I'SPEAKY SPANISH.' The background features a colorful poster promoting Afro-Latin California.

    6:10 PM – 6:20 PM

    Crazy Eddie of Dominica

    A daring, high-energy interlude on the dance floor bridging the panel and dance lesson

Salsa Dance Lesson

6:30 PM – 6:50 PM 

  • Tyree Rainey

  • Man with a beard and headset holding his head with one hand, with an apple on top of his head, against a red background with the repeated text "Henry Alexander Kelly" and the words "Host Highlight" at the top.

    Ariela Conde

Comedy Set

  • Woman with curly hair, glasses, and hoop earrings smiling at an event. She is wearing a black T-shirt with yellow text that says 'YES! I'SPEAKY SPANISH.' The background features a colorful poster promoting Afro-Latin California.

    7:00 PM – 7:15 PM

    Terrence Delane

Live Punta Performance

  • Woman with curly hair, glasses, and hoop earrings smiling at an event. She is wearing a black T-shirt with yellow text that says 'YES! I'SPEAKY SPANISH.' The background features a colorful poster promoting Afro-Latin California.

    7:30 PM – 8:00 PM

    Lil June + Meet & Greet at Booth from 8:00pm-8:30pm

Afro-Latin Dance Set

  • Woman with curly hair, glasses, and hoop earrings smiling at an event. She is wearing a black T-shirt with yellow text that says 'YES! I'SPEAKY SPANISH.' The background features a colorful poster promoting Afro-Latin California.

    8:00 PM – 9:15 PM

    Agent DMZ

    Spinning global rhythms with a heavy dose of Afro-Latin energy

Afro-Caribbean Party Set

  • Woman with curly hair, glasses, and hoop earrings smiling at an event. She is wearing a black T-shirt with yellow text that says 'YES! I'SPEAKY SPANISH.' The background features a colorful poster promoting Afro-Latin California.

    9:15 PM – 10:45pm

    DJ Supernova

    Headliner DJ Set Afro-Latino and Afro-Caribbean Vibez

10:45 PM – 11:00 PM

  • Closing Comments