The Loisaida Festival
YEARLY ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025
The Annual Loisaida Festival beautifully encapsulates the diverse heritage and vibrant spirit of New York City’s Lower East Side, Loisaida neighborhood.
Loisaida Commemorative Poster Artist
Juan Carlos Pinto
Juan Carlos Pinto is an artist and art historian working in New York City. A native of Guatemala, his art is as expressive as the colorful and lush Central American nation. Pinto’s artwork is poignantly aggressive and projects a revolutionary declaration. Most of Pinto’s media comes from salvaged material and found objects. Pinto’s use of plastic is unique and pulsates with hidden significance. Issues such as human and animal rights, environmental preservation, and empowerment of minorities are frequently incorporated into Pinto’s work.
Artisans · Makers · Creatives
Food Vendors + Merchants
Local + City-Wide Organizations
Visitors Every Year!
Featured Performers
NYC Womxn Bomba Collective
Taína Asili
Pinc Louds
Chico Manía
KINTO ZONÓ
Artisans · Makers · Creatives
Food Vendors + Merchants
Local + City-Wide Organizations
Visitors Every Year!
Featured Performers
NYC Womxn Bomba Collective
Taína Asili
Pinc Louds
Chico Manía
KINTO ZONó
Opening Community Parade!
5th-12th Streets on Avenue C – Loisaida Ave.
11:45A
Batalá NY – Batucada
PERFORMANCE IN FRONT OF MAIN STAGE
Main Stage
12th Street – Avenue C
12:00P
Pinc Louds
1:00P
NYC Womxn Bomba Collective
2:00P
Taína Asili
3:00P
Chico Manía
4:00P
Kinto Zonó
5:00P
Enyel C
EMCEE Caridad “La Bruja” de la Luz
EMCEE DAVID “DaSo” SOTO
DJ Deejay Lou
Theatre Lab
in partnership with Grand Street Settlement
La Plaza Cultural – SW 9th Street & Avenue C
12:00P
Batallón Sónico & BENDI LA BENDICION
Reggaetón
1:00-3:00P
Mencius Society for the Arts
Chinese Traditional Music & Dance
2:00P
In the Heights
Grand Street Settlement Children’s Production
3:00P
Dorill Initiative
Youth Performances
4:00P
Nuyorican Poets Café
La Bruja Open Mic
5:00P
Control the Sound
LIVE!
Street Level
Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
NE 9th Street & Avenue C
1:00P
Los Fascinantes
traditional Puerto Rican folk music
La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio Present
Salsa con Estilo Exhibition
SINCE 1987
Heart. Community. Cultura.
The 37th Annual Loisaida Festival,’ A Cultural Mosaic,’ beautifully encapsulates the diverse heritage and vibrant spirit of New York City’s Lower East Side.
Viva Loisaida! Awardees
The Loisaida Festival recognizes honorees each year for their community leadership and cultural contributions, celebrating them at an awards ceremony earlier in the week. This year’s 2024 Viva Loisaida! Award recipients are Congressman Dan Goldman; Activist, Author, and former Young Lord Felipe Luciano; Entrepreneur and sister of beloved Nuyorican poet Jesús “Tato” Laviera, Ruth Sánchez; Manny Rodriguez, a long-time youth sports organizer and founder of the Lower East Side’s Félix Millán Little; and Kanielle Hernández, activist, leader and life-long resident of the NYCHA Mariana Bracetti Houses in the Lower East Side. Congratulations to this year’s awardees.
Thank you to our Supporters!
The Loisaida Festival program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund, in partnership with the City Council.
Loisaida Center
9th Street & Avenue C
Lower East Side, Manhattan NYC
(646) 726-4715 | INFO@LOISAIDA.ORG
