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
Ana Teresa Rodriguez
Ana Teresa Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican illustrator and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Working primarily with ink, watercolor, and acrylics, she creates ethereal, surreal scenes inspired by magical realism and the vision of a decolonized world—one where nature is preserved, and women and femmes live without fear. We are grateful for Ana’s collaboration with Loisaida in designing the poster for the 38th Annual Loisaida Festival.
Loisaida Commemorative Poster Artist
Maria Dominguez
María Domínguez is a Puerto Rican artist based in New York, known for her mural work that reflects the city’s diverse communities. Her art is influenced by her environment, blending cultural, and personal experiences. Dominguez’s notable works include “El-Views,” recently acquired by the Museum of the City of NewYork for their permanent collection, and the recent mural “Sendero Verde” in East Harlem. We are grateful for Maria’s 2nd year co-designing the poster for our annual Loisaida Festival.
On Loisaida Avenue, culture isn’t just celebrated—it’s lived. The festival becomes a reunion for neighbors, friends, and families who gather to dance, laugh, and remember what it means to belong. It’s a Puerto Rican celebration that wraps the whole community in music, memory, and that undeniable feeling of home.
Artisans · Makers · Creatives
Food Vendors + Merchants
Local + City-Wide Organizations
Visitors Every Year!
Featured Performers
Sonido Costeño
ANA MACHO
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
ALMA MOYO
JOE BATAAN
On Loisaida Avenue, culture isn’t just celebrated—it’s lived. The festival becomes a reunion for neighbors, friends, and families who gather to dance, laugh, and remember what it means to belong. It’s a Puerto Rican celebration that wraps the whole community in music, memory, and that undeniable feeling of home.
Artisans · Makers · Creatives
Food Vendors + Merchants
Local + City-Wide
Organizations
Visitors Every Year!
Featured Performers
Sonido Costeño
ANA MACHO
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
ALMA MOYO
JOE BATAAN
Opening Community Parade!
11:30A
Batalá NY – Batucada
PERFORMANCE IN FRONT OF MAIN STAGE
Main Stage
12th Street – Avenue C
12:00P
Jessie Montgomery
Third Street Music School
Classical
1:00P
Sonido Costeño
Tribute to A Band Called Loisaida
ALTERNATIVE
2:00P
Ana Macho
URBANO
2:55P Viva Loisaida! Awards Stage
Recognition & Special Announcements
3:00P
Alma Moyo / Legacy Circle
BOMBA Y PALO
4:00P
Anissa Gathers
Son Cubano
5:00P
Joe Bataan
Latin Soul
MC Giraldo Luis Alvaré
Siempre Pa’lante!
DJ Beyond
Theatre Lab
in partnership with Grand Street Settlement
La Plaza Cultural – SW 9th Street & Avenue C
12:00P
Young Ambition Dancers & Estrellitas Latinas Culturales
12:30
GSS Musical Theater Youth
Live Performance of Classical Music
1:00P
Sugar Hill Salon
Live Performance of Classical Music
1:30P
Dorill Initiative
2:00P
Artisferio – The Magical Garden
3:00P
Bendi la Bendición
3:15P
Shade B Crazy
3:30P
LOISAIDA.FM: Guada, Aurelio Adasme & LAPERRERA
Live Music Performance
4:00P
Agent DMZ
Street Level
Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
NE 9th Street & Avenue C
TBA
1:00P
Música Típica Puertorriqueña
Performers
1-3 pm – Los Fascinantes
3-5 pm – Yotoco
traditional Puerto Rican folk music
Street Activations & Afterparty
Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
NE 9th Street & Avenue C
12:00P – 5:00P
Pleneros Callejeros
Loisaida Avenue
PRIDA Artisan Block
E 5th StreeT
Open Mic Marathon Nuyorican Poets Cafe Bombayo
E 8th Street
BOMBAYO
E 8TH STREET
BioBus Mobile Lab | Dorill Initiative Activation
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop | Loisaida Photo Booth
E 9th Street
Marlis Momber Exhibition | Official After-Party
E 10th Street | Piragua Art Space FROM 6-8P
Bouncy Houses | Basketball Skills Challenge
E 11th Street
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 Sponsors!
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
