Festival Cubano brings Cuban culture, food, music to Northwest Side
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Riis Park will look and sound a lot more like Havana, Cuba the weekend of August 14-16, 2015 when the 6th annual Festival Cubano brings together the best in Cuban culture, music, and cuisine.
Besides food and music from Cuba and Latin America, the three-day event features a wide variety of arts and crafts booths, an expanded carnival area on a new location inside the park, a beer lounge and hand-rolled cigar bar, cooking demonstrations and cook-offs, a domino tournament, a health pavilion, school supplies giveaways and even a classic car show.
The festival begins at noon each day at Riis Park. Tickets are $20, or $90 for VIP passes. Festival Cubano coordinators George Herrera and Alejandro Riera joined ABC 7 live on the Weekend Morning Show to talk about this year's fun.
EVENT:
Festival Cubano
Date: August 15-16th
Hours: 12-10 pm
Address: Riis Park, corners of Fullerton and Naragansett
Admission: General, $20; VIP, $90
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