Latin Music Festival 2026

The 23rd Annual ACLA Latin Music Festival returns to Parc International in downtown Lafayette on October 2–3, 2026, for its biggest year yet. Two full days of music, food, art, and culture bring Acadiana's Latino community — and everyone who wants to join them — together in the heart of the city, continuing a tradition that's grown over more than two decades into one of the region's most anticipated annual events.

Friday night opens the celebration with Cuban Pappi, The Fabulous Music, and DJ Vila keeping the park dancing into the evening — a more intimate warm-up night before Saturday's big crowds arrive. Saturday builds all day toward the main event: a headline set from Gente de Zona, the Grammy-winning Cuban duo behind "Bailando" — the biggest artist booking in the festival's history. Supporting acts, local musicians, and dance groups round out the Saturday lineup, putting Lafayette's own talent on the same stage as an international headliner.

Food is a highlight all weekend, with local Latin restaurants and vendors serving Venezuelan food, Mexican street tacos, Argentine empanadas, Hondurian fand more — a taste of Latin America's diversity in one afternoon. Local artisans and small business owners also line the park throughout the weekend, using the festival as a platform to showcase and sell handmade jewelry, and specialty goods to thousands of new customers, making it one of their biggest sales opportunities of the year.

The event is family-friendly from the ground up, with free entry historically offered for children under 12 and seniors 65+, plus a dedicated kids' zone running activities all weekend so parents can enjoy the music without missing a beat.

Tickets are available now on Universe by Ticketmaster.

Two days, one park, and the biggest Latin Music Festival Lafayette has ever seen. Don't miss it.