Main Street Latin Festival

iPod Nano / iTunes Giveaway to Celebrate 2011 Festival Date!

2011-03-15T11:03:00.000-07:00

The Main Street Latin Festival is celebrating our recent 2011 Festival announcement (8.27.2011) with a Special Sweepstakes Giveaway on Facebook. We’re giving away an Engraved iPod Nano and $50 iTunes card to one lucky winner. This is a value of $199! Our second place winner will receive a $25 iTunes giftcard. Enter the Sweepstakes... (ends March 25, 2011)

If you love music as much as we do, this sweepstakes is one you won’t want to miss. Load your new iPod Nano up with your favorite Latin beats! Our second place winner will receive a $25 iTunes giftcard.

What are you waiting for? Enter the sweepstakes and please spread the word! Be sure to "like" us on Facebook (Facebook.com/MainStreetLatinFestival) and follow us on Twitter (@MainStLatinFest) to be the first to hear about future sweepstakes and Festival announcements!

This is the first sweepstakes leading up to our 2011 Festival. We have more fun in store for you before the big event! See you at Columbia, South Carolina’s #famouslyhot Main Street Latin Festival on August 27, 2011!

Best of Luck!
Genaro Padilla of GG Productions

2011 Festival Date Announced!

2011-03-08T09:04:00.000-08:00

Save the date for the 2011 Main Street Latin Festival in Columbia, SC!

Saturday, August 27, 2011
at the 1400 block of Main Street
Details to follow

We'll be posting more details as they are available here, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mainstlatifest) and on our Facebook page. It's going to be the best Festival yet!

Pasteles, Flan, for sale for the Holidays

2010-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:00

If you're looking for the best, authentic Pasteles in town, contact Maria!

She is also selling Pumpkin, Coconut, and Vanilla Flan.

If you are interested please give her a call at 803-520-7920

You won't regret it!

Genaro Padilla

Main Street Latin Festival

God Bless!

Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias! - Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-24T13:25:00.000-08:00

Safe travels to those who are still on the road / in the air as Thanksgiving is upon us. ¡Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias!

Photos Are Here from 2010 Festival!

2010-10-30T20:27:00.000-07:00

We've gathered more than 350 photos from the 2010 Main Street Latin Festival for your enjoyment. If you're on Facebook, "like" our page and view our photo galleries. If you aren't on Facebook, not a problem...we've included 2 Flickr slideshows below with the photos.

After party photos and several video clips will follow in the coming days...be sure to come back for a visit soon!

Thank you again for being a part of the Main Street Latin Festival!

Genaro Padilla
GG Productions

Kickoff Party Photos

Festival Photos (Saturday)

2010 Festival a Success!

2010-08-30T18:57:00.000-07:00

Thank you for helping to make the 2010 Main Street Latin Festival a huge success. This year's festival was bigger than ever, with a sizzling kick-off party, festival, and after-party. We also rolled out a fantastic host hotel package, thanks to our partnership with the Marriott Downtown Columbia Hotel.

If you took photos or video of this year's festival, please post them to our facebook page. Speaking of facebook, be sure to "like" our official page on facebook. We'll be posting photos and updates about next year's festival there, so you won't want to miss out!

www.Facebook.com/MainStreetLatinFestival

Thanks again, and more to come very soon!

2010 Latin Festival Dates You Must Save!!

2010-07-30T03:23:00.001-07:00

There is so much to share about the 2010 Festival!

Here are the dates to save right away:
August 27th / 8 pm - 1 am: Kickoff Party at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel featuring live ent. by Javi Marrero and Leydy Bonilla. Get all the details and purchase your tickets to this sizzling event here: http://www.mainstreetlatinfestival.com/kickoffparty.html

August 28th: Festival Day / 11 am - 9 pm: Join us on Main Street for the biggest and best Main Street Latin Festival yet! We've even got Tony Tun Tun. View all the details here:
http://www.mainstreetlatinfestival.com/2010-festival.html

August 28th: After Party / 9 pm - 2 am: A sizzling after party you don't want to miss! Get your afterparty tickets online now before the event sells out!
Live entertainment from Herman Oliveras and more, all steps from the festival at the Marriott Columbia Downtown. Get the full scoop here:
http://www.mainstreetlatinfestival.com/afterparty.html

Finally, if you want to get the most fun out of your festival weekend, we recommend taking advantage of our amazing hotel package at the Marriott Downtown Columbia hotel. Beautiful accommodations with complimentary hot breakfast and free parking for just $99! Book your hotel for Friday night (8/27) and receive one free ticket to the Main Street Latin Festival's Kickoff Party! Book your hotel for Saturday night (8/28) and receive one free ticket to the Main Street Latin Festival's After Party!

To book your hotel stay using the special $99 Marriott Downtown rate, please visit the special reservation page
here:
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/caemh?groupCode=mslmsla&app=resvlink&fromDate=8/27/10&toDate=8/30/10

Photos and Video from the 2009 Festival are here!

2009-12-09T05:04:00.000-08:00

The 2009 Main Street Latin Festival drew more than 8,000 people to downtown Columbia! A huge thank you goes out to Time Warner Cable, our platinum sponsor!

Please be sure to check out our photos page for a slideshow with more than 100 photos from this year's event.

We've posted a video below, and more will follow!

New Website Launch!

2009-01-09T05:51:00.001-08:00

We officially launched the redesigned Main Street Latin Festival website this morning and hope you like it! You can now view photos from the 2008 festival, and even watch a video on our homepage of the event. Be sure to sign up for our e-mail list and ask your friends and family to sign up as well. You can count on this blog to bring you the latest information about the 2009 Main Street Latin Festival. Help us make this year's festival the best one yet by considering a sponsorship (or encouraging your employer to do so). I can't thank you enough for your support of the festival. 2009 is going to be a great year for us!

Genaro Padilla, GG Productions

Planning Underway

2008-12-29T19:20:00.000-08:00

The planning is well underway for the 2009 Main Street Latin Festival. Thank you again to our 2008 sponsors, and to all who came out for the fun!

Please sign up for our email newsletter to learn about the musical acts and vendors who will be at the upcoming festival. Joining the e-newsletter also keeps you in the loop for the official festival date...something you don't want to miss!