Living in Southern California, it's sometimes difficult to find Cubans living nearby. Which is why I'm super delighted to be involved in this year's LA Cuban Festival. It's the very best place to celebrate all the things that we love most about being Cuban.
It's a wonderful event bringing together our people for a fun day of Cubania. There will be food, music, and all things Cuban. This pleases me greatly, because, as you know, I am always looking for the best places to get Cuban food in So Cal (but that's not important right now).
I'll be there with my family and my extended LA Cuban Family: the guys from Wassup En LA, the folks from Cuban Heritage Day at Dodger Stadium, and many more.
The LA Cuban Festival will be held at
Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, July 13th, 2014 from 10:00am to 8:00pm.
If you haven't yet bought your tickets, I'd like to offer you some! If you'd like to go ahead and purchase pre-sale tickets on your own, please visit Fiestalegre Promotions.
The featured artists are:
- Issac Delgado
- Timbalive
- Charanga Cubana
- MC Paloma Morales
- Super DJ Robby
- DJ Warapo
You know you want to be there for all this awesome Cubanity. (<–that should be a word.)
Today's giveaway is sponsored by the LA Cuban Festival. Thanks, guys!
To enter this drawing for Two Free Tickets to the LA Cuban Festival on July 13th, please leave a comment on this post and answer the following:
- Where do you live in So Cal?
- Can you find Cuban food there? (This is important information to have, people!)
For an extra entry, go to Facebook and "like" LA Cuban Festival. Come back and tell me:
- "I like the LA Cuban Festival!"
Please leave your comment on this post and I'll choose one winner on:
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 at 8 pm PST.
I really want to see you there! Oh, the Cubanity!
I would love to win tickets !! I live in Moorpark Ca and NO there’s no cuban food close by I always have to travel but never complain I’ll drive anywhere for Cuban Food ! First thing when we travel is look up Cuban Food. We have to support each other. LOVE Mariaelena De Varona Young
I’d love to win the tickeys to the L.ACuban festival !! Me and my mom would drive all the way to L.A just to party with you Its going to be our 47th anniversary on July 18 . We would love to spend it with our Cuban people dancing and eating !! Fingers crossed !!!
I would love to win tickets. I live in the San Fernado Valley but drive down to Los Angeles for Cuban food!
Yes ma’am I certainly live in SoCal, Burbank to be exact. Can I find Cuban food here? Of course, there are two marvelous places; Porto’s and my house!
Hola,I would love to win the tickets, i live in Murrieta and there are two cuban restaurants in Temecula which is two exits from where i live. One is The cuban hut,off of Winchester and the other one is Habana cafe on 5th st in old town Temecula. And of course i cook really good too 🙂 thanks so much, Mayra Rodriguez.
I live in Lancaster, Ca. and there is no Cuban Restaurant or anything out here, I have to drive to L.A. to go to La Caridad, El Criollo or El Cochinito.I’m Cuban and I would love to win since I never been to this one before do to the distance and financial. Thank you
I am in Westminister. Im not sure of anything near here. I came here from Miami, and am so ready for some Cubanismo!!!!! I would love to go to the festival am planning on it. I miss the music, and dancing, food, I have enjoyed most my life.
We live in East Los Angeles… And definitely can find cuban food. Little hole in the wall in Silver Lake/Echo Park area called “El Cochinito”…
I live in North O.C. and yes we have a Cuban restaurant! When I crave all the specialties I go to Porto’s! The Best!!! Would love to win the tickets, I have never been!
I liked the Cuban Festival!
I would love to go! I live about two hours southeast of Tucson and have had Cuban food only twice at a now-closed Tucson restaurant. I still drool from the memory.And the music? Nothing better. Just knowing there is a Cuban Festival makes me feel happy.
Please pick me to win tickets. I can never go due to finances. I live in LA Puente. But grew up in Pasadena. The closest Cuban restaurant we go to is Havana Restaurant in El Monte. 🙂
“I like the LA Cuban Festival!” 🙂
I live in the city of Torrance… The nearest Cuban restaurant that I go to is Versailles in Manhattan Beach. But my favorite Cuban eatery is my moms kitchen authentic Cuban food.
I would love to go with the hubby to the Cuban festival this year! We live in the mountains of San Diego on our little ranch with goats, burritos (not the eating kind!), Pedro & Panchito, piggies, Emeril & Tommy, turkey girl, Lilly and many more! They are all pets, not for eating which comes to the subject of some Cuban food — there is none in San Diego! not real authentic anyway….I miss it so much! it’s a struggle to even find a pig leg to cook for noche buena. We try to get up to Porto’s in Downey on special occasions, but it’s a good 3 hr drive. Please help us to get to be with our gente and the food, food, please!
I like the LA Cuban Festival!!
“I like the LA Cuban Festival!”Hi Marta! I live in West Covina and am a Miami transport. The closest Cuban restaurant to us is Coco Palms in Pamona. Although, they opened a Coco Palms Express at the West Covina Mall food court! Not as much of a variety, but at least we could get our lechon, moros y maduro fix. Oh, and dozens and dozens of croquetas…because, of course!
I’ve never been to the LA Cuban Festival and would so love to win tickets. I really miss the unity and Cubanaseo.
My favorite restaurant in los angeles is El Colmao on Pico Blvd. and in the san fernado valley it’s El Criollo on van nuys blvd; in van nuys
From Pico Rivera and sorry no Cuban restaurants, have to go to Downey to Floridita or Portos. But my cooking isn’t too bad.
Coño al fin un festival cubano!! Yo estuve en Memorial de West New York con Maria Abreu y nos mantenemos en contacto vía FB. Me dijo que fuera a esta página a ponerme en contacto contigo ya que estoy loca buscando una Cubanada. Gracias por este blog!
I live in La Quinta, 120 miles from los angeles, NO CUBAN FOOD HERE, i was born & raised in los angeles and grew up going to versailles & el colmao & Madrid on sunset & alvarado
“I like the LA Cuban Festival!”
I live in Camarillo and no, there is no Cuban restaurant in my town. I use to find plenty of them in Florida when I visited my parents, but don’t know where to go around here. I would love to attend the festival and try some great authentic Cuban food!
Hi please pick me as my daughter is cuban and I adopted her and trying to expose her as much as possible to her culture and we were we live there is no cuban population so I try to bring Havana to us with music and your information and recipes but it would be amazing to be around other Cubans and talk and have a great time I feel like we have become cuban when we adopted our baby thank you for this amazing oppuriturnity for whoever you pickThanks
Syd
Hi! I live in Glendale. At one time, many years ago, there was a large Cuban community here. Now, Cubans have moved away and it’s become little Armenia. Thank God we still have Portos, where I can still see my Cuban people. There is a good Cuban restaurant called La Cubana, it’s changed locations throughout the years, it re-opened recently and it’s very good. There are other Cuban restaurants in North Hollywood and nearby cities. I look forward to Cuban festivals, since as you know, we don’t have too many. Love to get together with the Cuban community. Thanks! Laura
I like the LA Cuban Festival! Laura
I live in Lake Elsinore and I’m lucky to be close to the awesomeness that is Havana Kitchen. Best Cuban sandwich in all of Cali! (Sorry Portos) there’s also a new place called Cuban Hut in Temecula. The yuca fries and mojo are bomb!
I liked LA Cuban Festival!!!