Oct9🍔 Food & Drink
🍔 Food & Drink
Ybor City Taste of Latino Festival
Date
Sunday, Oct 11, 2026
Location
Centennial Park
1800 E 8th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
1800 E 8th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
Organized by
Hispanic Cultural Resource Foundation, Inc.
About this happenin
The Taste of Latino Festival closes out Hispanic Heritage season in Ybor City, filling Centennial Park and three surrounding brick streets with Latin food, live music and a run of cooking competitions. The Hispanic Cultural Resource Foundation puts it on, and the contests are the spine of the day: a Top Latino Chef competition judged on site, with a cash award for the winner, plus an empanada and taco smackdown. Bands and dance troupes rotate through the stage between rounds, and the afternoon builds to the Florida Latino and Latina Lideres being called up and recognized in front of the crowd. Know before you go: admission is free and the festival is set up for families. Organizers ask you to bring a lawn chair, since seating is what you carry in. A separate VIP ticket, sold in advance, opens the Ybor City Museum Garden with its own stage, seating and the sangria and cerveza showdowns. Check the foundation's site for hours before you head over.
