Feria del Barrio Returns to North Philly With Headliner Chuwi Along With Plenty of Entertainment, Dance Workshops, and Family Fun

Feria del Barrio Returns to North Philly With Headliner Chuwi Along With Plenty of Entertainment, Dance Workshops, and Family Fun

Feria del Barrio 2026 will take place Sunday, September 13, from noon to 5 p.m. at Taller Puertorriqueño, located at 2600 N. 5th St. in Philadelphia. The event will be headlined by Chuwi, a Puerto Rican band known for blending plena, indie and Caribbean rhythms, with more than 10 million monthly listeners and a featured collaboration with Bad Bunny on the track “WELTiTA.”

The festival will feature a lineup of Latin music and dance performers across multiple genres, including Tino Serrano y Orquesta Salsa Dura, accompanied by Angel Rios; Segunda Quimbamba; Son Colombia Las Américas; Los Pueblitos; Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble; and Bachata Tropical, among others.

Main Stage

• 11:50 a.m. — Los Pueblitos, a North Philadelphia youth dance team celebrating Latino heritage through movement and community
• 12:00 p.m. — Foto Rodríguez y su Orquesta La Única, a longstanding Philadelphia Latin music ensemble performing salsa, mambo, cha-cha, merengue and bolero
• 1:00 p.m. — Dedication of Wilfredo Gonzalez Way
• 1:45 p.m. — Unsung Hero Award announcement
• 1:50 p.m. — Son Colombia Las Américas with Maribel Egea, performing curulao, cumbia and salsa caleña
• 2:15 p.m. — Segunda Quimbamba, a Jersey City-based Bomba and Plena percussion and dance ensemble founded in 1989
• 3:00 p.m. — Bachata Tropical
• 3:50 p.m. — Angel Rios with Tino Serrano & Orquesta Salsa Dura
• 5:00 p.m. — Chuwi

Community Stage

• 12:05 p.m. — Johnny and Aida Cruz of Raíces Boricuas, presenting the evolution of salsa rhythms
• 12:45 p.m. — Salsa singer with pistas
• 1:10 p.m. — Kulu Mele African dance workshop
• 2:15 p.m. — El Trovador Nieves López with Raíces Boricuas
• 3:20 p.m. — Salsa caleña workshop with Son Colombia Las Américas
• 3:55 p.m. — Segunda Quimbamba

Additional Activities

From 1 to 3 p.m., the festival will host book signings at the Julia de Burgos Bookstore inside Taller Puertorriqueño with authors Anjanette Delgado, writer of “Las Bichotas,” and Anyuli González Oliver, writer of “El Paraíso Vendido.”

Throughout the day, a Kids Activities Zone will offer face painting, giant Jenga, Connect 4 and sidewalk chalk.