
About us
Over 7 years latinolife has developed a reputation for creating unique experiences with quality and diverse artists, taking you on a journey through Salsa, Reggaeton, Samba, Jazz, Fusion, Folk, Funk, Bolero, Tango, Hip-Hop and more, culminating in a party you won't want to leave.
Britain’s only festival stage dedicated to Urban Latin
TROPICAL SOUNDS OF THE LATIN CARIBBEAN AND MORE...
LATINOLIFE 'IN THE PARK' is the uk's largest Latin music festival.
a festival made by Latinos, for EVERYBODY, it is the only uk festival to be selected as one of in europe's 10 'most inclusive festivals'
(published by festspace),
our fantastic stages showcase the best UK-born, bred and based Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese (Latin) artists expressing diverse genres, as well as exciting international guests...
supported by The Arts Council & Mayor of London.
The Best of Brazilian music and dance
award-winning latin djs from the UK and the worlD
WHO WE ARE
latinolife 'in the park' is a not-for- profit event, the only female-led Latinx-run major festival in Britain.
it is organised by Latinolife - the uk's leading latin media, music and events organisation. For 20 years, we have been producing unique and wide-reaching events, media and music, which nurture, develop and showcase this underrepresented artistic community in the UK.
OUR MEDIA INCLUDES Latinolife magazine, online & in print
WE also PRODUCE GREAT EVENTS ALL YEAR ROUND, INCLUDING THE LUKAS AWARDs (EUROPE'S LATIN ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS),
LOLAMC (the london latin music conference)
plus great parties every week
WHY latinolife in the park?
Every year we invite musicians, bands, dancers and artists to participate in The LUKAS - Europe's only latin entertainment awards - where the public and expert judges vote for their favourite latin artists of the year. This is how we discover new artists and latinolife in the park is our chance to take these wonderful new artists to the wider public.
OUR pledge
latinolife showcases quality Latin culture in all its breadth and depth; the variety, the diversity, the fusion of genres and ethnicities. OUr audience can expect a classically trained Tango orchestra or reggaeton artists of equal high quality.
THIS IS OUR PLEDGE:
WE DO: Showcase authentic, diverse, quality expressions of Latin music and dance.
WE DON’T: present clichéd, low-quality, diluted forms of Latin artistic genres (as you might see on strictly )
we DO: Use a criteria based on our lived xperience, knowledge and understanding of our cultures to judge their quality: OUR public and our expert judges select the artists
WE DON'T: Allow pundits who don’t possess this understanding, to tell us what is cool and what isn’t cool.
WE DO: present our diverse genres to the public within their cultural contexts, allowing their glory and quality to shine
WE DON'T: place our genres out of context, or lump them with other so-called ‘World’ music, so that they are divorced from their roots, diluting their meaning and value.
Supporting hoMegrown latin talent
wE've been nurturing homegrown creativity bursting out of Britain’s UK-Latin community since the early noughties, when we began showcasing young talent at our legendary la bomba clubnights at ministry of sound. we now run an open studio where we provide mentoring and free studio time to young artists, develop talent and produce new music.
in 2021, we launched candela records, the Uk's first ever label dedicated to urban latin music, in partnership with atlantic records (warner). in AUGUST 21 we gave this unique london-born genre, fusing uk & latin urban sounds - grime, reggaeton, afro-beats and more - its first ever festival stage. the candela stage features exciting collaborations between uk and latin urban artists. the tide has turned and there's no going back!



GET IN TOUCH
Let us kow if you want to participate or have any doubts about any of the events taking place by emailing amaranta@latinolife.co.uk