WINNER 2022
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
PANAMERICAN FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST LATIN FESTIVAL IN CANADA
BY
THE LATINOS AWARDS MONTREAL
PASSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN CANADIAN INDIGENOUS SHOW PANAMERICAN STAR THE ANDES AND ITS MUSIC WOMEN IN FOOD CHURROS EATING COMPETITION
VIP GALA CARNAVAL!
PANAMERICAN PARADE
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Pan American Food & Music Festival Team:
Executive Director: Daniel Garcia Herreros
Producer: Marcela Aranda
Sponsorship Manager: Francisco Alvarez
Culinary Curator: Mary Luz Mejia
Vendors Coordinator: Liby Tirado
Creative Director: Joaquín Camargo
Website Creator: Carlos Bolivar
Social Media: Karla Casanova
Volunteer Coordinator: Sandra Bonet
Site Designer: Zulima Wesso
Videographer: Armando Martinez
Accountant: Tami Zguri
ArtsXplosion Board of Directors:
Chair / Alicia Galarza
Luz Dary Madroñero
Luis Fernando Velásquez
Jose Velez
Thank you to the following special people and the fabulous volunteers
Ali Razimi
Alvaro Nieto
Barbara Finch
Burku Pamuc
Carlos Castro
Caridad González
Ciro Alquichire
Claudia Falquez
Claudia Montoya
Cheryll Diego
Daniel Ramos
Daniel Velez
Debbie Fernandes
Debra Mansillo
Eduardo Urueña
Elvira Sanchez de Malicki
Erin Nolan
Franklin Guzman
Gabino Espinosa
Gloria Grillo
Gord Hintze
Gustavo Oscar Infante
Hemah Shanmugam
Isabel Inclán
Jai zhao
Jaime Cortez
Janet Caruso
Anderson
Jose Castillo
Jose Velez
Juanita Dorado
Kathleen Sharpe
Laura Ross
Lola Adeniyi
Lorena Suarez Balkowski
Luis Briceno
Luis Ibarra
Lupe Ledesma
Maria Elena Figueroa
Mario Stojanac
Marta Garcia-Herreros
Monique Forster
Oscar Avendano
Pablo Velez
Paola Castano
Paola Gomez
Rafael Angulo
Rebeca Batres
Robbyn Small
Sandra Barreto
Sasha Villoza
Shalini Srivastava
Sherri Jackson
Susana Garcia-Herreros
Thomas Vaughan
Valeria Alvia
Vanessa Malicki
Vilma Filici
Welcome
Welcome to the 12th Panamerican Food and Music Festival, presented by the TD Ready Commitment. We are thrilled to be back at Nathan Phillips Square for the second time, and ready to celebrate the wonderful diversity of the Americas and the Caribbean with you. We are so proud to have been named twice as Best Latin Festival in Canada.
Don’t miss our largest-ever Panamerican Parade on Saturday evening, with over 300 performers from 25 countries in a spectacular pageant of costumes and music. Be sure to bring your camera! The International Empanadas Competition on Sunday afternoon features six women chefs; the winner will be crowned Panamerican Chef of the Year. Please support our local community businesses by enjoying a delicious Panamerican meal, a beverage in our Beer Garden, or purchasing a colourful souvenir in the Festival Marketplace.
It is my pleasure to thank our wonderful partners, who help us to bring PANAMFEST to you as a free event. They include the City of Toronto, the Governments of Canada and Ontario, and our generous corporate sponsors. Special thanks to our dedicated planning team, Board of Directors and Festival volunteers my family and friends for your efforts. And thanks to our wonderful audience for sharing your Panamerican pride with us.
Daniel García-Herreros Executive Director, Pan American Food and Music Festival
July 20–21, 2024
Dear Friends:
I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 12th annual Panamerican Food and Music Festival
This event offers Canadians of all backgrounds a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and learn more about the richness and diversity of Panamerican culture I am certain that everyone in attendance will enjoy the culinary tastings, performances, activities and exhibits planned for this vibrant celebration.
I would like to thank the organizers and volunteers for bringing this popular festival to the community. Canada is truly a multicultural country, made stronger and more resilient by our diversity.
Please accept my best wishes for an exciting and memorable experience.
Sincerely,
July 20, 2024
It is my distinct pleasure to extend warm greetings to all gathered for the 2024 Panamerican Food and Music Festival (PANAMFEST)!
The Panamerican population in Ontario is a vital part of the rich fabric woven into our communities. Now in its 12th year, PANAMFEST showcases that vibrant culture, bringing the music, cuisine, and folklore of the Americas to Toronto.
I commend the ArtsXplosion Cultural Society for its enduring commitment to preserving and celebrating Panamerican heritage. Your dedication to promoting cultural understanding and friendship is a testament to the values of unity and inclusivity that define our province, and make people from every corner of the world proudly call Ontario home
To all present to taste flavours of the world, dance and celebrate today, please enjoy the festivities!
The Rt. Hon. Justin P. J. Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada
Edith Dumont
COLOMBIA COLOMBIA mágica
OPEN BAR LIVE BAND 7 INTERNATIONAL CHEFS
TICKETS AT EVENTBRITE
DANIELS SPECTRUM
585 Dundas St E, Toronto, ON M5A 2B7
LIQUOR SPONSORS PRODUCED BY FRIDAY, JULY 12TH / 6:30 P.M.
VIP OPENING RECEPTION Chefs
Luis Fernando Velasquez
Gina Rios
Andres Peña
Sebastian Velasquez
Daniela Llach
Diana Patricia Arizala
Artists
Café & Cacao
Charles y sus estrellas
DJ Alejo
CoffeeTASTING
Saturday, July 20th 4:00 p.m.
Fall in love with Colombian coffee: a perfect combination of history, quality, and incomparable flavor
Single-Origin Coffee
Single-Origin Coffees are differentiated by their characteristics of origin, preparation, or sustainable production.
Single-Origin coffee comes from a region in one farm with unique qualities because it grows in special places. Customers like Single-Origin coffee for its special flavor and aroma attributes.
When you drink a cup of Café del Cielo Single-Origin, you enjoy a divine taste of sweet yellow fruits with a special scent of berries, cane sugar, and chocolate notes.
https://cafe.delcielo-grp.com/
Churros EATING COMPETITION
Saturday, July 20th 5:45 p.m .
Churros are ridged sticks of deep-fried pastry dough coated in cinnamon sugar. A delicious treat across Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American cuisines. While unfilled, cinnamon sugar-coated churros are the most popular variety, churros’ shape, filling, and dipping sauce vary by the culture that creates them.
Presented by
Women IN FOOD
EMPANADA COMPETITION
Sunday, July 21st 4:00 p.m. - Chef’s tent
Empanadas a delicious Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with savory ingredients! They come in different sizes and are filled with cheese, meat and more! They can be fried or baked and can be served as appetizers, breakfast, lunch or dinner. So many options!
Make sure you try them!
Lily Lince BOLIVIA
María Riverso COLOMBIA
Susana Ferrer CHILE
María Azcurra ARGENTINA
Sully Rios PERU
Rossy Earle PANAMA
Presented by
Gluten Free Empanadas
Food
DEMO
Sunday, July 21st 2:00 p.m. - Chef’s tent
Chocolate Tasting
Mary Luz Mejia, culinary curator for the Panamerican Food and Music Festival will take for a taste of some of the Pan America’s finest cacao beans turned into fine craft chocolate by Canadian bean-to-bar makers. Mary Luz is Canada’s first IICCT Level III Chocolate Taster.
Sunday, July 21st 1:00 p.m. - Chef’s tent
Colombian Chef Demo
Diana Patricia Arizala is a renowned Colombian chef who arrived in Canada in 2007. Diana’s path took her to Toronto, where she immersed herself in the city’s bustling culinary scene and decided to follow her dream. She established her restaurant, “Esto es Colombia”. Since then, she has been delighting diners with the best of Colombian cuisine, sharing the richness of flavors and traditions of her homeland.
Mary Luz Mejia
Diana Patricia Arizala
Program
SATURDAY JULY 20 TH
12:00 DJ ALEJO
1:00 p.m. Lokos in Da House
2:00 p.m.
Folklore Exhibition: Tonatiuh - Mexico
Huairapungo - Ecuador
Ritmo y Danzas del Perú Sentir Venezuela
3:00 p.m. Salsa & Sabor - Dance Lessons
3:30 p.m. The Imbayakunas
4:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Coffee Tasting - Chef’s tent
Rice & Mango Band
Colombian Independence Celebration Yambeque & Colombia Entre las Venas
6:00 p.m. Churro Eating Competition
6:30 p.m. Carnival Spice - Dance show
7:00 p.m. Xtravaganza Show
7:45 p.m. Panamerican Parade
9:00 p.m.
DJ Alejo - Hora Loca!
9:30 p.m. Son d’ Aqui
10:30 p.m.
DJ Alejo
SUNDAY JULY 21 ST
12:00 Capoeira Bamba - Children
1:00 Colombian Chef Demo - Chef’s tent
1:30
Folklore exhibition
Raíces de Chile
Café & Cacao - Colombia
Puro Mexico Ballet
2:00 Chocolate Tasting Chef’s Tent
2:30 Panamerican Star
3:00
Folkloric exhibition: Bolivia from USA
3:30 Saul Torres & Band
4:00 Empanada Competition Chef’t Tent
5:00
Juan de Sedas y su Flow Guararé
5:45 Panamerican Chef Award
6:00
Folkloric exhibition: Bolivia from USA
6:15 Capoeira Bamba
7:15 Manny Cardenas & Band
Program
SATURDAY 20 TH
LOKOS IN DA HOUSE
DJ ALEJO
XTRAVAGANZA SHOW
CARNIVAL SPICE
YAMBEQUÉ
SENTIR VENEZUELA
RITMO Y DANZAS DEL PERÚ
TONATIUH
SALSA Y SABOR
Program
SATURDAY 20 TH
RICE AND MANGO BAND
THE IMBAYAKUNAS
SON DE AQUÍ
HUAIRAPUNGO
COLOMBIA ENTRE LAS VENAS
Program
SUNDAY 21 ST
CAPOEIRA BAMBA - CHILDREN
CAFÉ & CACAO DANCE
PURO MÉXICO
SAÚL TORRES & BAND
RAICES DE CHILE DANCE GROUP
FUNDACION SOCIO CULTURAL DIABLADA BOLIVIANA USA
JUAN DE SEDAS Y SU FLOW GUARARÉ
CAPOEIRA BAMBA
MANNY CARDENAS & BAND
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