The Latino Life in the Park festival in Walpole Park, Ealing, London is full of excitement. It’s the UK’s largest Latin Music festival and runs for one day from 12 noon-10pm so you can spend the whole day there.
The park is less than a 10 minute walk away from both Ealing Broadway and South Ealing underground stations.
There are plenty of things to do including a disco tent and two other stages, food stalls, a parade, more stalls and a kids play area. There are toilets and free water stations too. There is colour everywhere because people are dressed up in their traditional costumes and there are latino flags everywhere. You are surrounded by music everywhere you go and you can just hop from one disco to another because there is plenty of room. It is on the edge of London so it has not got huge crowds.
You don’t have to be Latino to enjoy it either because it is great to be able to try the traditional foods and hear their traditional music.
It is easy to forget that you are not abroad because the atmosphere makes many people feel like they are on holiday. Everyone is dancing to the music so it is a perfect time to dance as well as you want.
All photos © Bella Schembri-Adams
