Storm Lake Fiesta Latina
Storm Lake, IA · Arts & Culture
- When
- October 25, 2026
- Where
- Storm Lake Middle School, 1811 Hyland Drive · Storm Lake · IA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A celebration of Latino culture in Storm Lake, one of Iowa's most ethnically diverse small towns, organized by Buena Vista University's RAICES student group. Held at Storm Lake Middle School each fall, it brings food, music, and performance to a town where more than 35 languages are spoken.
The history within reach
- Templeton Rye52 mi
During Prohibition this Iowa farm town of a few hundred ran a bootleg rye operation of genuine scale, 'Templeton rye' was the good stuff in Midwest speakeasies, and Al Capone's outfit was a customer.
Real hobos and hobo hobbyists have gathered in this small north Iowa town since 1900 to elect a Hobo King and Queen, share mulligan stew from an open kettle, and swap stories at the Hobo Jungle.
- Winter Quarters98 mi
Some 2,500 Latter-day Saints wintered in dugouts and log huts on the Missouri after leaving Nauvoo, and around 400 died of scurvy, malaria and exposure.
- Buddy Holly crash99 mi
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P.
Two and a half million people came to a lagoon lined with white plaster palaces meant to prove the plains were civilised.