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Taste of Ecuador Festival
Los Angeles, CA · Food & Drink
- When
- August 8, 2027
- Where
- Placita Olvera · Los Angeles · CA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A street festival and parade at Placita Olvera celebrating Ecuadorian culture, with Ecuadorian food vendors, folkloric dance groups, and craft exhibitors. The event has run annually since the early 2000s and is timed near Ecuador's August independence celebrations. The 2026 edition was its 25th.
The history within reach
- Taste of Ecuador Festivalsame spot
A street festival and parade at Placita Olvera celebrating Ecuadorian culture, with Ecuadorian food vendors, folkloric dance groups, and craft exhibitors.
- Las Posadas on Olvera Streetsame spot
A nine-night reenactment of Mary and Joseph's search for lodging, held on Olvera Street in El Pueblo de Los Angeles each December 16 through 24.
- Chinese Massacre sitesame spot
A mob of some 500 killed at least eighteen Chinese residents on and around Calle de los Negros in October 1871, one of the largest mass lynchings in American history.
Forty-four settlers recruited in Sinaloa founded the pueblo in September 1781.
- Blessing of the Animals0.1 mi
A Catholic blessing ceremony held on Olvera Street the Saturday before Easter, in which the Archbishop of Los Angeles blesses a procession of pets and livestock in front of the historic Pico House.