The Hispanidad 2022 festival will be held in Madrid with the Colombian Camilo as a guest

Madrid, Sep 20 (EFE) .- The 2022 Hispanic Heritage Festival, which will be held from October 4 to 12 in the Community of Madrid, will have Colombian singer Camilo as a guest artist and will have a special participation from Mexico, as a country protagonist.

In total, there will be more than 130 music, literature, art and gastronomy activities from countries whose language is Spanish, the Madrid regional government announced on Tuesday. It will take place in 19 municipalities of the Community of Madrid and will also include cultural exhibitions from Equatorial Guinea and the Philippines.

1,500 artists from 16 countries will participate in this event, including pop singer Camilo, who will perform on October 9 in the central Puerta de Alcalá, an emblematic monument in Madrid, in a free concert.

The artist will release his latest album “De Inside Pa Outside” and his presentation will feature other surprise artists. With this concert, the authorities expect the presence of some 75,000 people.

Among other presentations, there is a cavalcade, parades, a giant puppet, the concert of Mariachi Vargas de México; LaoRa from Colombia; Guada from Argentina and The Bongo Hop with Nida Góngora from Equatorial Guinea.

In addition, there will be a gastronomic market in the town of Móstoles, south of Madrid, with Peruvian and Ecuadorian musical performances.

The activities will be mostly free and outdoors, although private events will cost between 5 and 23 euros, according to the organizers.

The museums of the capital have joined the program, which will host exhibitions and highlight the cultural essence of Spanish-speaking countries.

“Madrid becomes the stage for culture in Spanish and we want to bring Hispanic culture to the streets. That is why almost all activities will be outdoors. This year it is Mexico that will have a special space and in the coming years it will be other countries”, highlighted the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the Community of Madrid, Marta Rivera de la Cruz.

The Festival will begin on October 4 with the literary proclamation by the Mexican writer Jorge Volpi, at the Lope de Vega House Museum in Madrid.

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The Hispanidad 2022 festival will be held in Madrid with the Colombian Camilo as a guest