Medicine Hat Latin Fest, hosted by Mi Gente YXH, is this weekend at Medalta! And this free event is for the whole community!
This weekend on August 15, from 2-10pm, there will be:
-Mariachi singers
-Dance performances and classes
-Live Latin Band, Esquina Latina
-Delicious food vendors
-Mercadito shopping, supporting local
-Beer gardens by @medalta with the Mi Gentre Cerveza by @mhbrewco
-Face painting
-FREE cake by @sthcntrycoopab
-AND so much more!
Enjoy this locally hosted festival inside our National Historic Site!
Follow @mi_gente.yxh for more event details + updates!
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A team of five passionate Latinos in Medicine Hat, with years of friendship behind them, are hosting Medicine Hat’s first Latin Festival on August 15, 2026.
Anabell, Carlos, Carmen, Marvin, and Milena, the group of people behind Mi Gente YXH Association, have long shared the vision to host a free, family-friendly Latin Festival in Medicine Hat.
It came to fruition when they were approved for the City of Medicine Hat’s Vibrancy Grant in winter of 2026.
Inside Medalta in the Historic Clay District, a National Historic Site, the brick walls and outdoor courtyard will be the location for salsa dance champion Maxwell Aguilar, who will host beginner salsa classes and bachata workshops, and Manny V. Y Su Esquina Latina Band, who will fill the space with salsa, meringue, bachata, and cumbia music.
Mariachi performers Gisela Romero and Antonio Bobadilla Amaral will also take the stage.
A variety of locally owned eateries will serve guests, like El Super Taco (which recently won the Sello MX award from the Government of Mexico for serving authentic Mexican food abroad). And Mi Gente YXH has partnered with Medicine Hat Brewing Company to serve the official beer of Latin Fest, the Mi Gente Cerveza Mexican Lager.
Face painting and free pinatas were specially booked for the Kid’s Corner.
