Los Lobos performs at last year’s Raizado Festival in Rio Grande Park. This year, the festival will take place at Aspen Meadows. The musical headliner at Saturday’s Raizado Community Day will be Grammy-nominated singer GUSI, a Colombian-Venezuelan singer who combines Colombian music such as vallenato and cumbia with Latin pop.
The Spanish word “raizado” means “deeply rooted” and when Monica Ramirez went looking for a name for her festival that would celebrate all things in Latine culture, she felt it was the perfect moniker, capturing the deep roots the community has across the United States and beyond. On Thursday, the third annual Raizado Festival returns to Aspen with a packed agenda designed to highlight the truth, power and culture of the Latine community. Attendees will get the opportunity to immerse themselves in a diverse program that highlights the excellence and strength of that community.
The festival seeks to unite and uplift Latines and their allies by providing a space for artists, content creators, grassroots organizers, thought leaders and other supporters to address issues that impact the community’s members, showcasing the creative narratives that are shifting their culture and elevating their power. “This year the overriding theme of Raizado is unity,” said Ramírez, founder of the festival and president of Justice for Migrant Women. “Unity and a celebration of culture in all of its forms, It’s music, It’s dance, it’s culinary art.