Music, food,and family.Nuestra herencia.
Boricua de corazón.
The drums, the food, and the flag. One field, one afternoon, open to every neighbor who wants to come.
- Free admission for the entire family
- Live music and authentic Puerto Rican food
- Saturday, October 3, 2026
The music,the food, andthe flag.
Boricua de corazón.
The name Boricua comes from Borikén, the Taíno word for Puerto Rico. It means something specific: not just Puerto Rican by birth, but Puerto Rican in the heart. The music, the food, the flag, and the way you carry yourself around family.
Bomba is the heartbeat. It came from the drum, and the drum carries the story. Plena is the newspaper — the verses tell you what is happening. Salsa put them both on a dance floor and never looked back. At A Taste of Puerto Rico, the music plays all afternoon and the food is cooked by local families who know what it is supposed to taste like.
The flag is everywhere on the day. Painted on cheeks. Wrapped around shoulders. Flying from tents. WEPA! Rep Your Flag! — that is the line Alvin put on the flyer, and it is exactly what happens.
Strong roots.Bright futures.
Good Food. Good People. Strong Roots. Bright Futures.
The Borinqueneers
Honor et Fidelitas — Honor and Fidelity.
The 65th Infantry Regiment — known as the Borinqueneers, after Borikén, the Taíno name for Puerto Rico — was the only all-Hispanic segregated unit in United States military history. They fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where they executed the last recorded battalion-sized bayonet charge in U.S. Army history and held the line at the Hungnam evacuation.
In 2016, Congress awarded them the Congressional Gold Medal. National Borinqueneers Day is April 13.
Alvin brought the day east.
ALVINO.
Alvin Velazquez ran a Puerto Rican festival in Denver, and the city issued an official proclamation for it. The newspaper clipping below is from that day. He brought the same spirit here — one field, one afternoon, the drums, the food, and the flag.