Carey Street in Olde Towne Slidell will host a Hispanic Heritage Festival on Saturday, September 26, running from noon to 5 p.m. with live music, cultural dance performances, arts and crafts, and food from across Latin America. The free, family-friendly event is sponsored and hosted by Pablo's – A South American Taste, a local Peruvian restaurant.
The festival is described as a Hispanic Heritage Festival in Slidell. A Visit The Northshore Facebook post is linked with the festival announcement. Pablo's – A South American Taste, located at 2128 Front Street, serves dishes including ceviche clásico, lomo saltado, ají de gallina, and Peruvian-style tacos, according to the restaurant's own listing on its website. The restaurant sits near the historic Olde Towne corridor that will host the celebration.
Organizers are still recruiting vendors and sponsors ahead of the festival.
Carey Street's Track Record as a Festival Hub
Olde Towne Slidell is a recognized Louisiana Main Street district managed by Olde Towne Slidell Main Street to preserve historic commercial architecture and drive downtown economic vitality. The corridor is also the setting for the Hispanic Heritage Festival described above.
The City of Slidell's 2026 Bayou Jam Fall Concert Series includes scheduled venues and performances, according to the City of Slidell. The Hispanic Heritage Festival will bring another event to Carey Street.
Business owners along Carey Street operate within the historic district.
A Demographic Backdrop for the Festival
The festival's timing lines up with National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs annually from September 15 to October 15 under Public Law 100-402, signed by President Ronald Reagan on August 17, 1988, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The September 15 start date aligns with independence anniversaries for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Locally, Hispanic residents make up roughly 9.8% of Slidell's population of about 28,700, making them the city's second-largest minority group behind Black or African American residents, per Data USA. Across St. Tammany Parish, Hispanic residents are part of the parish's population. Nationally, the U.S. Hispanic population is the country's largest racial or ethnic minority group, per Census Bureau estimates.
Visit The Northshore is named in the festival announcement.
With the date now set and vendor recruitment underway, organizers are asking the community to support local businesses and spread the word ahead of the celebration on Carey Street.
