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Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15. For Colado Latino Network in 2026, Hispanic Heritage Month in Baltimore is a video of local Latino business owners, its first vendor table at Cultura in Fells Point, a booth at a Towson University resource fair and a visit with students at a Baltimore City high school.
It’s our first one. Five of us started Colado Latino Network in January, and our first gathering was at Bodega and Vino in March.
By September we’d hosted four of our own. The fourth was at Stem & Vine in August.
Most of our Heritage Month happens at events somebody else put together, and we’re the ones showing up.
Every stop on our Hispanic Heritage Month
- September 21We asked the Latino business owners in our community for a Heritage Month video, one take on a phone, under a minute.
- September 24Cultura, a free celebration in Fells Point, and our first time vending at someone else’s event.
- September 30A booth at Towson University’s “A Primera Vista” resource fair for Towson students, and a visit with students at a Baltimore City high school.
- October 8Last day to send us a Heritage Month video.
- OctoberMore events we were invited back for. The dates go to our email list first.
Be part of our Heritage Month video
We’re putting together a Hispanic Heritage Month video of the Latino business owners in our community, and every business that sends one gets its own post on our page and a spot in the final video. One video, under a minute, filmed on your phone.
Record it in this order, all in one take:
- Say your name, your business and where your people are from.
- In one word, what does being Latino mean to you? Hold up your flag if you’ve got one.
- What’s one thing from home you brought into your business? Start with “From home, I brought…”
Send it to us in a DM on Instagram, @colado.network, by Thursday, October 8. Sending one gives us permission to share it on our social accounts.
Queremos que salgas en el video.
Cultura in Fells Point
On September 24 we worked our first vendor table at an event we didn’t host. Cultura was a free Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in the lot beside The Sound Garden at 1616 Thames St, and we brought a limited-edition Colado x Majesty sticker drop by local Latina artist Majesty Reyes, who posts as @_thecuriouscreative.
What a night behind somebody else’s table taught us became six first time vendor tips, written for anyone about to set up their first one.
Towson University and a Baltimore City high school
September 30 is a two-stop day. We have a booth at Towson University’s “A Primera Vista” resource fair, which is for Towson students, and we’re visiting with students at a Baltimore City high school.
Then October. We’ve been invited back for more events, and the dates go to the people on our email list first.
How can you celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Baltimore?
You can celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Baltimore by shopping Latino-owned, going to Fiesta Baltimore, meeting Latino organizations and coming to our gatherings.
Shop Latino-owned
Our directory lists Latino-owned businesses around Baltimore, and every one gets its own page.
Browse the Latino business directoryGo to Fiesta Baltimore
It’s the festival Nuestras Raíces holds every year as its main Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. The 2025 festival was in Patterson Park, so check their site for the dates and location before you go.
Visit Nuestras RaícesMeet the city’s Latino organizations
The rest of the year, Nuestras Raíces has free youth programs and a monthly art gallery at Casa de la Cultura in Southeast Baltimore. It’s one of nine on our list, from health care in Spanish to immigration help and small business loans.
Read about all nine organizationsCome to one of our gatherings
It’s where Latino creatives, professionals and business owners in Baltimore find each other. Every gathering we host goes up on our events page.
See our Latino community events
Why does Hispanic Heritage Month start on September 15?
Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15 because that date is the independence anniversary for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico follows on September 16 and Chile on September 18.
The observance started in the United States in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week and grew to the full September 15 to October 15 stretch in 1988, according to the federal National Hispanic Heritage Month site.
Questions people ask about Hispanic Heritage Month in Baltimore
Is there a Latino festival in Baltimore for Hispanic Heritage Month? Fiesta Baltimore is the Latino festival Nuestras Raíces holds every year as its main Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, and the 2025 festival was in Patterson Park. Cultura, a free event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in Fells Point on September 24, 2026, was another, and Colado Latino Network had a vendor table there.
How can a Latino business owner get into the Heritage Month video? A Latino business owner can get into Colado Latino Network’s Heritage Month video by filming one take on a phone, under a minute, and sending it in an Instagram DM to @colado.network by Thursday, October 8. The video covers your name, your business and where your people are from, what being Latino means to you in one word, and one thing from home you brought into your business.
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