Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Featuring the Quinceañera Fashion Show
Save the Date
September 14-15, 2024

Thank you for joining us for the sixth annual Dallas Arboretum Hispanic Heritage Celebration on September 9–10, 2023. This two day celebration featured food, vendors, live music, cooking demonstrations and, of course, the Quinceañera Fashion Show.
Save the date and make plans to join us next year for the 7th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration on September 14-15, 2024.
Schedule of Events
Saturday, September 9
10am – Celebration of Quinceañera Fashion Show (Rosine Hall)
11:00am – Quinceañera Parade (Paseo & A Tasteful Place)
10am-3pm – Vendor market (Entry Plaza)
11am-12pm – Cooking Demonstration by Munay Peruvian Kitchen (A Tasteful Place)
11am-3pm – Vendor market ( Tasteful Place)
12pm-2pm – Adriana Cordero performance (Jeanne’s Pavilion)
1-2pm – Cooking Demonstration by Cuzco Peruvian Restaurant (A Tasteful Place)
2:30pm–4pm – Havana NRG! (Rosine Hall)
Sunday, September 10
10am-3pm – Vendor market (Entry Plaza and A Tasteful Place)
10am – Pies de Oro- Huylarsh Perfromance (Entry Plaza)
10:30am-12:30pm – Peruvian Consulate Performance (Rodriguez Gazebo)
11am -12:00pm – Cooking Demonstration by Chef Julian from Dallas Culinary Company (A Tasteful Place)
12pm-2pm – Adriana Cordero performance (Jeanne’s Pavilion)
12pm-2pm – Beer Tasting with Odd Muse Brewing (Three Sisters Overlook)
2pm–3:30pm – Tejano Star Jay Perez Performance (Rosine Hall)
Thank you to our 2023 Vendors
Elevate Coffee Trading LLC
Steep Oak Tea Company
Sweet Joy Bites
Jugo
La Casita Bakeshop, LLC
El Chifrijo
Aguas Chicas DFW
The Taco the Town
Papi’s Kitchen
Beauty Bee House
Pretty Seeds
Kismet Jewelry
Hard Silver Jewelry
Lolita Accessories
LunaMoon
Clutch Designs
Ari & Ayra Boutique Artensianal
Yhoaki
Titishoroom
Tiendita de Frida
Lucy’s Uniques
Teresita Linda Boutique
Fabrica
Art by the Andes
Ada Textiles Trunch
Craftystore
Heavenly Vows
Jicama
Sugar Skulls by Maggie DFW
Designs With U in Mind
Dos Gardenia Accessories
Alejandra’s Gift Shop
Pretty Things Makers
Line and Kind
Earthy & Whimsical
Tejana Originals
Pura Life Candle Co
Wafflydelicious
El Ranchito
Chef Mollie G, LLC
Sol y Luna Co
D’Art Accessories
Heritage Collective DFW
Artesanias Claudia
Los Superhermanos Biligues
RU Chocolate
Latinas Tacos
Children’s Adventure Garden
Join us in the Children’s Garden for special Hispanic Heritage Celebration programming, and thanks to a gift from the William G. Kelley Family, guests paying for general garden admission will also receive free entrance to the Children’s Adventure Garden on September 9th & 10th.
September 9
Spanish World School – Skillman Campus Presents:
Storytime
9:30am | Habitat’s Nest
Arts and Crafts
10-11am | Exploration Center Plaza
Zumba
1:30am | Exploration Center
Animal Adventures with the Dallas Zoo
10am • Incredible Edible
Peruvian Chicha Morada Tasting
2pm-3pm • Exploration Center Plaza
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Las Estrellas De Tejas Performance
11am-12pm • Entry Plaza Amphitheater
It’s a Pond Life: Wetland Investigation
2pm-4pm • Texas Native Wetlands
Walne Family Discovery Lab
10am, 1pm, 3pm • Exploration Center
9/5-10 Natural Plantastic Lip Balm featuring the work of Roselin Rosario-Melendez
9/11-17 Paper Animatronics: Garden Critters featuring the work of Bea Mendez Gandica
STEM Stops
Exploration Center
12pm • Science of Shapes featuring the work of Minerva Cordero
1:30pm • Mineral and Crystals featuring the work of Gabriela Farfan
3:30pm • Coding Musical Fruit featuring the work of Stephanie Castillo
September 10
Las Estrellas De Tejas Performance
11am-12pm • Entry Plaza Amphitheater
It’s a Pond Life: Wetland Investigation
2pm-4pm • Texas Native Wetlands
Walne Family Discovery Lab
10am, 1pm, 3pm • Exploration Center
9/5-10 Natural Plantastic Lip Balm featuring the work of Roselin Rosario-Melendez
9/11-17 Paper Animatronics: Garden Critters featuring the work of Bea Mendez Gandica
STEM Stops
Exploration Center
12pm • Science of Shapes featuring the work of Minerva Cordero
1:30pm • Mineral and Crystals featuring the work of Gabriela Farfan
3:30pm • Coding Musical Fruit featuring the work of Stephanie Castillo
Little Adventurers Activities
Storytime • Not A Bean by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
10:30am • Habitats Nest
Thank you to our 2023 Hispanic Heritage Celebration Sponsors


















Thank you to our 2023 Hispanic Heritage Celebration Committee
Mario Quintanilla, Chair
Megan Ames
Gilbert Aranza
John Martinez
Regina Montoya
Lauren Mumphord
Mary Silva
Liliana Trelles
Host Committee
Thank you to our host committee for your support of Hispanic Heritage Celebration 2023!
- Mayor Eric L. Johnson, City of Dallas
- Chad West, Dallas City Council District 1
- Jesse Moreno, Dallas City Council District 2
- Zarin D. Gracey, Dallas City Council District 3
- Carolyn King Arnold, Dallas City Council District 4, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem
- Jaime Resendez, Dallas City Council District 5
- Omar Narvaez, Dallas City Council District 6
- Adam Bazaldua, Dallas City Council District 7
- Tennell Atkins, Dallas City Council District 8
- Paula Blackmon, Dallas City Council District 9
- Kathy Stewart, Dallas City Council District 10
- Jaynie Schultz, Dallas City Council District 11
- Cara Mendelsohn, Dallas City Council District 12
- Gay Donnell Willis, Dallas City Council District 13
- Paul Ridley, Dallas City Council District 14
- Max Sanchez, Council Liaison
- Honorable Delia Jasso, Former Dallas City Council Member
- Adam McGough, Former Dallas City Council Member
- Honorable Adam Medrano, Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem
- JR Huerta, Park and Recreation Board Member District 1
- Fonya Mondell, Park and Recreation Board Member District 2
- Taylor Toynes, Park and Recreation Board Member District 3
- Harrison Blair, Park and Recreation Board Member District 4
- Priscilla Rice, Park and Recreation Board Member District 5
- Timothy Dickey, Park and Recreation Board Member District 6
- Daniel Wood, Park and Recreation Board Member District 7; Vice President
- Bo Slaughter, Park and Recreation Board Member District 8
- Maria Hasbany, Park and Recreation Board Member District 9
- Scott Goldstein, Park and Recreation Board Member District 10
- Jeff Kitner, Park and Recreation Board Member District 11
- Lane Conner, Park and Recreation Board Member District 12
- Calvert Collins-Bratton, Park and Recreation Board Member District 13
- Rudy Karimi, Park and Recreation Board Member District 14
- Arun Agarwal, Parks and Recreation Board Member District 15; President
- Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
- Dr. Elba Garcia, Dallas County – District 4
- Honorable Pauline Medrano, Dallas County Treasurer
- Honorable Juan Jasso, Justice of the Peace
- Honorable Sara Martinez, Justice of the Peace
- Nathan Johnson, Texas State Senator District 16
- Venton Jones, Texas State Representative District 100
- Carl Sherman, Texas State Representative District 109
- John Bryant, Texas State Representative District 114
- Liliana Trelles, Consul General of Perú in Dallas
- Edgardo (Eddie) Garcia, Dallas Chief of Police
- Albert Martinez, Dallas Police Department