Promotions & Events

iHeartMedia announced that it’s taking the power of its hugely successful iHeartRadio Music Festival to Latin music fans with its first-ever iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina.

The Latin Recording Academy, Eventus and Univision announced that Conjunto Primavera, J alvarez, J Balvin, Los Rieleros del Norte, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Noel Torres, and Voz de Mando will headline the 2014 Latin GRAMMY Street Parties.

Tiesto, Skrillex, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Afrojack and Avicii are not household names to anyone 35 years old and over. Skrillex and Afrojack may sound like appliance names or an over the counter hair gel to older folks. But to Millennials (generally defined as Americans born between 1982 and sometime in the early 2000′s), these Electronic Dance Music (EDM) DJs are celebrities producing music that is defining and giving an identity to their generation.

Through the contest “Amo Mi Isla” (I Love My Island), WAPA TV is searching for a viewer-generated song that highlights the island’s positive qualities to be the station’s next official jingle.

Terra announced Paty Cantu as the next artist to join the “Terra Live Music Home Sessions” series, presented by the all-new Honda Fit 2015.

The National Pork Board (NPB) launched PorkTeInspira.com, a new Spanish–language website with corresponding social media channels in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
 

The 3rd annual Festival PEOPLE en Español returns to San Antonio this Labor Day weekend. 

Univision Communications Inc. announced its second annual “Semana de la Salud” (Health Week), a weeklong multiplatform event under the health umbrella of the Company’s Univision Contigo empowerment initiative.

Cardenas Marketing Network leverages multicultural authenticity to connect with U.S. Latino audiences via experiential marketing, live events marketing and digital marketing platforms including organizing premier Latin music concerts and soccer matches.

Sofia Vergara has partnered with Kay Jewelers to launch her jewelry collection, SOFIA VERGARA so Sofia.

Redd’s Apple Ale is partnering with renowned Mexican actor and comedian Omar Chaparro for the Atrevete with Redd’s Apple Ale tour. The six-city tour of the southwest U.S. kicks off August 20 and will feature Chaparro inspiring consumers to break their routine and try something new with Redd’s Apple Ale.

Terra announced the Spanish pop star, ANTONIO OROZCO, as the next artist to perform on the “Terra Live Music in Studio” staget.

Lola will assist Oscar Mayer in supporting the Spanish-language Deli Fresh Oven Roasted Turkey Breast campaign, which is the brand’s largest Hispanic integrated marketing campaign of the year.

The “Musica y Destinos con Toyota” social media series launches with Sarinana live-reporting from Lollapalooza, the three-day music festival held in Chicago through Sunday, August 3.

“That was fantastic. Let’s do it again — but bigger!” says the marketer in an after-action review or post-buy meeting. I cringe when I hear those words, since those are two decisions made right there. Apparently we are going to do “it” again, and doing “it” bigger will beat the results from the previous time we did “it.”

Telemundo announced the launch of its new nationwide pro-social campaign, Aprender es Triunfar (To Learn is to Succeed), aimed at encouraging students to pursue education in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).

Social Media Day is an international celebration popularized by Mashable, the world’s leading social media publication. MCG Latino, on behalf of Ford Motor Company, socialized with 500 top influencers, speakers and enthusiasts from South Florida during Miami’s Social Media Day.

The much-awaited hit summer concert series, Descarga con Telemundo y mun2, is back and ready to entertain audiences in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and, for the first time, in Chicago.

El Rey Network is kicking off a new multi-platform promotional initiative titled Red Card Riot, designed to drive fan engagement in advance of the network’s soccer spy thriller “Matador” premiering Tuesday, July 15th at 9 pm ET/PT. 

Terra announces J BALVIN in the next “Terra Live Music in Studio” concert, presented by Sprint, featuring hit singles from his multi-platinum album “La Familia”.