Festival Highlights - 2025
The ‘Latin American and Caribbean Fall’ is a festival that annually promotes multiculturalism in Hamburg. Its rich programme of events showcases the social and cultural expressions of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Launched in 2014, this is the only festival in the city that focuses on that region.
The ‘Fall’ is an initiative of the Hamburg Senate and the accredited LAC consular corps. Since 2017, at the request of the organisers, the EU-LAC Foundation has taken on the role of coordinating the programme's activities.
(The data corresponds to the tenth edition, held in 2023, with the theme ‘10 years together’).
The Festival's History
More than 100 years of shared history
More than 90 activities are part of this edition, which takes place from 2 September to 22 November under the motto “Hamburg, Latin America and the Caribbean: More than 100 years of shared history”.
10 years together
As 2023 is the tenth edition of the Fall Festival, the theme is ‘10 years together’. This edition aims to celebrate this decade with a wide range of creative activities, such as music, literature, theatre, poetry, art, film and more, and to give prominent recognition to the creativity and contribution of migrant communities in Hamburg and Germany.
Speaking Languages - Communicating Cultures
As in previous editions, the Fall activities were articulated around a specific theme. The theme for 2022 was ‘Speaking Languages - Communicating Cultures’, which aimed to highlight the richness and validity of languages as a factor of encounter, communication and respect for social and cultural expressions in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe.
Myths and National Narratives
As in 2020, the 2021 ‘Latin American and Caribbean Autumn’ Festival, under the thematic umbrella ‘Myths and National Narratives’, was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this sense, 27 of the 49 activities of the Festival were carried out in virtual format. The other 22 events could be held in person at 19 locations in the city of Hamburg.
Artistic production and cultural exchange in times of COVID-19
The 2020 edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Autumn Festival was organised under the motto ‘Artistic production and cultural exchange in times of COVID-19’. The pandemic not only influenced the theme of the Festival, but also the Festival itself, as 19 of the 52 events had to be held in a completely virtual format.
Science and Knowledge
The 2019 edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Autumn Festival was based on the theme ‘Science and Knowledge’. Surpassing the scope of previous editions, in 2019, the Festival consisted of 90 events, with the participation of 65 organisations.
Women's Inclusion and Participation
The Festival was attended by 16 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, namely Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Cuba. These countries, together with Germany, Portugal, Spain and Israel, and 34 civil society associations managed to organise a total of 86 events. The EU-LAC Foundation participated in seven events, including the Opening Ceremony and Conferences on, for example, ‘Decolonising one's own culture?’
Migrants and Travellers
In 2017, the EU-LAC Foundation coordinated for the first time the ‘Latin American and Caribbean Autumn’ Festival. The Festival consisted of 73 activities. Mexico, with a total of 15 activities, was the country with the highest contribution of events. Other countries participating in the Festival were Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba.
