Los Dells Festival will be celebrated again this year with a fresh line-up to pick up the celebration from where they left off last year in Wisconsin. Billed the first major multi-genre and multi-day Latin music and arts festival in the Midwest, Los Dells will bring back top Latino names to perform at the Woodside Ranch, in Wisconsin from September 1 to 2.
Last year, In its inaugural edition, Los Dells brought together headliners like Mexican pop-rock band Maná, reggaetón giants Daddy Yankee and Nicky Jam and regional Mexican band Los Tucanes de Tijuana.
At the lack of a definitive Coachella or Lollapalooza-level Latinx U.S. music festival, more than 30,000 people gathered at Woodside Ranch in Mauston, Wisconsin, for Los Dells, which hoped to fill that gap, celebrate Latinx people, their musicand their culture, according to organizers.
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Performances at Los Dells 2017
Over two dozen Latinx artists and bands, including legendary rock band Mana, reggaeton king Daddy Yankee, and regional mexican band Los Tucanes De Tijuana, made Los Dells 2017 a one of a kind music festival in the Midwest.
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This year, the headliners include Puerto Rican reggaeton artists Wisin & Yandel, who are back to performing after their hiatus and will have their first concert in the Midwest since 2013, according to a press release from the festival organizers. The duo is famous for many hit songs, such as "Algo Me Gusta De Ti" or their collab with Ricky Martin's "Fiebre."
Other featured artists for this year will Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton rapper that was recently featured in Cardi B's "I Like It."
La Original Banda El Limon from Sinaloa, Mexico, will add a regional Mexican touch to the festival. The band, which formed out of a family tradition through different generation, has a 50-year trajectory that has seen the release of 28 albums.
The Mexican rock band Molotov and the first all-women mariachi and Latin Grammy winners, Flor de Toloache, have also been confirmed for this year's festival, located just 10 miles north of Wisconsin Dells.
The festival will also count with singers like Mexican star Espinoza Paz, Chiquis Rivera, Paty Cantú, Cuco, Monsieur Periné, Omar Apollo and Trinidad Cardona.
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This was Los Dells Festival 2017
While dozens camped right outside the Woodside Ranch in Wiscon, hundreds more stayed at nearby hotels to attend the first major multi-genre and multi-day Latin Music and Arts Festival in the Midwest. The festival aims to celebrate the Latinx people, their music and their culture.
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More artists will be announced in a list that's expected to be released in mid-July. The festival grounds will also feature art installations and various food joints.
Like last year, there will be a campsite that includes parking for one standard car or SUV and a campground for up to four people. Guests can start pulling into the grounds on Friday afternoon and leave the site Monday at noon. There will be a general store and showers and bathrooms on site.
For prices and more lodging options visit www.losdells.com.
Ita Tsai is a freelance writer at HOY Chicago. She studies Journalism and Media Communications at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, Spain.
