Corazon Latino/Dia De Muertos/ Halloween Celebration – Trick or Treat Around Town

The New Brunswick Cultural Center is collaborating with New Brunswick Tomorrow and the Esperanza Neighborhood Project, along with the City Center, bringing the restaurants, retailers, and community together in a celebration on October 31^st. Activities include music and vendors in War Memorial Park and at Monument Square Park and will feature a Día De Muertos alter that will offer an interactive component granting guests an opportunity to write the names of loved ones on a piece of paper and placing it in a basket on the alter. (using pre – packaged baggies).

War Memorial Park will host the EL Mercado Esperanza, 11am – 4pm. (food and non-food vendors will be in the park) and from 2pm – 5pm, guests are encouraged to stroll over to Monument Square Park on Livingston Avenue where tables will be set up outside multiple venues giving special treats away to attendees while enjoying a traditional dance performance by local Youth dance troupe, La Sagrada Familia, followed by a “Glow in the Dark in the Park” chalk art project, for all ages, creating art pieces in Monument Square Park from 5pm – 6:30pm. A friendly Halloween House will be hosted by CoLAB Arts.

Everyone attending is encouraged to enter the “Festival Foodie Giveaway contest” by tagging a participating restaurant

All CDC guidelines will be followed- masks and social distancing and low capacity where appropriate.