Being this our 15th year of celebration, the event usually draws an estimated crowd of 50,000 and grows bigger each and every year. The main purpose of Hollywood Beach Latin Festival, Inc., the non-profit group that produces the festival, is to promote the Hispanic culture in Broward County (300,000+) and represent the fastest growing community in South Florida to :

Aetna Hollywood Beach Latin Festival celebrates its 15th Anniversary Sunday, September 21st, 2008 with Free Medical Exams, Latin Music and Food.

Hollywood, FL---Aetna Hollywood Beach Latin Festival marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage month, and this year the festival is focused on fitness! New additions to the festival’s activities include info sessions on various health issues and fun exercises to promote physical health.

With over two million Hispanics now living in South Florida, this year’s festival promises to bring more diversity than ever as we celebrate our Latin culture. Internationally-renowned performers, top local musicians, arts and crafts merchants, raffles, and dozens of food vendors will surround almost 2 miles off the main stage located on New York and Fillmore Streets on Sunday, September 21st, 2008 from 11:00am to 7:00pm.

As part of the day-long, health geared celebration, Aetna’s Health Pavilion in partnership with Memorial Health Care System and Commit2BFit will offer an array of free services for everyone! An Adult Mobile Clinic will have a doctor on site all day available for questions. Free blood pressure screenings and tours of the clinic will also be provided. On board the Adult Mobile Clinic there will be free calendars with the dates that the mobile will be in the community offering free physical exams for anyone that does not have health insurance.  Additionally, this year the Aetna Hollywood Beach Latin Festival is bringing a Triple Touch instructor to inform attendees about breast cancer awareness and will teach how to do a breast self exam.

The 2.2-mile Boardwalk is crammed with cafes, bars and shops. There's also a sea turtle hatchery, part of the Endangered Sea Turtle Protection and Relocation Program.

Facilities: Showers, restrooms, three playground areas with slides and swings (Charnow, Harry Berry and Keating) with picnic pavilions at Charnow Park and Garfield Street. Nearby one can play paddle ball at the historic Garfield paddle ball courts. The Hollywood Beach Theater at Johnson Street offers entertainment. Adjacent North Beach Park, at Sheridan and A1A, features a 60-foot observation tower, picnic facilities, restrooms and (on the Intracoastal side) shelters and fishing piers.

Lifeguards: Twenty-one lifeguard towers and eight first-aid stations operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day during the summer; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. other times.