LatinoLife presents...Viva Sound System @ BLACK ON THE SQUARE

A FREE FESTIVAL IN THE HEART OF CENTRAL LONDON...For the first time ever LatinoLife presents the headline show @ BLACK ON THE SQUARE, the Mayor of London's flagship, free, family-friendly festival celebrating Black culture, joining London's other great cultural institutions, The MOBO Awards, Notting Hill Carnival and Tomorrow's Warriors to celebrate our respective anniversaries and milestones. LatinoLife will end the day with a vibrant Afro-Latin show of reggaetón, baile funk, merengue, afro-Latin house, bachata, salsa, dembow, baile funk, amapiano and much more in an exciting curation of DJs alongside MCs, rappers, singers, percussionists, animators and dance shows, creating dynamic, live collaborative sets that blur the line between DJ performance and live concert.

Event Venue

Trafalgar Square

Event Address

Westminster, London, WC2N 5DN, GB

Date

05/09/2026 12:00 PM -05/09/2026 18:00 PM

Featuring Broken Pen, Baile da Silva, Baldo Verdu, Marco Santana, DJ Jose Luis, Ren2Faded. Full line up tba.

This year's edition highlights the landmark anniversaries and milestones of London's greatest cultural institutions:

Notting Hill Carnival - celebrating 60 years of culture
Tomorrow's Warriors - celebrating 35 years of supporting young musicians and UK jazz
The MOBO Awards - marking 30 years of Black music and culture
LatinoLife - marking 20 years of producing a hundred events a year, with its flagship Latino Life in the Park - Britain's largest music festival, also celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

www.london.gov.uk/events/black-square-2026

More about LatinoLife

LatinoLife is the UK’s leading Latin media, events and music company, offering a range of initiatives that celebrate and promote Latin music and culture. With over two decades of influence, LatinoLife produces over 100 events a year, with its flagship event 'LatinoLife in the Park' - Britain's largest Latin music festival - which just celebrated its 10th year in July 2026. Having built a reputation for quality, authentic Latin music programming it also curates stages for other major festivals including SXSW London and The Lambeth Country Show.

For 25 years, LatinoLife has been developing the UK Latin Arts industry through LatinoLife magazine in print and online (the UK's widest-reaching Latin media) and events, including La tinoLife in the Park, VIVA clubnights (the UK's largest Latin weekly parties), SABOR Sundays and industry facing events such as LatinoLife Incubators, The LUKAS (Europe's only homegrown Latin Entertainment Awards) and artist showcases. It also runs the UK's only Latin Talent Development Programme for Latino artists in the UK, as well as mentoring and outreach.