Taste of Joliet: Hispanic Music Lineup Breaks Crowd Record

One of Mexico's hottest bands, Latin Grammy winners Banda Los Sebastianes flew from California last night to play at Taste of Joliet.

John Ferak, Patch Staff

Posted Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 8:55 pm CT|Updated Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 12:29 am CT

Standing with Joliet's new Mayor Terry D'Arcy, Latin Grammy winners Banda Los Sebastianes played at Taste of Joliet Sunday evening. The band has 3.4 million Facebook followers. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor )

JOLIET, IL — Joliet Park District officials and new Joliet Mayor Terry D'Arcy will be celebrating their enormous success at this weekend's Taste of Joliet for quite some time. After setting attendance records Friday with Train and Saturday with Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line, Sunday's Hispanic music lineup also set a new attendance record for Sunday's final day.

Sunday's crowd was an estimated 10,000 people, and most of them came for the 7 p.m. performance of Latin Grammy winners Banda Los Sebastianes.

For the third straight day, Joliet Patch's editor produced several Facebook Live videos capturing the performances of the main music acts.

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Sunday's crowd went wild when Banda Los Sebastianes took the stage. The band came from playing in California, and they are considered one of the country of Mexico's hottest performing bands right now, explained Joliet City Councilman Cesar Cardenas.

Here's a sampling of photos and Facebook Live videos from Sunday.