1st Night @ La Feria de Las Flores

Last night my friends and I headed to the downtown core of Medellín to check out the events going on in celebration of the 1st night of La Feria de las Flores. The event was held by Parque de los Luces. I never thought Id be able to see the park at night because ive been told that normally it's very dangerous. But since the event was being there, and there was a large police presence it was ok to go! It's very cool to see at night, because there are these tower things that light up at night, so it's like a modernized light display. So glad I was finally able to see it up close and personal at night! (because to be honest it's not as attractive in the day haha).


As we were walking to the main event, we got to see a pretty impressive display of fireworks to kick off the night. Check out some photos here:




Unfortunately it was raining quite a bit last night, but that didnt stop anyone from having a good time. One thing I learned last night is that people of Medellín know how to party and will enjoy themselves even if it is pouring outside. Once we got downtown there was a huge crowd of people with umbrellas, and ponchos singing and dancing as a free concert was put on. They had famous music groups and reggaeton artists play for the crowd. I got to see Golpe e Golpe play one of my favourite songs "Yo no sé como se llama" which was great to sing and dance to in a huge crowd of people. The atmosphere last night was great, the people were genuinely so happy, and just really enjoying themselves. You couldnt help but smile and have a great time, since everyone around you was enjoying themselves and so in the moment.


Here's a video to give you a feel of what the crowd and music was like!