A Celebration in Smashville
Pregame Plaza Entertainment
This year's Hispanic Music Heritage Night Plaza Party featured performances by artists and dancers including:
Corona Plaza Stage featuring DJ Dumb Groove and Marcela Pinilla
Pete & Terry's Stage featuring Alyssia Dominguez
Featured Performance - Ballet Folklórico de México
Pregame Plaza Activities
The Preds Mercado featured vendors from the ELLA Program and Conexión Américas.
Stop by Latino-owned food trucks from Conexión Américas.
View the custom balloon display from Elisan Artistic Balloon.
In-Game Celebrations
Hispanic Music Heritage Night in-game celebrations included special guests for:
- Joshua Guaz on Violin
- Photobooth located near Section 108/109
Behind the Design
Meet the Artist: Esperanza Merritt
Andrés Bustamante is an award winning multidisciplinary artist, sculptor, and socially-engaged artist born in Cali, Colombia, raised in Nashville, TN.
Bustamante studied at Watkins College of Art in Nashville, TN followed by an experimental creative practice. His immigrant experience at a young age led him to existential questions about reality, and the abstract mystery of life, embracing the abstraction in the human experience and ephemeral emotion.
Bustamante lives by the conviction that creativity is healing for humanity. He is passionate about community empowerment viahis curatorial vision, Persona Contemporary. To learn more about his mission and collect art visit: andresbustm.com
Selected solo exhibitions include “Reflexion” at Watkins College of Art in 2022. He has been awarded the Artist-To-Artist award at ArtPrize 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As well as having works in the permanent collection of MOCAN (Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville).
Community Partners
El Jefe
Listen to every 2026-27 regular season Nashville Predators game in Spanish on El Jefe Nashville!
¡Escucha todos los juegos de los Nashville Predators de la temporada regular 2026-27 en español en El Jefe Nashville!
TN Latin American Chamber of Commerce (TLACC)
The Nashville Predators have been proud members of TLACC since 2021, engaging with local Latin-owned businesses and entrepreneurs to strengthen Music City and empower local businesses to thrive.
ELLA (Entrepreneur Latina Leaders of America) Program
Special thanks to the ELLA Program for participating in the Preds Mercado on the Bridgestone Arena Plaza before Hispanic Music Heritage Night.
Presented by Ponce Law.
Conexión Américas
The Nashville Predators are proud to support the Mesa Komal Culinary Incubator Business by hosting local Food Trucks on the Bridgestone Arena plaza pre-game. Be sure to stop by Wacamole and Antojitos Sayayin during the plaza party.
Plus, $10 from every lower bowl and $5 from every upper bowl ticket purchased through the link below will be donated back to Conexión Américas.
Hispanic Family Foundation
The Preds are proud to welcome and book talent through a community partnership with the Hispanic Family Foundation and Plaza Mariachi. Be sure to catch the HFF youth folklorico dancers on the Bridgestone Arena Plaza during the music showcase!