¡VAMOS! was originally founded in 2006 with the vision of creating a community driven multi-genred Latin American inspired festival (with its main focus on Spanish and Portuguese speaking cultures). After quickly establishing a partnership with Newcastle University the vision was to showcase the very best of Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the wider diaspora no matter what the artform.

Since 2006 iVAMOS! has delivered 15 Latin American styled festivals and 450 events across all art-forms reaching 400,000 in Northern England (including Newcastle and Gateshead, Leeds, Liverpool, Sunderland and Durham).

Over 10 years it has presented world premieres across music, art, literature and dance art-forms, international commissions, and Guinness World Record attempts and conferences.