A singer belted a regional Mexican tune to the backing sound of snare cracks, cymbal splashes and brass instrument melodies at Broadacres Marketplace on Sunday afternoon.

Braving triple-digits heat, hundreds of visitors took refuge underneath a mammoth canopy, where couples danced to the live music. A man watching the band from afar joyously slammed his feet on the ground in a zapateado dance.

Broadacres, the North Las Vegas swap meet popular with the valley’s Latino community, was back in business over the weekend after unexpectedly shuttering its doors on June 21. The operator cited fear of possible immigration enforcement as the reason for the closure.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said at the time that federal agents hadn’t been present at the market before it closed. But

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