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Saturday, December 03, 2016, 10:00am - 03:00pm |
All Day, 10am-3pm: Purchase tamales and other yummy foods, and buy holiday gifts from arts & crafts vendors! Make corn-husk dolls (Silver City Museum booth) or create traditional Huichol-style prints (MRAC booth). Play huachas and other games, sponsored by Grant County Senior Olympics. Check out classic vehicles on display from Copper Country Cruizers. 10:00am -- WNMU's award-winning Mariachi Plata kicks off the fiesta with a procession from the Visitor Center to the main festival site at Bullard & 8th. 11:00am -- Performance by Cielitos Folklorico Dancers, middle-school students from Deming. 11:00am-2:00pm -- Disco Cooking Contest, buy a ticket at the event and you can taste and be the judge! 1:00-3:00pm -- Performance by CALIENTE Band from Las Cruces
ADDITIONAL INFO
This year we will be in the same general area as last year (Bullard Street at 8th), but the Town is permitting us to close Bullard from College Ave. to 7th Street; performers will be in the street, and vendors will generally be in the "Art market" and Morning Star parking lot areas. 7th Street will be open to traffic. Handicapped parking will be available in the Farmers' Market parking lot, just east of Bullard Street behind Encore! and Domino's Pizza. We want to remind folks that on-street parking is available throughout downtown, and there are parking lots at the Visitor Center as well as places like the Office of Sustainability and HMS (just a few blocks from the festival site). The event is free and open to the public. You can purchase food and other items from individual vendors. It's not just tamales, it's a celebration of local Hispanic culture through all kinds of food, crafts, and performances.
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