Cinco de Mayo Celebrations Sizzle in California
Photos: Promo for Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo (top), and Hawaiian Gardens children at a community fiesta (bottom)
Cinco de Mayo is just one big party in California usually celebrated with Latin music, margaritas, enchiladas & tacos. Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for 5th of May) is recognized worldwide as an occasion to pay tribute to the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in on May 5, 1862.
One of the oldest, biggest parties is held in Old Town San Diego. The 29th Annual Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo (fiestaoldtown.com) takes place May 4-6, 2012, the event includes three days of dancing, mariachi music and special attractions such as the launch on Friday May 4 with a Freestyle Moto X Demo produced by Red Bull! Watch the riders go off jumps and execute gravity defying tricks.
Cinco de Mayo Festivals in California
- CHULA VISTA – Cinco de Mayo May 6, 2012 thirdavenuevillage.com
- LOS ANGELES – Cinco de Mayo Olvera Street Friday, Saturday & Sunday May 4-6, 2012 elpueblo.lacity.org
- FRESNO – Cinco de Mayo 2012 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 4-6, 2012 downtownfresno.org
- GUALALA – Cinco de Mayo Festival May 6, 2012, contact javier@actionnetwork.info
- HANFORD – Cinco De Mayo Celebration Saturday May 5, 2012 ci.hanford.ca.us
- RANCHO CUCAMONGA Cinco De Mayo 2012 May 5, 2012 cityofrc.us
- SOLANA BEACH Cinco de Mayo Sunday, May 6, 2012 cityofsolanabeach.org
- SOUTH GATE Cinco de Mayo Celebration May 4, 2012 ci.south-el-monte.ca.us
- STANTON Cinco de Mayo Celebration Saturday, May 5, 2012 ci.stanton.ca.us
- TAFT Cinco de Mayo Celebration May 5, 2012 cityoftaft.org
- UKIAH Cinco de Mayo 2012 Cinco De Mayo Festival and Fair, cityofukiah.com
