{"id":3459,"date":"2016-05-02T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T22:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2016-05-02T15:43:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T22:43:03","slug":"yakima-cinco-de-mayo-cultural-festival-marks-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/yakima-cinco-de-mayo-cultural-festival-marks-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakima Cinco de Mayo Cultural Festival Marks Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cinco de Mayo Cultural Festival, which has long been one of Downtown Yakima\u2019s most popular signature events, consistently drawing 20,000 or more visitors over the last several years, will celebrate a significant milestone during its 2016, two-day run.\u00a0 The free, family-friendly festival organized by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce marks its 15<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in 2016, making it one of Downtown Yakima\u2019s longest running signature events as well.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Cinco de Mayo Cultural Festival will begin welcoming visitors at 9:00 am on Saturday, May 7<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The event will run until 9:00 pm on May 7<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The festival grounds will be open on Sunday, May 8<sup>th<\/sup> from 9:00 am until 7:15 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Booths featuring delicious food, fun kids\u2019 activities, one-of-a-kind handmade crafts, and more will fill the festival grounds, which will include Yakima Avenue between 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Street from about a half block north of Yakima Avenue to about a half block south of Yakima Avenue, and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street between Chestnut and Yakima Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s main stage will feature a wide variety of activities and performances including dancers, musicians, and various elements of the 2016 Ms. Cinco de Mayo Pageant.\u00a0 The culmination of the pageant will be the crowning of the 2016 Ms. Cinco de Mayo, which will take place on the main stage at 1:30 pm on Sunday.\u00a0 The pageant will award $5,000 in post-secondary education scholarships this year.<\/p>\n<p>Street soccer and street basketball tournaments will be taking place throughout the festival.\u00a0 A parade featuring dancing horses and \u201ccharros\u201d (traditional Mexican horsemen) will make its way down Yakima Avenue from 5<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue to the festival grounds beginning at 1:30 pm on Sunday, May 8<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Sunday\u2019s activities will also include the 2016 Mother\u2019s Day Cinco de Mayo Custom Car Show.\u00a0 The show, which is free to attend, will showcase lowrider cars and bikes, classics, imports, motorcycles, trucks, hot rods, and more, will take place in the parking lot north of Chestnut Avenue between 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Street and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street as well as on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Street and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street between Chestnut and Yakima Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>To see a complete schedule for the 2016 Cinco de Mayo Cultural Festival taking place in Downtown Yakima on May 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup>, visit the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakimahispanicchamber.com\/cinco-de-mayo.html\">http:\/\/www.yakimahispanicchamber.com\/cinco-de-mayo.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2016-Cinco-de-Mayo-Cultural-Festival-News-Release.pdf\">2016 Cinco de Mayo Cultural Festival &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cinco de Mayo Cultural Festival, which has long been one of Downtown Yakima\u2019s most popular signature events, consistently drawing 20,000 or more visitors over the last several years, will celebrate a significant milestone during its 2016, two-day run.\u00a0 The free, family-friendly festival organized by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce marks its 15th anniversary in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3461,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}