Fiesta Broadway

Fiesta Broadway
GenreFestival
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Downtown Los Angeles
Coordinates34°03′13″N 118°14′44″W / 34.05361°N 118.24556°W / 34.05361; -118.24556
CountryUnited States
Years active34
Established1990 (1990)
Previous event4-28-2024
Next event4-27-2025

Fiesta Broadway is an annual event held in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Mexican culture and Latin American culture in general. Modeled on Miami's Calle Ocho Festival and harking back to the early 20th-century Fiesta de Los Angeles, it features vendors and musical acts.[1][2] At its peak, Fiesta Broadway stretched for 36 blocks centered on a long stretch of Broadway and attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors. More recently it has been confined to a few blocks around 1st Street and Broadway and has seen attendance shrink to as little as 7,000.[3][4] Although the holiday of Cinco de Mayo falls on May 5, which is the meaning of its Spanish name, Fiesta Broadway is always held on the last Sunday in April, since 1995.

All Access Talent & Uno Productions produces the extravaganza.

  1. ^ Wride, Nancy and Legon, Jeordan (April 30, 1990). L.A. Fiesta Broadway Draws 500,000 People: Cinco de Mayo: Kickoff of week of events was the largest cultural block party downtown since 1986. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Cecilia Rasmussen (April 27, 2003). "Downtown's Fiesta Began as a Multicultural Celebration". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Khan, Amina (April 26, 2015). Fiesta Broadway draws crowd to downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Jamison, Peter (April 24, 2016). With thinner crowds in a smaller space, Fiesta Broadway feels deeply diminished. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2016.