Cinco De Mayo Fiesta

Street party begins at 2:00 pm in front of Casa Tina's. The celebration will continue in Pioneer Park at 4:30 pm. Event concludes at 11:00 pm.

Join Casa Tina’s to commemorate the battle of the Franco-Mexican war in a big way. Preparations begins days before when Casa Tina’s goes into full swing cooking thousands of pounds of rice, beans and tamales as well as hundreds of gallons of multiple fresh salsas. Visiting artist, direct from Mexico, begin to arrive ready to perform traditional song and dance and excited to sell their beautiful folkloric handcrafts. The street closes down and tents, tables, stages and chairs are readied for the celebration to be begin! Mariachi music fills the air, colorful dancers grace the stage, and salsa lessons begin to prep the crowd for the upcoming dance party. Staff and customers alike take part in a colorful and musical walking procession carrying drums and larger than life size paper mache puppets past the delighted onlookers lining the pavement. And as day fades to night the entire block turns into a dance party...thousands of revelers celebrating the infamous battle under the star-lit, margarita- perfumed sky!

This event is presented by Casa Tina's Mexican Restaurant.

For more information, contact Casa Tina’s at tina@casatinas.com or 727-734-9226.

 

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Street party begins at 2pm in front of Casa Tina's. The celebration will continue in Pioneer Park at 4:30pm. Event concludes at 11pm.

Pioneer Park, Downtown Dunedin, and Casa Tina's Restaurant, 365 Main Street, 34698, View Map