NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The SW Bricktown Cinco De Mayo Fiesta is coming up Saturday and it came out of the success of last September's fiesta.
"This time, we're going to Memorial Hall and George Pyle Park," said organizer Jesse Juma. "We're by the city offices. The official dance will be at Memorial Hall that evening."
The day starts with a car show and kid's activities in the park from noon to 4 p.m., then activities go inside the hall for Lucha Libre Wrestling from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. with two bands coming in for lots of music and dancing on Saturday night.
"The first band will be the Vieyra family band from right here in Hutch," Juma said. "Everybody loves them. They're really good sounding, Latin sounding rock and pop and everything else. After that, we'll have the Paradize Band from Topeka, Kansas, which is another band that used to play around here when we had more dances in the past. I think people will be familiar with them, just some good old Tejano music, plus they play some American English songs, too."
The key is that thanks to lots of sponsorship dollars, anyone can come.
"The event all day is free, free, free," Juma said. "That's what makes it good, because that's what really allows the community to come down because there's really no expense. There will be food trucks and there will be cerveza and that will all be available there. But, to enter to the events, it's all free."
For more information, go to the SW Bricktown Neighborhood Facebook page.