Fiesta Broadway
fiesta broadway annual event held downtown los angeles celebrate cinco de mayo mexican culture latin american culture general modeled miami calle ocho festival harking back early thcentury fiesta de los angeles feature vendor musical act peak fiesta broadway stretched block centered long stretch broadway attracted hundred thousand visitor recently confined block around st street broadway seen attendance shrink little although holiday cinco de mayo fall may meaning spanish name fiesta broadway always held last sunday april since access talent uno production produce extravaganza first la fiesta broadway drew crowd estimated first largescale attempt celebrate cinco de mayo los angeles partnership city official kmextv downtown merchant paid million festival taped telecast spanishlanguage univision network second la fiesta broadway cost million stretched block temple street olympic boulevard along hill street broadway spring street first year festival occupied block broadwaythe array performer included latin american sensation xuxa lucha villa la prieta linda jazz great tito puente poncho sanchez entertainer representing latin american country included fandango josé josé johnny canales estimated people turned attracted part variety musical act nine stage including menudo selena many corporation also sponsored booth event fifth la fiesta broadway shut early police rock bottle throwing melee broke immediate cause disturbance closure kpwrfm power stage due overcrowding crowd estimated people arrested tightened security brought prevent recurrence previous year violence headlining performer cuban salsa star celia cruz joined artist varied thalia la mafia pedro fernandez marc anthony rey ruiz complaint univisions annual taping festival broadcast led use lip syncing corporate sponsorship began dominate known att fiesta broadway company participated opposed previous year paying booth stage attendance declined reaching nbc los angeles aired onehour television special fiesta broadway music soul directed mainstream audience also mcdonalds fourth year title sponsor fiesta st fiesta broadway adopted smaller street plan reduce traffic closing block fiesta broadway contracted cluster street around city hall organiser expected attendance around organiser continued bill fiesta broadway largest cinco de mayo festival world attendance dwindled according police estimate festival decline attributed gentrification neighborhood fiesta broadway st straight year covid pandemic forced fiesta go hiatus next four year st annual event returned following pandemicbased hiatus outdoor lucha libre wrestling presented first time fiesta broadway allaccesslacom fiesta broadway facebook