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‘Cinco de Mayo’ – Embrace & Entertain
Celebration Austin’s largest free Cinco de Mayo family festival at the Travis County Expo Center
Austin, TX -- Austin’s largest “free” Cinco de Mayo Family festival will take place on Sunday (Family Day), May 8th at the Travis County Expo Center. The day long celebration will feature live music, games and activities for the entire family, authentic Mexican food, and the sounds and sights of Mexico. Over 40,000 people are expected to attend this year’s event. This annual Austin Hispanic event is produced and sponsored by UNIVISION Radio.
Beginning at Noon, festival-goers can participate in a variety of family-friendly activities:
Children’s Activity Center – sponsored by McDonald’s, children attending the celebration can find a variety of activities including face painting, carnival rides and games, petting zoo, pony rides, moonwalks and much more!
Texas Parks and Wildlife will provide numerous outdoor activities including Archery, fishing demonstrations and rock climbing.
Authentic foods from Mexico
Mexican Regional music – live performances by top national artists will carry throughout the event, including Los Reyes de Camino, The Queen of Grupero Music…
Ana Barbara, DJ Kane, Solido, Juan Tavares and our headliner…El Poder del Norte.
Last year’s inaugural celebration drew over 30,000 Hispanics from all over the State of Texas.
For additional event information, please contact: Chris Chappell (512) 419-1077.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 83% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 27 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 33 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
Please visit www.univision.net.
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