The 49th annual Chicano Park Day celebration will take place on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in historic Chicano Park, located in the Logan Heights community, under the iconic San Diego-Coronado bridge.
This family event is free and open to the public. The theme for the celebration is “Danzantes, Protectors of Our Traditions and Chicano Park, 500 Years of Anti-Colonial Struggle.”
Visitors to Chicano Park Day will experience traditional music and dance, including one of the largest groups of Aztec Indigenous dance, coordinated by Danza Azteca Calpulli Mexihca. The day will be filled with live music, lowrider car show coordinated by Amigos Car Club, vendor booths, kids arts workshop and guest speakers.
Established by Chicano activists on April 22, 1970, Chicano Park has received international recognition as a major public art site for its commanding mural paintings of the past and present struggle of Mexican and Chicano history.
Chicano Park has been listed on the California Register of Historical Resources since 1997, on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 and designated a National Historic Landmark in January 2017.
