By: Jessie Monsivais Photo courtesy of: the Fiesta de la Flor Facebook page
Selena’s social significance is drawing up to 70,000 fans tobrher hometown for the fifth annual celebration of the life and legacy of SelenabrQuintanilla-Perez, the Queen of Tejano: Fiesta de la Flor. The festival takesbrplace this weekend, on April 12-13, 2019 at North Bayfront Park. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.brFriday, April 12 and at noon on Saturday, April 13.
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The festival brings an impressive lineup of award-winningbrTejano musicians every year. This year the line up includes an array of musicians such as Leslie Grace, Oscar G, SteviebrD, and two-time Latin Grammy winner, Joe Posada.
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To celebrate Selena’s legacy, the Tejano LowriderbrExtravaganza features the car from the Selena movie, “Anything forbrSelenas” for fans to take photos with at the festival. Also featured arebrnationally acclaimed and award-winning vehicles like the 2019 Lowrider MagazinebrCar of the Year which features the most exceptional work in the car industry.
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Suzette Quintanilla, president, and CEO of Q Productions,bralong with American singer, actress, and TV personality Adrienne Bailon, knownbrfor her performance with 3LW and the Cheetah Girls, will sit down for abrconversation at the One Person Unites Us panel.
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Over 80 artisans from Mexico, Central America, and SouthbrAmerica are featured at El Mercado this year; showcasing art, clothing, andbraccessories crafted by the talented hands of the national and internationalbrartisans. Immersive kids experience at El Parque will bring hours of delightfulbrfamily fun. When you’re hungry, La Plaza offers a variety of flavors of Latinbrcuisine from dozens of food truck vendors located on-site to servebrfestival-goers and multiple on-site Cerveza Stations from L&F Distributorsbrto wash it all down.
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Conclude the evening with a fantastic fireworks displaybrbrought to you by HEB.
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Head to brwww.fiestadelaflor.com for information about Fiesta de la Flor presentedbrby CITGO. Keep up with festival updates on Facebook.com/fiestadelaflorcc andbrInstagram/Twitter @fiestaflorcc for all official festival updates.
