2017 KCKS Latino Arts Festival
Come together through the celebration of art & culture
2017 KCKS Latino Arts Festival - June 3rd 2017
Please join us for the 1st Kansas City Kansas Latino Arts Festival!
Free to the public!
June 3rd 2017
MC for parade and festival -
SANDRA OLIVAS
Vice President
Bilingual Community Business Development & Event Officer
Hosted by the KCK Chamber of Commerce, El Centro, Inc., Downtown Shareholders of Kansas City, KS. & Hallmark Cards HEART ERG.
Car Show hosted by Lowrider Magazine & 1 Of A Kind Paint & Body
Car Show Guest & Judge: Joe Ray - Editor in Chief Lowrider Magazine
Latino Arts Festival Parade - 12pm beginning at 4th and Minnesota Avenue & will end at 12th and Minnesota.
Festival begins at 1pm ends at 8pm
Visual artist exhibit
Artist Booths
Car show Judge - Joe Ray Lowrider Magazine with Editor in Chief - local and non local cars
Car Hopping contest
Hallmark Itty Bitty & Garage booths
Meet T-Bones Mascot Sizzle!!
Vendor Booths
Food & drink vendors
Children's area
Live DJ - Deejay St. Joel
KCKS Latino Art Festival Visual Artists & Custom Car Artists
Featured Latino Arts Festival Visual Artists
- Vania Soto
- Isaac Tapia
- Priscilla Munoz
- Jolee Spinks
- Marisol Bowman
- Clemente Raya
- Julio Morales
- Anthony Oropeza
Participating Young Artists
- Eileen Cobos
- Evelyn J. Santibanez
Kayla Ramirez
Giovanna Garcia
Maria Perez
Natalia Arellano
Featured Custom Car Artists - Hallmark Garage Kiddie Car
- Blas Ledesma
- Jacob Birdsong "Slickairbrush"
- Pepe Pena
- Justin Askew
- Carlos Loubriel
- Mark Noland. "Miracle"
- Charles Leggs. "Friends and Family"
- Ben Estell. "Ben's Kustoms"
- Nick Rodriguez. " N Rodz Originals"
- Harold Glasshouse
- Aaron Munoz – 1 of a Kind Paint & Body
2017 KCKS Latino Arts Festival - June 3rd 2017
Sponsors:
Hallmark Cards http://www.hallmark.com/
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation http://www.kauffman.org/
KCK Chamber http://www.kckchamber.com/
Downtown Shareholders of Kansas City, KS http://downtownkck.org/
El Centro, Inc. http://www.elcentroinc.com/
1 Of A Kind Paint & Body http://1ofakindpaintandbody.com/
Lowrider Magazine http://www.lowrider.com/
Kansas City Tejano Radio http://kansascitytejanoradio.com/site/
The Latino Leadership Initiative of The United Way of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City BPU
Hunt Family Foundation KC Chiefs
Teocali Authentic Mexican Cuisine
Kansas City T-Bones
El Padrino
Bank of Labor
Donnelly College
Platinum Reality
Dos Mundos
Hispanic News
Mexican Consulate
New York Life
La Grande Radio
La X
If you would like to be a SPONSOR please contact:
Deanna Munoz Deanna.munoz@hallmark.com
GUESTS
Joe Ray - Editor in Chief Lowrider Magazine http://www.lowrider.com/features/joe-ray/
PARKING FOR GUESTS:
- Participants would need to park in the Bank of Labor lot
- Or in the Parking Garage located behind Security Bank of Kansas City - a walkway will lead you into the festival from the Parking Garage.
MC for parade and festival:
SANDRA OLIVAS
Vice President
Bilingual Community Business Development & Event Officer
12pm - Latino Arts Festival Parade
Parade Route - Minnesota Avenue from 4th to 12th
American GI Forum KC Area Chapter Color Guard
Mayor Mark Holland - Kansas City KS
- Jennifer Seyller, VP Hallmark Retail - Grand Marshall
- Former Miss Kansas USA 2015 Alexis Railsback
- Joe Ray, Lowrider Magazine Editor in Chief
- The Marching Wildcats Drill team
- Fiesta Mexicana Folkloric Dance Group
- Grupo Folklorico Sol Dance Group
- Car Clubs
LATINO ARTS FESTIVAL & PARADE Program
Saturday, June 2nd
11:00 – 12:00pm – STAGING AREA – parade participants will begin to line up
12:00 - 1:00pm – Parade
1:15 – 1:20pm – Festival Begins; MC Introduces National Anthem Singer – Natalia Castaneda
Color Guard Flag Presentation – American GI Forum Kansas City Area Chapter Color Guard
1:20 - 1:30pm – MC Introduces Hallmark’s Jenn Seyller & Lee Medina with Mexican Consulate
1:30 – 2:00 - Rose Marie’s Fiesta Mexicana Folkloric Dance
2:00 – 3:00pm – Trio Aztlan Band
3:00 – 4:00pm – Tropical Azul Band
4:00 – 4:30 pm – Folklorico Del Sol Dance Group
4:30 - 5:00 pm – DJ St. Joel
5:00 – 6:00 pm – Ritmos Calientes featuring Ron Gutierrez
6:00- 7:00 pm – DJ & Car Hopping and awards Low rider Awards and Hop Contest
7:00pm - 8:00pm – Clear out the area and reopen Minnesota at 8 pm
Website: http://www.latinoartsfestival.com/workshops/
Location: Between 7th & 8th on Minnesota Ave. KCKS 66101
Phone: 816-545-2358
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kckslatinoartsfestival
Twitter: @latinoartsfest