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# Santa Monica to throw Cinco de Mayo party
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-to-throw-cinco-de-mayo-party/
- Published: 2002-05-04T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:16:10.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Pico, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Cinco de Mayo will be celebrated in true community fashion on Sunday at Virginia Avenue Park.

The festivities will begin at 1 p.m. and continue to 5 p.m. Activities include food, arts, crafts, a Mariachi band, dance competitions, a Jalapeno eating contest and plenty of other fun and games.

Virginia Avenue Park is located between 20th Street and Cloverfield Avenue, and Pico Boulevard and Virginia Avenue, on Santa Monica’s east side.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 4, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050402.pdf?ref=smdp.com)