Cinco de Mayo

From Cinco de Mayo Website:

Celebrate spring at Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village, the Art and Soul of Sedona, as it kicks off the festival season with Cinco de Mayo. Admission is free and everyone is invited! Enjoy the pulsating sounds, savory flavors, and colorful dances of Mexico in a fun-filled South of the Border bash. Translated as the 5th of May, Cinco de Mayo honors an event in Mexican history that led to its independence. Our Cinco de Mayo celebration will be on Saturday, May 2nd this year from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, so be sure to mark your calendars for this must-do event!

Family fun doesnt get any better with activities all day long, including traditional high-energy Spanish flamenco dances to roaring applause, get-up-and-dance Latin music, and a folklorico dance troupe performing traditional Mexican village dances in a blur of color. For the kids, its time to whack a piata and line up for the most imaginative and fun face painting you have ever seen.

Also on May 2nd, and part of the celebration, is the ever-popular 10th Annual Great Sedona Chili CookOff, a Rotary Club of Sedona charity event, located along Tlaquepaques main Calle de Independencia. Chefs from all over the Verde Valley have been hard at work perfecting their concoctions and never fail to bring it! Come ready to revel, ignite your taste buds, and vote for your favorites! The Chili Cook-Off starts at 11:00 am and runs to 4:00 pm. For an admission of $15, enjoy unlimited, outstanding chili masterpieces! Kids under 12 get to taste for free. Proceeds will benefit Sedona Rotary Clubs service projects.