Fourth Annual Charleston Cinco de Mayo Festival
Where: The Visitor Center Bus Terminal
375 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
When: Friday May 1, 2009 – 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Guests are invited to sample local Mexican cuisine while relaxing with Cuervo margaritas and Mexican beer.
Entertainment will include a live performance by 15-piece salsa salsa group Orquesta GarDel, performances by professional salsa and ballroom dancers and a guest appearance by Charlie and Chelsea, the official RiverDog mascots. Top Latin hits from DJ Luigi will finish out the night.
For dancing enthusiasts, this is your chance to practice your moves and watch talented dancers perform in the second annual “Dancing with Local Stars” dance competition.
The mission of the Charleston Cinco de Mayo Festival is to encourage togetherness between diverse communities in the Charleston area, to promote awareness of The Ryan White HIV Care Program at Roper St. Francis Healthcare and raise funds for their program.
The event was founded in 2006 and takes place annually on or near May 5th, a Mexican holiday which is widely celebrated throughout the United States in order to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture.
Tickets are $10 for adults or $5 with a current student ID. Children 12 and under are FREE. Food and drinks are sold separately.
Contact: Lee Deas – Event Director
Email:
info@charlestoncinco.com
Phone: 843-225-5288
Charleston Cinco De Mayo Festival
NEW UPDATES!!!
*Professional Cuban dance group Buen Ache will be performing! Check out their moves at
Buen Aché Dance Company » Home.
*2009 Dancing with the Local Stars Competition will include:
Ayoka Lucas - Charleston Magazine Style Editor
Tracey Amick – WCSC Live 5 News Reporter
Tara Lynn - WBCD Channel 2 News Anchor
Nate Lopes – Z 93 Jamz Producer and DJ
*Check out DJ Luigi of Latin Groove at
LatinGroove.sc - Charleston, SC.
*Fifteen-piece salsa group, Orquesta GarDel, is bringing “hurricane-force salsa from North Carolina” to this year’s Charleston Cinco de Mayo Festival. Founded by David Garcia, a professor at UNC Chapel Hill, Orquesta GarDel plays big, brassy salsa sounds that are said by fans to create music so energetic you can feel it on your skin!
Check out Orquesta GarDel at
Orquesta GarDel | hurricane-force salsa!.
*Don't miss the live performance by Taton Y Tremendo, professional reggaeton group out of New York.
Check out Taton Y Tremendo at
YouTube - Taton Y Tremendo YA NO SE PUEDE Official VIDEO.
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Taken from their Facebook invitation page
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If any one of you want to make a bike run out of this, go for it!
I'll be there shaking my arse off! 
PM me if you want to make an MJ group thing out of it. If not, no big deal; I'll go stag 