Fiesta de los Angeles was a now-defunct parade and festival in Downtown Los Angeles that appeared yearly between 1894 and 1916. It originally featured a parade from the Old Plaza to

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, and a multi-day festival that included events at Fiesta Park. The event was founded by local boosters, chief among them Max Meyberg, as an attempt to rival the

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in Pasadena, and the first parade was April 10, 1894. The 1901 festival was held in May to coincide with a visit by President

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. There have been numerous attempts to revive the festival, most recently the Fiesta Broadway in the 1990s and 2000s.

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{{reflist Flower festivals in the United States History of Los Angeles Parades in the United States 1894 establishments in California 1916 disestablishments in California