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
Fiesta Park
Fiesta Park was a grandstand and sports and entertainment venue in South Park, Los Angeles, California. From 1894 to 1916, it served as venue for various exhibitions and festivals, as well as a field for USC Trojans football games.
History
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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
Tournament of Roses
The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade (or simply the Tournament of Roses), is an annual parade held mostly along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, Pasadena, California, United States, on New Year's Day (or on Mon ...
in Pasadena, and the first parade was April 10, 1894. The 1901 festival was held in May to coincide with a visit by President
William McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. As a politician he led a realignment that made his Republican Party largely dominant in ...
. There have been numerous attempts to revive the festival, most recently the
Fiesta Broadway in the 1990s and 2000s.
References
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Flower festivals in the United States
History of Los Angeles
Parades in the United States
1894 establishments in California
1916 disestablishments in California