Weekend festival already setting up

As with any festival, food is a popular attraction.
(Seen here at the 2009 Fiesta.)

The first of many carnival rides for a weekend multicultural festival scheduled for Saturday and Sunday arrived and set up on Thursday afternoon.

Edison Garcia, owner of the Los Faraones nightclub, is sponsoring the two-day event which will be held in Lots 8 and 8A between the Green Brook and Front Street stores, between Somerset Street and Watchung Avenue.

Garcia began festivals celebrating Latin American independence back in 2009 but suspended them for several years (though they seemed well-attended, there were complaints about the loudness and lateness of the music).

The festival will run from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Saturday and 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Sunday.

Besides the carnival rides, there will be plenty of food tents (which are always mobbed), vendors of all sorts of merchandise, some games of chance and musical and dance groups.

Parking may be problematic as work has begun on the public lot between Watchung Avenue and the Supremo supermarket and it is somewhat torn up, though not yet fully inaccessible.

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