Do This: Mole De Mayo In Pilsen This Weekend
By Amy Cavanaugh in Arts & Entertainment on May 25, 2013 3:00PM
Eighteenth Street Development throws its fifth annual Mole de Mayo in Pilsen this weekend, which runs today and tomorrow from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at Halsted & 16th Street.
The event focuses on mole, a Mexican sauce, and there will be a mole cook-off and food vendors. The celebration extends to music, dance performances, an open-air market and lucha libre wrestler performances. Plus, see visual artwork by Alma Dominguez, Ricardo Gonzalez, Saul Aguirre, Laura Gomez, and others.
Here's the entertainment line-up:
** MAIN STAGE | SAT MAY 25
Noon Hurley Elementary School Band
1pm Ocelotl-Cihuacoatl : Danza Azteca
2pm Folk Dance
3pm Maria Blues : Tango/Blues
4pm World Wide Mota : Rock/Ranchero
6pm Victor Garcia's Organ Quartet : Latin Jazz
7:30 The Lizard Kings : The Doors Tribute
** ACOUSTIC STAGE | SAT MAY 25
Noon TBA
1pm Edgar Solorzano :: Trova
2pm Tonathiu de La Cruz : Trova
3pm Los Condenados Huastecos : Huapango
4pm The People's Stage Karaoke w/ Pablo Serrano
5pm Ramon Marino : Trova
6pm Los Sunny Daze : Latin Funk
8pm Phero : Hip Hop
** MAIN STAGE | SUN MAY 26
1pm TBA
2pm JaroChicanos : Son Jarocho
3pm TBA
4pm Los Vicios de Papá : Ska/Fusion
5pm Los Franco : Norteña
6pm Hurakan : Aztec/Ambience
7pm Dos Santos Anit-Beat Orquesta : Cumbia/Chicha
8pm Cumbia Machin (California) : Cumbia
9pm Fire Dance
** ACOUSTIC STAGE | SUN MAY 26 **
Noon El DJ Rebel X
2pm Bill Mackay : Acoustic
3pm Rich Cantu : Acoustic
4pm Vivian Garcia : Flamenco
5pm Itzi Nalah + DJ Beto (NYC's) : Tropical/Cumbia
7pm Phillip Morris : Hip Hop
7:30 Trio Los Primos : Boleros