Fiesta Del Sol Festival

Mission
Our goal is to provide community members of all ages a safe and fun festival. We want to highlight culture, history, and people in the Heart of Chicago and provide an economic engine for Pilsen business – large and small, and local organizations and projects.

History
Fiesta Del Sol was born in August of 1973. The Pilsen community had completed a 2-year campaign, engaging thousands of residents demanding the construction of a new high school for its young people. In May of 1974, the Chicago Board of Education bent to the pressure of the community and agreed to build what is now Benito Juarez High School. The people, in celebration, held a two-day block long street party on Blue Island Avenue that is now the Fiesta Del Sol. Fiesta del Sol is a celebration of what people can do when they work together; a celebration of the beauty in Latino heritage, history, culture, language and ambition; and a celebration about the future.