13th OC Día del Niño Festival Is Coming!
Sat., April 27, 2024 @ The Hunt Library, Fullerton
201 S. Basque Ave, Fullerton, CA 92833
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The OC Dia del Niño returns to The Hunt Library on Saturday, April 27 with amazing youth music and dance groups from throughout the county and great children's arts workshops make this another great event! FREE!
¡MARQUEN SUS CALENDARIOS! El OC Día del Niño regresa a la Biblioteca Hunt el 27 de abril con grupos de música y danza para jóvenes increíbles de todo el condado y excelentes talleres de arte para niños hacen de este otro gran evento! ¡GRATIS! y divertido par toda la familia.
OC Día del Niño Festival Brings Free Family Fun, Music, Dance and More to Fullerton on Saturday, April 27th, 10AM-5PM
One of the First Major Events at the City’s Newly Renovated Hunt Branch Library and Event Center
Free Family Event Features The Lucky Band, Mista Cookie Jar, The Fern Street Circus and Fullerton’s Grupo Folklorico Monte Alban plus more than 25 free Youth Art Workshops
Kindie rock superstars THE LUCKY BAND and high energy genre chameleon MISTA COOKIE JAR headline the free admission OC Día del Niño Festival in Fullerton, which takes place at the Hunt Branch Library and Event Center on Saturday, April 27 from 10am to 5pm. The Hunt Branch Library and Event Center is located at 201 S Basque Ave in Fullerton. The 2024 OC Día del Niño Festival is presented by Arts Orange County (ArtsOC) and Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA). For more information, visit www.ocdiadelnino.org.
OC Día del Niño is a family festival that offers live music, dance, engaging hands-on art activities, community resource booths and food trucks. Performances and workshops are provided by professional artists, local arts organizations, schools and community groups.
The Hunt Branch Library and Event Center is a historic Mid-Century Modern building designed by renowned architect William Pereira. It reopens to the public on April 13, following a two-year renovation project by the City of Fullerton, which owns and operates it.
Described as “The Face of Kindie Music,” Latin Grammy award-winning The Lucky Band will get kids and parents on their feet with their rockin’ set of catchy tunes. And genre chameleon Mista Cookie Jar will dazzle the crowd with his unique blend of hip hop, funk, Motown and world music.
This year’s festival also includes performances by Nicolas Jr. High Dance Team, Grupo Folklorico Monte Alban, Relampago del Cielo Grupo Folklorico, Ballet Folklorico Fraternidad De Bolivia, Ballet Folklorico Nueva Generación, Dance 4:13, Claudia de la Cruz Flamenco Institute, El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Galaxy Arts Center, Young Choreographers Project, Mariachi Juvenil Los Jaguares de Jordan, Gabriel Roldán, The Learning Spot Dance Academy and The Harmony Project / La Habra Mariachi.
Additionally, the event features more than 25 interactive youth arts workshops in painting, music, dance, circus arts, clay, mask making, textiles, piñata making and more by artists such as The Fern Street Circus, Jonathan Martinez, Maria Elena Cruz, Carlos Nieto, Frank Ordoñez, Kalim Quevedo, Irene Watson, Kathryn Forest, Manuel Cortez, Claudia Pacheco, Moises Vazquez, Jessica Vela, Andrew Cervantes and Sharmin Tahir.
Día del Niño/Day of the Child is a traditional family holiday celebrated in Mexico in April that honors children, celebrates their importance in society and promotes their well–being. The OC Día del Niño/Day of the Child Festival is a featured event of Arts Orange County’s annual Imagination Celebration, a month-long countywide festival of arts for families and children.
As part of Imagination Celebration, Día del Niño provides fun and free arts activities and experiences that can be enjoyed by the whole family and children of all ages and skill levels.
Support for OC Día del Niño is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, The Crean Foundation, the Richard and Elizabeth Steele Endowment Fund at Orange County Community Foundation and The City of Fullerton.
Artists and schedule are subject to change.
For more information, visit www.ocdiadelnino.org.
Arts Orange County (ArtsOC) is the independent nonprofit arts council for Orange County, California, and is dedicated to sustaining, strengthening, and advancing its creative ecology. Designated by the County as its official local arts agency, ArtsOC is our community’s leading advocate and service provider for the arts and arts education. www.artoc.org
Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) is a community-based digital arts organization whose mission is to inspire and empower the next generation of digital visionaries through free and accessible youth media classes, workshops, screenings, workforce development, networking opportunities, cultural agility, access to technology and creating pathways to 21st Century jobs. www.masamedia.org
