San Pedro Día De Los Muertos Festival Recap

Thousands of attendees, a beautiful

day of community celebration and remembrance.

The 15th Annual San Pedro Día De Los Muertos Festival took place last Sunday on October 25th. The event brought thousands of attendees downtown to San Pedro to enjoy a family-friendly street festival with live music and dance across two stages. The festival also included a live monarch butterfly experience, altar contests, a Catrina costume contest, giant sculptures, delicious local food, crafts and kids’ activities. The event reinforced San Pedro as a place to celebrate this cultural day of remembrance and time-honored holiday.

Photograph by Arturo Garcia-Ayala

The Grammy-winning Mariachi Divas headlined on the Main Stage preceded by performances by DJ Party Hardy, Cara Borracho, Danza Azteca Xochipilli, Anything for Salinas and the 16-piece Orquesta Nueva Revolucion. The Community Stage was packed with young talent. Two bands from Boys & Girls Club of the LA Harbor, Remote Coma and Subliminal rocked the stage and dancers from Grupo Folklorico Las Perlitas, Flipside Gymnastics, Dance Tech, Grupo Folklorico Almitas and Grupo Folklorico Nadino and Neiya Arts danced in full colorful regalia.

Co-produced by Discover San Pedro (PBID) and Grand Vision Foundation. Since 2012, Grand Vision Foundation has provided the musical direction for San Pedro’s Día de los Muertos festival, booking the stellar entertainment and providing professional, start-to-finish stage management for the event.

Congratulations to the San Pedro PBID for putting together such a successful event and a Grand Thank You to everyone who came out to enjoy the festival and dance the night away.

We hope you were there, but if you missed it, Grand Vision is already looking forward to doing it all again next year!