festival, which this year will be celebrating 52 years of culture and tradition. This four-day, free admission, family-friendly summer festival is the largest Latino festival of its kind in the country, with over 1.2 million attendees in its four days. The funds from the festival serve for PNCC's investment in leadership through its annual scholarship program, as well the organization's year-round community organizing efforts.
Fiesta del Sol offers live entertainment, great food, a soccer tournament, activities for children, art exhibits, performing arts and carnival rides. Organizers are proud to announce all the different expositions that will be open to the public, where all festival-goers will have the opportunity to obtain valuable information and guidance about important issues, such as housing, free immigration consultation with attorneys, art-performances, college workshops and much more.
In addition, a week before the festival, Pilsen Neighbors Community Council held an opening reception to present the Guadalupe A. Reyes Fiesta del Sol Scholarship to students from the Southwest Side of Chicago. For over two decades, the Guadalupe A. Reyes Fiesta del Sol Scholarship Program has awarded over $1.1 million in scholarships to students from the Southwest Side of Chicago.Pilsen Neighbors Community Council , Fiesta Del Sol organizer, is a nonprofit organization established in 1954.
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