{"id":1130,"date":"2008-07-01T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T15:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2008\/07\/01\/a-real-mexican-festival-el-baile-del-sol\/"},"modified":"2008-07-01T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T15:07:35","slug":"a-real-mexican-festival-el-baile-del-sol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/a-real-mexican-festival-el-baile-del-sol\/","title":{"rendered":"A Real Mexican Festival, El Baile del Sol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-3975756543\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p>Ignacio Gonzalez, organizer of the Baile del Sol, said he started the annual event three years ago because he wanted something that was not in the Quad City area. &ldquo;I just thought of the idea of an event for the kids, a family event, for the adults. I want authentic Mexican music and an authentic Mexican environment,&rdquo; he said.<br \/>  <!--more--> <br \/> &ldquo;Nacho&rdquo;, as everybody calls him, came from Chicago and wanted a festival similar to the ones he remembered in the Windy City, here in this area. The event will have more vendors than a year ago and there will be a country western clothing vendor, goody bags and activities for the children. Of course, an authentic Mexican festival is not complete without a band and dancing. &ldquo;The main thing everyone wants to see is the band and Sabor Latino from Sterling will be performing,&rdquo; he said.<br \/> He thanked his wife, the volunteers and the sponsors because without them, nothing could be done.&nbsp; Nacho is the owner and operator of Los Cuates Cantina, 821 15thAve., in downtown East Moline. <\/p>\n<p> Like the previous years, el Baile del Sol takes place right in front of his establishment; starting at 5 p.m. until midnight on Saturday, July 26.&nbsp; There will be bands, food, a bounce house, pi&ntilde;atas, and other kid&rsquo;s activities.&nbsp; Admission is free for kids 12 and under and $5 for adults. Proceeds from the event go to the East Moline&rsquo;s Park Board and Garfield Park.<\/p><div id=\"holaa-1179934287\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/learn\/drugs\/prescription-drugs-are-still-drugs?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs&#038;utm_content=Solo_Debe&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_source=INA%20Spanish\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v2_Solo Debe_300x250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v2_Solo-Debe_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p> As for the future, Nacho wants to continue organizing the event, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m hoping to do it again, make it a tradition,&rdquo; he said. <\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-279198910\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ignacio Gonzalez, organizer of the Baile del Sol, said he started the annual event three years ago because he wanted something that was not in the Quad City area. &ldquo;I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}