The third annual Chicano Music Festival in San Diego celebrated Chicano culture with music, art, and community pride.
SAN DIEGO — The third annual Chicano Music Festival returned to San Diego, drawing people to celebrate Chicano culture through music, art, and community pride.
“The vibe is personal, freedom, raza, culture, community, music, art, vision, mutualism and togetherness,” said Uno Rodriguez, founder of the Chicano Music Festival.
The event featured live performances, lowriders and vendors showcasing the vibrancy of Chicano heritage.
“Everybody coming out and celebrating the culture you know it’s all about community to me. It’s all about planting a tree to give shade to people that I’ll never meet and that’s what it’s all about,” said Rodriguez.
Among the performers was King Lil G, an artist from Los Angeles who shared how his culture influences his music. “It has a lot to do with I say, the rhythm, the message I try to send a lot of messages to my people to uplift my people so I’d say they have influenced me a whole lot in that aspect,” said King Lil G.
The festival organizers plan to continue the event in coming years, aiming to foster a lasting celebration of Chicano culture in the San Diego community.
“I’m doing this for everybody that wants, that we need our own platform, to be able to come and the door is wide open for every other culture to come and experience the telescopic view of our culture,” Rodriguez said.
As the festival grows, it continues to make an impact by providing a platform for cultural expression and community building.
The Chicano Music Festival represents a significant cultural event for San Diego, offering a space for both celebration and reflection on Chicano identity and heritage.