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The 16th annual La Feria Guadalupana Festival is set for 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 225 Gilliam Drive, Warsaw.
Diana Diaz Barriga, one of the coordinators for the festival, said the La Feria Guadalupana is Our Lady of Guadalupe’s annual fundraising event that has helped their parish grow over the years. It has become a community event for them to be able to share their culture with the community. La Feria Guadalupana started as a smaller group getting together as a parish and grew from there.
Any money raised goes to improve the church’s building or other improvements the church needs. The church pays local businesses to do the improvements.
She said the festival draws thousands of people to it each year. She said they get more and more people every year. The festival allows people to enjoy the rich Hispanic culture of the area.
There will be 20 food stands and 20 information booths from local nonprofits and organizations.
At 10 a.m., there will be a welcome from Warsaw Mayor Jeff Grose.
La Clave Privada will perform from noon to 1 p.m. Grupo Khaotico will perform from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Banda La Kebradora will perform 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. La Sonora Dinamita will perform 7 to 9 p.m.
There will also be folk dancing from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
There will be a water balloon fight with the Warsaw Police Department from 2:30 to 3 p.m.
The coronation of the queen will be 6 to 6:30 p.m.
A grand raffle will be 6:30 to 7 p.m.
