An all-day festival in Carson featuring non-stop cultural and patriotic performances and entertainment for the entire family will mark the 124th anniversary of Philippine Independence Day.
The festival will take place on June 4, at Veterans Park. Entertainment begins at 10 a.m. featuring big names in Filipino pop music, homegrown talents, and cultural performers. Food and display booths will be lined up for the day’s activities.
Topping the list of this year’s guests is multi-award singer and actress, Rachel Alejandro. Rachel had several hit songs including Mr. Kupido, Paalam Na, Bulag Sa Katotohanan and Nakapagtatakato. Rachel has also enjoyed success as an actress, appearing in films and theater productions. In 2018, she starred in the Philippine-Australian jukebox musical All Out of Love: The Musical, which is based on the songs of Air Supply.
A parade of reigning beauty queens representing various regions from the Philippines will cap the celebration.
The City of Carson is home to the largest concentration of Filipinos outside of the Philippines. The celebration of Philippine Independence Day is a yearly festival that draws thousands of Filipinos and non-Filipinos of all ages from all over Southern California. It is a commemoration of the birth of the Philippine republic after over 400 years of Spanish rule. This is the premiere Filipino event in the United States.
Philippine Independence Day has been celebrated in the City of Carson since 1986, making it the largest and longest-running Filipino event in a city that has about 20% of our roughly 100k population being of Filipino descent. We’re excited that after two years of having to celebrate virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we’re once again able to have some sense of normalcy and celebrate together as a CommUNITY,” said president of the Philippine Independence Day Foundation, Fred Docdocil.
The annual celebration is a joint undertaking of the City of Carson and the Philippine Independence Day Foundation.
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 4
Cost: Free
Details: 310-830-9991
Venue: Veterans Park, 22400 Moneta Ave., Carson
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