Update: October 6, 2010 - La Fiesta Folklorica's meeting will be held at Casabe Houses, located at 150 East 121st Street,  7th floor ( Entrance South East corner of Lexington Avenue), New York City, NY.  from 6pm to 8pm on Monday, October 18th, 2010. Update: September 14, 2010 - A site for the townhall meeting has been secured in Spanish Harlem.  Date to follow.    Update: August 29, 2010 - Fiesta would like to thank the public for their undying support.  We have received hundreds of calls, emails, and mail from well wishers, loyal fans, union and Hispanic organizations, and public officials who could not believe Fiesta was not celebrated this year.     We are as devastated as all of you are that the Festival did not happen this year, breaking a long standing tradition over four decades old.  We hope that we can work things out and bring Fiesta back next year, better than ever! Today, our Board of Directors and Staff were in attendance at Rumsey Playfield meeting and greeting the "Fiesta's" faithful who come in every year.  Most did not know it was cancelled and/or had not checked the website.  We remained till after 5:30pm, but surprisingly there was no other event celebrated at the venue.  The famous Rumsey Playfield, the home of "Fiesta", on the last Sunday in August for over 20 years, remained empty.   Even without advertising and announcements, the faithful "Fiesta" attendees came by discussing ways to find solutions for the future.  A larger group, determined to help bring Fiesta back have organized a townhall meeting in El Barrio to inform the Puerto Rican community of what has happened.  It promises to be a peaceful demonstration of the community coming together to celebrate their heritage as so many other cultures celebrate theirs in New York City.  The date, time and place will be announced at a later date, right here on on the website.  We also extend an invitation to anyone interested in working with Fiesta Folklorica next year.   If you're interested, please contact us at lafiestapr@aol.com.   We thank the Central Park Foundation staff for their support in the past and hope to fulfill our recent committment to them working through our differences before next year's event.        . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to our website!   Fiesta Folklórica Puertorriqueña, Inc, is proud to join the internet community with its very own e-home!  Here, you will find information about the organization that brings you "The Puerto Rican Folkloric Festival" year after year. . For over 44 years “Fiesta” has hosted this day long annual cultural event to celebrate Puerto Rican folkloric music and dance, focusing on traditional music and art, preserving them for future generations. The festival has been held at Rumsey Playfield, in Central Park, for over 20 years, and is the largest Puerto Rican community event held in New York, second only to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. . Thank you for visiting our site, and we hope you can attend this year's Fiesta at Central Park, on Sunday, August 30th. . Fiesta Folklórica Puertorriqueña (The Puerto Rican Folkloric Festival) . . . BORICUA SOY! Respect The Flag		LATEST FIESTA NEWS! Fiesta has opened a  GoFundMe account! Help Bring FFPR BACK TO NY!    Puerto Rican culture, food,  Fiesta partners with "2010 Census"  In March 2010 your census form will arrive.  Don't miss your opportunity to be counted and make a difference.  By answering 10 questions, you can help improve schools, roads, hospitals, job-training programs, public transportation, and much more. "In The Heights" donates free tickets  Folks from the the 4 Tony Award winning 2008 musical have donated tickets to the Fiesta event.  Come to the park and take your chances to win tickets to see this extraordinary work by one of our own, Lin-Manuel Miranda.