Native American Heritage Festival set for Nov. 12 at Thornton Park

The City of Santa Ana is celebrating Native American Heritage Month at Thornton Park on Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thornton Park is located at 1801 West Segerstrom Avenue.

This family-friendly festival will celebrate the the rich diverse cultures and traditions of the Native American and Indigenous communities with music, crafts, traditional song and dance, storytelling, and interactive experiences.

Attendees can also look forward to special performances from world champion hoop dancer, Eric Hernandez. Additional event information can be found here.

For vendor & entertainment applications, please send email to specialevents.aos@gmail.com.

This is coordinated and brought to the community by All Occasions Services, a full-service event production & management company selected by the City of Santa Ana through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process. Upon considering all proposals, the City selected All Occasions Services to produce the 2023 event.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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