First Sacramento Salsa Festival happening Sept. 17 at Old Sac

First Sacramento Salsa Festival happening this weekend

Updated: 1:36 PM PDT Sep 17, 2022

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SACRAMENTO, YOU WANT TO GRAB THAT LIGHT LAYER AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. TODAY IS THE SACRAMENTO SALSA FESTIVAL. IT KICKS OFF TODAY AT THE OLD SACRAMENTO WATERFRONT. ARCHERY TEAM SHOWS US THE PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET TO SAMPLE SOME SALSAS THIS MORNING. REPORTER: HOPEFULLY I DO GET TO TASTE SOME OF THE SALSA BECAUSE I HAVE CHIPS RIGHT HERE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN SHIPS, THEY HAVE TORTILLAS AND CHIPS AVAILABLE. THIS IS JESSE JAMES, EVENT DIRECTOR FOR THE SALSA FESTIVAL. TALK TO US ABOUT THE FESTIVAL. >> WE HAVE ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW AND EXCITED TO BRING IT OUT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 3000 OR 4000 PEOPLE HERE. REPORTER: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST RUN. >> YOU HAVE A LOT OF SET UP GOING ON NOW. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING TODAY? >> WE HAVE THREE STAGES OF MUSIC. WE HAVE DANCERS, WE HAVE A LIVE BAND THAT WILL BE HERE, AND WE HAVE LOCAL DJS ON ONE OF THE OTHER STAGES PLAYING MUSIC. REPORTER: MATT IS A SHOOTING IN THE DIRECTION. OF WHERE THE DJ WILL BE. >> IN YOU HAVE A BEER GARDEN — I KNOW YOU — OF WHERE THE DJ WILL BE. I KNOW YOU HAVE A BEER GARDEN. >> YES, YOU JUST NEED A 21 YEARS OLD AND UP WRISTBAND. WE HAVE VENDORS ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM RIO CITY TO THE END OF WHERE THE PARK IS. REPORTER: THIS IS A CRITICAL EVENT HAPPENING TODAY. WE ARE IN OLD SACRAMENTO BY THE DELTA KING. YOU ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO EVENTBRITE. >> GET YOUR TICKET SO YOU CAN MOVE THROUGH THE LINE FASTER. THERE WILL BE QR CODES SO YOU CAN QUICKLY GET THERE AND PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS. YOU CAN ALSO PAY CASH AND BUY TICKETS AT THE DOOR. REPORTER: PEOPLE ARE VOTING ON THEIR SALSA. >> WE HAVE A PEOPLE’S CHOICE TROPHY AND THE JUDGES WILL BE VOTING FOR FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PLACE. THIS IS FROM 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM TODAY. REPORTER: COME ON OUT TO OLD SACRAMENTO. I STRIPPED MY LAYER, IT IS WARMING UP BUT THERE IS WARMING UP BUT THERE’S A NICE BREEZE. THIS IS THE SACRAMENTO SALSA FESTIVAL IN OLD SACRAMENTO. GO TO THE SITE. >> SAC

First Sacramento Salsa Festival happening this weekend

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Updated: 1:36 PM PDT Sep 17, 2022

After 10 years of planning, the first-ever Sacramento Salsa Festival is underway on the Old Sacramento Waterfront near Delta King. Festivities began at noon and end at 7 pm With a Street Taco theme, the Sacramento Salsa Festival also offers a beer garden, food trucks, local vendors, a mariachi performance, salsa dancing and more on multiple stages along the boardwalk.Participants will also have the opportunity to vote on their favorite salsas in different categories.While event director Jesse James encourages online ticket purchase to beat the lines, tickets are also sold at the entrance. Learn more here.

After 10 years of planning, the first-ever Sacramento Salsa Festival is underway on the Old Sacramento Waterfront near Delta King.

Festivities began at noon and end at 7 pm With a Street Taco theme, the Sacramento Salsa Festival also offers a beer garden, food trucks, local vendors, a mariachi performance, salsa dancing and more on multiple stages along the boardwalk.

Participants will also have the opportunity to vote on their favorite salsas in different categories.

While event director Jesse James encourages online ticket purchase to beat the lines, tickets are also sold at the entrance. Learn more here.

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