Arts Fiesta Under Way in Hermosa Beach
The semiannual Chamber of Commerce Fiesta de las Artes is under way in Hermosa Beach through Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Pier and Hermosa avenues near the city pier. Food, entertainment and work by more than 400 artists and artisans is on the bill.
About 100,000 people are expected for the three-day arts festival, which opened Saturday and combines art and crafts with entertainment, including comedy, magic, electronically controlled puppets, jazz, reggae and soft rock.
Free parking is provided at the Mira Costa High School parking lot, Artesia Boulevard and Peck Avenue in Manhattan Beach. A round-trip shuttle to and from the fiesta is $1, and children under 12 ride free.
Artists, some from as far away as Oregon and Texas, will show jewelry, hand-painted clothing, pottery, watercolors and paintings.
B. J. Conte, who coordinates the fiesta for the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce, said the long-established celebration has been growing as family entertainment with the addition of clowns, a petting zoo and pony rides.
Community organizations will have booths, and a food pavilion will serve serve 28 different types of ethnic foods.
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