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El Puente
February 1, 2026

Presented by Cultural Coalition and Tempe Center for the Arts, the 14th Annual El Puente Festival, is a free event that showcases the Valley's most talented youth performers with a day full of music, dance, and storytelling. Educational arts activities for youth of all ages, including free books, hands-on crafts, and food trucks will also be available throughout the day for all to experience.

Known for its signature community parade across the bridge, or “el puente” in spanish, this festival brings together artists of all ages to highlight the importance of connecting traditional arts and culture practices from one generation to the next. Guest will enjoy youth mariachi groups and ballet folkórico troupes, alongside professional performing artists and storytellers activating every area of the Center with art!

Cultural Coalition, Inc.'s mission is to connect communities and generations to ancestral knowledge and practices through artistic cultural preservation and programs that celebrate Chicano, Latiné, and Indigenous heritages.

For over 28 years, Cultural Coalition has provided free culturally relevant festivals and educational programs to communities throughout Arizona. Their programs and events uplift Chicano, Latiné, and Indigenous heritages, prioritizing cultural representation in the arts that also serves those diverse populations. They produce four annual cultural arts festivals in Phoenix, Mesa, and Tempe, that provide access to free arts engagement opportunities within underserved and low-income communities to remove economic and geographic barriers. Cultural Coalition also offers free online art resources including artist interviews, performance videos, classroom activities, and online exhibits that provide greater accessibility to the arts, while preserving cultural objects and traditional practices. A signature element for their programs and events is to feature professional and youth artists, storytellers, folklórico dancers, mariachi musicians, traditional healers/curanderas, and more, as professional practitioners of ancestral traditions to instill cultural pride in our communities. Cultural Coalition also provides a free daily after school arts program, located inside a low-income housing complex in Mesa. The program provides free meals, homework help, and arts, science, and gardening activities, annually serving over 100 youth in grades K-6.

PO Box 378
Mesa, AZ 85211-0378

2323 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004
701 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85203
(480) 834-5731

contact@culturalcoalition.com 
www.culturalcoalition.com