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12th Annual Mariachi Festival at Patagonia Lake State Park

(Phoenix, AZ - February 10, 2010) - Spice up your spring with a visit to Patagonia Lake State Park's Boulder Beach on Saturday, March 20, 2010 for the 12th Annual Mariachi Festival (see full lineup below).

This year the Mariachi Festival is being coordinated with financial support from the Arizona State Parks Foundation. Volunteers from across the state will be offering their assistance on this day so the popular Festival can take place.

Visitors are encouraged to spend the whole day at the Park and enjoy a wide variety of Southern Arizona Mariachi bands and dancers on stage. There will be concessions, but visitors are welcome to bring their own picnic basket. In addition, Patagonia offers picnicking, birding and nature walks. Mariachi Plata will kick things off at 10am.

Patagonia Lake State Park will provide overflow parking available with shuttle service. Visitors should arrive early for best parking. The fee to enter Patagonia Lake State Park is $10 for up to four adults, and walk-ins pay just $3.

For more information contact Patagonia Lake State Park at (520) 287-6965. The primitive camping sites are available for $17, and sites with electric hookups are available for $25. Make plans to head south for the sounds of traditional and modern Mexican Mariachi Band music. The park is located 7 miles past the town of Patagonia; take I-10 East to Hwy 83 South to Hwy 82.

Please call ahead to find out the latest information about the State Parks by calling (602) 542-4174 (outside of the Phoenix metro area call toll-free (800) 285-3703) or visit AZStateParks.com. Follow us on twitter.com/AZStateParks.

Mariachi Festival at Patagonia Lake State Park
Saturday, March 20, 2010

(Performers subject to change)
10 am Mariachi Plata (Band)
11 am Sunnyside High School (Band)
Noon Baile Folklorico Tapatio (Dancers)
1 pm Mariachi Juvenil Batiz (Band)
2 pm Pueblo High School (Band)
3 pm Mariachi Reyes (Band)

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