10:00am to 5:00pm (gates open at 9:30am)

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Rose Bowl! A free community event for the entire family with interactive activities, live entertainment, food and much more.

About the event

A fun and interactive non-alcoholic family event to reconnect the community with services, resources and information while enjoying live performances and activities throughout the day.

• Free entry
• 5K Run/Walk
• Health & Wellness
• Arts & Culture
• Marketplace
• Live Entertainment
• Food and much more!
  

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The Darryl Dunn 5K Run & Walk 

Start the day with a 5K Run & Walk around the stadium which ends inside the Rose Bowl Stadium Field in front of the main stage to continue with an energetic workout that will inspire you to stay on a healthy path!

About this Event

• The Run & Walk is named after the Rose Bowl’s CEO and General Manager Darryl Dunn, who is retiring in June, after 27 years at the helm of the legendary stadium. Darryl is an avid walker who is often seeing around the stadium. We invite you to join us for a fun run, brisk or leisure walk!
• Registration Fee: Adult $10.00 (18+), Youth (10-17) $5.00, children 10 and under free.
• Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. by the front gates and parking is free. The Run & Walk starts at 9:30 a.m. promptly and ends inside the Rose Bowl Stadium field in front of the main stage.
• There Metodo M Coaches, Mariana Sanchez-Williams and Alessandra Rosaldo greet you. You can join a meditation exercise which is followed by a fun high-power workout starting at 10:30am. Join Metodo M’s contagious energy as they inspire you to stay active and healthy.
• Participants are asked to wear workout or comfortable clothing, bring a water bottle and exercise mat for the best experience.

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Mayor Victor M. Gordo and Alice Mijares Recendez whose mother, Jesucita Mijares founded Mijares Restaurant in Pasadena in 1920, will be honored as the inaugural Cinco de Mayo Co-Grand Marshals. Both have a long heritage and history in Pasadena which makes them the perfect fit for this honor.

“I was involved in the Cinco de Mayo event 20 years ago and to bring it back to the Rose Bowl Stadium this year as part of the Stadium’s Centennial Celebration is really special,” said Mayor Victor M. Gordo. “We brought this event back with our Pasadena residents and families in mind, to find new ways to continue to celebrate and honor heritage, family and tradition.”

More info Rose Bowl Stadium

As part of its Centennial Celebration, there will be tours of the historic stadium, including the original 1922 Locker Room, Court of Champions, the Terry Donahue Pavilion, the current UCLA Locker and more. There will also be a Darryl Dunn 5k Walk & Run as part of the event in tribute to the Rose Bowl Stadium’s CEO / General Manager, Darryl Dunn who is set to retire on June 30th of this year.