La Posada

Saturday, December 6
5:30pm-8pm

A free community event!

Step into a magical holiday evening in downtown Springdale and celebrate the Hispanic tradition of Las Posadas!

Bundle up and bring your loved ones for a cozy stroll featuring local Hispanic-owned shops and twinkling Christmas lights. Savor warm, delicious dishes from stops along the way, then wrap up your festive night at Jones Center, where the merrymaking continues with live music, crafts, piñatas and aguinaldos.

Our inaugural La Posada is centered around a festive procession along Emma Avenue!

Join this free community event at our first stop or at any point of the evening.

Gather at the starting location Café con Chisme (317 W. Emma Ave.) at 5:30pm.

Other stops along Emma include Mr. Taco Loco, Casa Alejo, and Taquería Don Güero.

Final stop celebration at Jones Center! The procession ends here with a welcoming holiday spirit, live music and more.

Want to learn more about Las Posadas?

History: a traditional Mexican celebration that takes place over nine nights from December 16 to 24, leading up to Christmas. The word posada means “inn” or “shelter” in Spanish and the event commemorates Mary and Joseph’s search for lodging in Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus. The modern evolutions contains Aztec and Mayan culture fused with the traditions of those early Spanish colonizers, forming one of the most popular holiday events in Mexico and Latin America!

Reenactment procession: Participants dressed as Mary and Joseph or angels and shepherds reenact the nativity story by traveling from station to station singing songs and asking for shelter (posada).

Call and response songs: The group outside sings a traditional song asking for lodging and the people inside respond, at first denying and then eventually offering shelter.

Final stop celebration: Once they are let in there’s a festive celebration with food, pinatas, crafts and live music.

We hope to see you at Jones Center’s La Posada festival- a new tradition begins!