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Offline toddg

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Colombian Festival and Pride Parade
« on: June 02, 2008, 10:57:41 AM »
Colombian Independence Day Festival

July 20, 2008
Flushing Meadows Park, 10 am - 6 pm
Expect to see a lot of red, yellow, and blue around Jackson Heights, and heavy traffic on Northern Blvd.

Queens Colombian Pride Parade

July 27, 2008
Northern Blvd. between 69th Street and 90th Street, Noon-?



If anybody knows of special events in & around Jackson Heights connected to this festival, please post them here!
« Last Edit: July 24, 2009, 07:45:23 AM by toddg »

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Re: Colombian Festival and Pride Parade
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 02:16:13 PM »
ahh, i am so mad I missed the festival. I was on 82nd street at about 5pm and saw a bunch of flags and I knew i missed something goodl.

whats up with the parade?

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Colombian Independence Day Festival 2009
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2009, 11:54:12 PM »
Colombian Independence Day Festival

July 19, 2009
Flushing Meadows Park, 10 am - 6 pm
Expect to see a lot of red, yellow, and blue around Jackson Heights, and heavy traffic on Northern Blvd.

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Re: Colombian Independence Day Festival 2009
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2009, 07:26:38 PM »
Time Out New York offers some post festival ideas to celebrate the anniversary of Colombia's independence....among them, breakfast at Natives on Northern Blvd. and hanging at Terraza 7 Train Café.

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Re: Colombian Festival and Pride Parade
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2009, 07:44:56 AM »
According to Eating in Translation, this year's Colombian Pride Parade will be held on Sunday, July 26, 2009; 11:00am-4:00pm, on Northern Blvd. from 69th to 90th Sts.

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Re: Colombian Festival and Pride Parade
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2009, 04:26:19 AM »
My first album of pictures of the Colombian Parade is, as expected, up on Facebook. The second album is coming soon.

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Re: Colombian Festival and Pride Parade
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2009, 11:20:12 PM »
My second album of pictures is online as well.

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