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Join this year’s event by displaying your company’s, image, products, and services directly to the thousands of potential customers in attendance on August 4th – 7th (Thursday thru Sunday). The City of Holyoke will come alive with Puerto Rican music, dancing, food and a multitude of cultural displays as this community comes together to celebrate the Puerto Rican Culture. It will be a contribution and a look forward to the next generation of Puerto Ricans that will serve as our leaders of tomorrow.

Your business can create a memorable experience around your product/service to allow consumers to create brand recognition. Based on your level of sponsorship, your company will benefit from many of the following event related promotions:

• High visibility imaging on festival grounds.
• Use of company logo on all Festival Related Materials
• The opportunity to deliver your message or promotional items during the festival
• Inclusion in all Television and Radio Announcements
• Inclusion in all Press Announcements
• Inclusion in all Social Media Postings

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Platinum $20,000

(Limited to 2)

• Banner with logo “Presented by” (Your Business)
• Banner with logo on Stage
• Speaking opportunity at all Holyoke Puerto Rican Festival events in 2022
• Logo placement on all printed materials
• Recognition in all print, television, radio campaigns along with postings in all social media platforms
• Double Booth space at festival
• 15 VIP All Access Credentials with Parking

Gold $15,000

• Banner with logo “Presented by” (Your Business)
• Banner with logo in front of the Stage
• Logo placement on all printed materials
• Recognition in all print, television, radio campaigns along with postings in all social media platforms
• Double Booth space at festival
• 10 VIP All Access Credentials with Parking Complimentary

Silver $10,000

• Logo placement on all printed materials
• Recognition in all print, television, radio campaigns along with postings in all social media platforms
• Double Booth space at festival
• 6 VIP All Access Credentials with Parking Complimentary

Bronze $5,000

• Logo placed on the sponsor recognition banners (reviewing stand and parade)
• Recognition in print materials and social media.
• Double Booth space at festival
• 4 VIP All Access Credentials with Parking

Music Sponsor $5,000

Sponsor one of the daily closing musical acts (limited to 4 sponsors)

Stage Sponsor $3,000

Your business information being read every hour on stage during the four day event.

Food Vendor $1,500

4 Day Event *Food Trucks or heating food tents only (NO ALCOHOL SALES)

Misc. Vendor $800

4 Day Event *Sell any merchandise (NO FOOD, DRINKS, OR ALCOHOL SALES)

Business Exhibit $400

4 Day Event *Exhibition/Information of your organization or company (NO SALES)

BECOME A SPONSOR TODAY!

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Sponsorship Type

Platinum ($20,000)Gold ($15,000)SIlver ($10,000)Bronze ($5,000)Music ($5,000)Stage ($3,000)Food Vendor ($1,500)Misc. Vendor ($800)Business Exhibit ($400)

Make Checks Payable to:
NUEVA ESPERANZA, INC
(Memo): FIESTAS PATRONALES OF HOLYOKE
401 Main Street, Holyoke, MA 01040

(Nueva Esperanza is the Fiscal Sponsor of the Fiestas Patronales of Holyoke)

Inaugural Fiestas Patronales de Holyoke slated for Aug. 4-7

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The inaugural Fiestas Patronales de Holyokewill take place in Open Square’s Dwight Street parking lot on Aug. 4-7.

HOLYOKE – The inaugural Fiestas Patronales de Holyoke will run Aug. 4 – 7 downtown at Open Square, a celebration of the city’s and region’s Puerto Rican culture and heritage.

Nueva Esperanza, the main organizer, bills the festival as the region’s largest Latino event in Western Massachusetts. Holyoke has the largest Puerto Rican population per capita outside the island.

The Fiestas Patronales are staples in municipalities around Puerto Rico, usually dedicated to a saint, according to Melvin Sanchez, a festival committee member.

“Our event is different. We are symbolically taking on the tradition that has been done on the island but modifying it to fit Holyoke,” Sanchez explained in an email.

Sanchez thanked local businesses for contributing to the festival and for the assistance of city officials and departments.

“It has been a great challenge organizing this event post-pandemic, especially the fact we are competing with hundreds of other cities and towns that are putting together these cultural events,” Sanchez stated.

The festival will take place in Open Square’s Dwight Street parking lot. Domenic Marte (Bachata singer), Juancho (Merengue singer), Viti Ruiz (Salsa Singer), and Grupo Mania (Merengue group) are slated to perform.

“We have received great support from the residents of Holyoke, who are excited to have a cultural event taking place in the city. We believe this event will become one of the marque events in Western Massachusetts, attracting people from the surrounding community and area. ” Sanchez added.

The festival will also honor Mayor Joshua A. Garcia, Holyoke’s first Latino chief executive, who has strong family ties to Puerto Rico. Garcia was elected to a four-year term in November and immediately took office to fulfill the final weeks of former Mayor Alex B. Morse’s time.

The mayor’s November and January swearing-in ceremonies drew large crowds, including many local and state officials from the Latino community. Holyoke’s Hispanic residents comprise 53% of the city’s population.

Nueva Esperanza put the call out this week for festival sponsors and donors. The event will feature music, food, and the traditional dance of Puerto Rico, the Bomba y Plena.

“This year, we will celebrate the first Puerto Rican mayor elected by the city. We will celebrate it with the cultural, music, and political contributions from the Puerto Rican community that has integrated into what it is today the City of Holyoke,” the event’s website noted.

Organizers are offering four sponsorship levels, Platinum ($20,000), Gold ($15,000), Silver ($10,000) and Bronze ($5,000). Major sponsors include Holyoke Medical Center, Golden Years Homecare Services, Baystate Health Systems, Quality Beverage Corporation and Trulieve.

Nueva Esperanza sponsored last month’s Noche de San Juan Festival in South Holyoke and Beyond Wall exhibition, which featured wall-sized murals along Main and High Streets.

For sponsorship opportunities or more information on the upcoming Fiestas Patronales de Holyoke, email Kayla Rodriguez at [email protected] or call Nueva Esperanza at (413) 437-7666. Also, visit Nueva Esperanza on Facebook.

If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

90,000 public holidays and days, when banks do not work

days off (from 13,

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Friday December 23, 2022

Only banks:

Day of Christmas

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Sunday December 25, 2022

Catholic or Catholic or Catholic Protestant :

Banks closed

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Monday 26 Dec, 2022

Banks only : Some banks may alternatively close on Dec 23rd

New Year

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Sunday January 1, 2023

Secular holiday: On this holiday, starting at midnight, congratulations and wishes are exchanged for the entire current year. Congratulations are accepted throughout the month of January. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

New Year (moved to Monday)

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Monday 2 January, 2023

Secular holiday : AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IA, IL, IN, MD, ME, MS, ND, NV, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WV, WI, WY

Half a day holiday

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Thursday 5, 2023

Sveta holiday:

Epifania

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Friday January 6, 2023

Catholic or Protestant: The origin of this word is from the GRIC EVERYTHING. This holiday is celebrated on January 6 and it means the day when Jesus was first introduced to the magicians. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Martin Luther King Day

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Monday 16 January, 2023

banks only : Martin Luther King was a U.S civil rights leader and American clergyman. His non-violent demonstrations against racial inequality led to civil rights legislation. He was assassinated in 1968. Banks and administrations are closed. Not a public holiday.

President’s Day

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Monday 20 February, 2023

banks only : In memory of the birthdays of Georges Washington (22/2/1732) and Abraham Lincoln (12/2/1809) Banks, post office and government close, but businesses, more and more, remain open, as well as universities. These banks remain open: Chase Bank, TD Bank, Wells Fargo

Day of American citizenship

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Thursday 2 March, 2023

Only banks:

Emancipation Day

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Wednesday 22 March, 2023

Only Banks: Feast of slavery*

Passion Friday

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Friday 7 April, 2023

Catholic or Protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar. nine0005

Easter

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Sunday April 9, 2023

Catholic or Protestant: PAID HOILIDAY

Administration Offices Closed

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Monday April 17, 2023

Only banks: JOSI de Diego ‘BIREDY 16, APRIL 16, APRIL 16 1866 – July 16, 1918), known as The Father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement , was a statesman, journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico’s independence from Spain and from the United States. nine0005

Mother’s Day

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Sunday May 14, 2023

Secular holiday:

Memorial Day

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Monday May 29, 2023

9000 time of war. This holiday was established after the civil war. This day is celebrated with parades and demonstrations.

Feast of the Fathers

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Sunday 18 June, 2023

Secular holiday : paid holiday

June National Liberty Day

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Monday 19 June, 2023

banks only : remember and honor the emancipation, in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, of the last slaves in the United States with 2019 at

St. John the Baptist (San Juan only)

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Saturday 24 June, 2023

Catholic : Christian observance to remember the beheading of John who protested against the morality of king Herod. San Juan only

Holidays in Puerto Rico in 2022

2022

Public holidays and public holidays in Puerto Rico for 2022. Dates of upcoming holidays. Date

Name

Type

Country

2022

New Year

Holiday

Puerto Rico

Jan 6 2022

Epiphany

Feast

Puerto Rico

Jan 11 2022

Birthday of Eugenio María de Ostos

Compliance

Puerto Rico

2022

Martin Luther King Jr Day

Public Sector Holiday, Banka

Puerto Rico

2022

Valentine’s Day

Compliance

Puerto Rico

21 Feb. 2022

Presidents Day

Bank Public Sector Celebration

Puerto Rico

Mar 1 2022

Carnival

Compliance

Puerto Rico

Mar 1 2022

Shrovetide

Compliance

Puerto Rico

Mar 2 2022

American Citizenship Day

Bank Public Sector Holiday

Puerto Rico

Mar 20 2022

March Equinox

Season

Puerto Rico

Mar 22 2022

Liberation Day

Bank Public Sector Holiday

Puerto Rico

15 Apr. 2022

Good Friday

Holiday

Puerto Rico

Apr 16 2022

Birthday of José de Diego

Compliance

Puerto Rico

17 Apr. 2022

Easter Sunday

Observance

Puerto Rico

May 8, 2022

Mother’s Day

Holiday

Puerto Rico

May 30, 2022

Memorial Day

Bank, Public Sector Holiday

Puerto Rico

Jun 19 2022

Father’s Day

Holiday

Puerto Rico

Jun 21 2022

June Solstice

Season

Puerto Rico

4 Jul.