Popular Mole de Mayo Festival shuts down

Pilsen's Mole De Mayo Festival, A Memorial Day Weekend Tradition, Appears To Have Been Canceled

PILSEN — The popular Mole de Mayo street festival, a staple in the Pilsen neighborhood for 15 years, has been canceled ahead of its scheduled Memorial Day weekend festivities, according to reports.WGN reported Friday that festival organizers have not given a reason for the festival’s cancellation. Previous social media posts listed the event as being scheduled for Saturday-Monday on 18th Street between Halsted and Morgan streets.Calls to a numbe…

Popular Mole de Mayo Festival shuts down

CHICAGO — The popular street festival Mole de Mayo will not be happening this Memorial Day weekend.    The event has been a tradition in the Pilsen neighborhood for 15 years with food, music and professional wrestling matches known as lucha libre. Organizers have not said why the event that attracted thousands of people to Pilsen has been canceled. Mole de Mayo was hosted by the Eighteenth Street Development Corporation, a non-profit organizatio…