LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A free Cinco de Mayo celebration will be held Sunday at Los Angeles State Historic Park.

The norteño band Los Huracanes Del Norte will be the featured performers at Sunday's festival in Chinatown. Other performers include Ana Bárbara, Mi Banda el Mexicano, De Casimiro Zamudio, Kanales, Joss Favela, Nuevos Rebeldes and José Torres.

The festival will run from noon-8 p.m.

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of a 4,500-man Mexican militia over a larger, well-equipped French expeditionary force at the original Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.