Sun and Salsa Festival

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{{Infobox recurring event

|name = Sun and Salsa Festival

|logo =

|image = Kensington-2004.JPG

|caption = Kensington during the 2004 Sun and Salsa Festiva

|location = Kensington, Calgary

|years_active =1993-2014

|founded =1993

|dates = Mid July

|genre = Food festival, fundraising

|patron =

|website = [http://www.visitkensington.com/sunsalsa.html Sun and Salsa]

}}

The Sun and Salsa Festival was an annual festival put on in the Kensington Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) of Calgary, Alberta.{{Cite news|url=http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/07/21/6218096-sun.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080929065908/http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/07/21/6218096-sun.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 September 2008|title=Smokin' salsa social|last=White|first=Tarina|date=21 July 2008|work=Calgary Sun|publisher=Canoe Inc.|accessdate=22 July 2008}}{{Cite news|title=Sun and Salsa suits Calgarians just fine|last=White|first=Tarina|work=Calgary Sun|publisher=Canoe Inc.|date=20 July 2008}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/86764|title=Sun and Salsa serves up spicy Sunday|last=Sylvester|first=Krista|date=21 July 2008|work=Metro News (Calgary)|access-date=2008-07-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929135115/http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/86764|archive-date=29 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite news|title=Sun-sational salsa adds spice to city|last=Dormer|first=Dave|date=20 July 2008|work=Calgary Sun|publisher=Canoe Inc.}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitkensington.com/sunsalsa.html|title=Kensington Heats Up With Sun and Salsa|work=visitkensington.com/sunsalsa|publisher=Kensington BRZ|accessdate=22 July 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080603022740/http://www.visitkensington.com/sunsalsa.html |archivedate = 3 June 2008}}

It took place along 10 Street and Kensington Road, which both have parts closed off to traffic.

Attendance at the festival has grown to around 100,000 in 2010.{{Cite news|last=Dormer|first=Dave|title=Street fest hot, hot, hot|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2010/07/25/14823951.html|accessdate=9 August 2010|newspaper=Calgary Sun|date=25 July 2010}} In 2015, organisers announced that the festival would be cancelled due to construction developments in the community, citing sidewalks, trees, and streetlights upgrades as key factors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2015/04/23/calgarys-sun-and-salsa-festival-cancelled-for-2015-due-mostly-to-construction.html|title=Calgary's Sun and Salsa Festival cancelled for 2015 due mostly to construction|last=Fletcher|first=Robson|date=23 April 2015|website=Metro News Calgary}}{{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1960162/kensingtons-sun-and-salsa-festival-cancelled-for-2015/|title=Kensington's Sun and Salsa Festival cancelled for 2015|last=Corteau|first=Jill|date=24 April 2015|website=Global News Calgary}} Since then, the festival has been under an indefinite hiatus.