Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Chicago

By ABC7
More than a dozen bands performed at the Plaza Garibaldi in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood during an annual Cinco de Mayo festival.

Bands were scheduled to play until 8 p.m. Sunday.

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army in 1862.

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