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February 21, 2012

This weekend, Peacock Park in the Grove played host to the 49th Annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival. The long-running celebration of the visual, culinary and performance arts is a production of the Coconut Grove Arts & Festival Historical Association, which has funded more than $100,000 in arts scholarships since 1963 and manages two art galleries open year-round.

UM photojournalism sophomore Kristen Spillane made it out to the festival with her camera. Performing at Peacock Park while she was there was self-described “Afro-Latin-Baby-Makin’-Descarga-Funk” band Suénalo, the Miami-based Latin funk outfit that was voted the Miami New Times’ Best Latin Band of 2011.

Check out Suénalo on iTunes, and while your songs download, enjoy these views through Kristen’s lens while Suénalo was performing at the festival:

Saxophonist Juan Turros, trombonist Chad Bernstein and vocalist Amin De Jesus of Suénalo perform on Sunday at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival in Peacock Park.

A festival-goer and her child enjoy the music of Suénalo at the 2012 Coconut Grove Arts Festival.

Festival-goers dance to the music of Suénalo.

Suénalo vocalist Michelle Forman strikes a pose at day two of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival.