PHILADELPHIA, PA--(MARKET WIRE)--Sep 4, 2008 -- Celebrate Mexican culture at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street on Sunday, September 14, 2008 from Noon to 8 p.m. at the Mexican Independence Day Celebration! The fiesta will include music, dancing, food, crafts and entertainment for all ages. The Mexican Independence Day Festival is just one of the many events provided by the PECO Multicultural Series and made possible by the 2008 Summer Season Sponsor Independence Blue Cross.

The Great Plaza at Penn's Landing will be transformed into a great fiesta to commemorate the 14th annual Mexican Independence Day Festival in Philadelphia. The Fiesta helps commemorate the historical event on September 16, 1810 when the Mexican people began to fight for freedom against Spanish colonial domination. The 11-year struggle led to the establishment of Mexico as a free independent country. Celebrate this event by exploring Mexican culture with food, music, dancing and artisans from all regions of Mexico. The Mexican Independence Day Festival is one of the largest attended celebrations of Penn's Landing Multicultural Series.

This 2008 Fiesta promises to be another record-breaking event. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a day rich in Mexican food, folklore, music, dance and fun! There will be a show of traditional costumes. Highlights of the musical program include folkloric dance, mariachi music by Mariachi Tapatio, Ballet Folflorico Amanecer, cumbia rhythms and Aztec Dances by Fuego Nuevo. The program will also feature the new sensation of Duranguense rhythms of Atrapado Musical.

The Kid's Corner is a must for the children, with the direction of Mexican muralist Cesar Viveros-Herrera. Viveros-Herrera will invite all kids to paint with him, and represent on paper what they know and think about Mexico.

This annual event became an important event for the organizers in order to publicize the importance of their community in the Philadelphia region. The Mexican Independence Festival has a main objective to generate cultural awareness and celebrate Mexican Independence.

Admission is free for all PECO Multicultural Series events. PECO presents a series of free Multicultural festivals throughout the summer season at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing. The Mexican Independence Day Festival is the final event of the series. KYW Newsradio 1060 is a proud media partner.

Supporting the region's diversity has been a longstanding goal for PECO, who has sponsored the multicultural festivals at Penn's Landing for the past twelve years. "All of us at PECO are thrilled to return again to the waterfront to support the multicultural festivals," said Denis O'Brien, PECO president and CEO. "Penn's Landing is a Philadelphia summertime tradition and the PECO Multicultural Series is a fun way for us to celebrate the wide range of diversity represented in our service territory."

Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC - News). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 480,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,500 people in the region. PECO delivered 78.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 39.9 billion kilowatt-hours-hours of electricity in 2007. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations.

Penn's Landing Corporation is the non-profit organization responsible for funding and producing public programming on the Great Plaza, Philadelphia's Delaware Waterfront Park. Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the 2008 Summer Season at Penn's Landing. All events produced by Penn's Landing Corporation are FREE to the public and on the Great Plaza, the heart of Penn's Landing, Philadelphia's premier riverfront entertainment destination.

Public Programming at Penn's Landing would not be possible without our presenting sponsor Independence Blue Cross and the continued support of PECO, Bank of America, Pennsylvania Lottery, Live Nation, and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, all of whom are committed to serving the Greater Philadelphia community.

For more information and event details, please call (215) 922-2FUN or visit www.pennslandingcorp.com. The Penn's Landing Corporation website is a virtual resource for the waterfront which can help visitors plan to easily park, play and stay all day at Penn's Landing.