A fair night at a fairground: the crowd filling the esplanade in front of a stage with truss, light cannons and smoke, between the sound towers and the tents of the stalls

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Present-day images of a fairground contributed to the CMTK Archive. ⚠️ The night shot carries the printed logo “Feria Titular San Jacinto 2018”; this Archive has not been able to confirm that it corresponds to the Parque de Ferias de San Jacinto of Maracay (see the note in the article).

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Pabellón de Ferias de San Jacinto

The home of the Copas Alpine

The fairgrounds of Maracay, home of the Copas Alpine and described by the magazine as the biggest gathering of minitecas after the Poliedro.

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The venue

The Parque de Ferias de San Jacinto is an extensive fairground in Maracay, in Aragua state. Its exhibition pavilion works as a space for exhibitions, spectacles and great events of the center of the country. It remains a point of reference for mass activities in the city.

Note on the images of this entry

The two photographs that illustrate it show a fairground in activity —the esplanade at night in front of the stage and the same space by day, with the tents set up—, and they serve to give an idea of the scale of a fairground on a day of spectacle.

A warning is in order, however: the night shot carries printed in one corner the logo “Feria Titular San Jacinto 2018”. The formula “feria titular” is the one used in Guatemala and Central America for patron-saint festivals —there are municipalities called San Jacinto in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico and Colombia—, so this Archive has not been able to confirm that the image corresponds to the Parque de Ferias de San Jacinto of Maracay. It is published with that doubt declared, not as a document of the Aragua venue. If anyone recognizes the place —one way or the other—, their contribution settles the entry.

Its place in Cultura Miniteka

The magazine points to it as the home of the Copas Alpine, and describes it as “el encuentro más grande de minitecas después del Poliedro”, the biggest gathering of minitecas after the Poliedro. That ranking is a judgment of the material kept in the CMTK Archive itself, and it is set down as such.

Independently, the mention was located of a “2da Copa Alpine” held in 1989 at the Pabellón de Ferias de San Jacinto, with the performance of Tony Escobar and his electronic show and the appearance of the best minitecas of the center of the country, as well as memories of “guerras de minitecas” — the sound clashes of the movement — at the venue (for instance, confrontations between Infierno and ZC cited by attendees). These references come from posts on social media by the minitequero community; they serve as an indication that the venue was indeed the setting of these gatherings, but they do not yet amount to a verified chronology of the Copas Alpine (number of editions, dates and winners).

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Credits and sources

· Home of the Copas Alpine and the ranking “el más grande después del Poliedro”: “La Revista de las Minitecas” (DJ Vladimir Medina Edition).
· External indications of minitequero activity: community posts on social media (Instagram / hashtags of the scene, accounts of the Parque de Ferias San Jacinto).
· Images of a fairground contributed to the CMTK Archive. ⚠️ The night shot carries the printed logo “Feria Titular San Jacinto 2018”; “feria titular” is the formula used in Guatemala and Central America for patron-saint festivals, and there are municipalities called San Jacinto in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico and Colombia. It has not been possible to confirm that it corresponds to the Maracay park: it is published with the doubt declared.
· Under documentary verification: the complete chronology of the Copas Alpine (editions, dates, crews and winners) and the certain identification of the venue shown in these photographs.

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Source consulted on July 10, 2026

80s · 90s · Minitecas · Rumbas