Quinceañera celebrations typically depend on businesses that also cater to weddings, said Luis Raúl Solorio Cisneros, owner of Sonido D-Kache Mn, a party-planning business in Inver Grove Heights. Party staples include an extravagant, brightly colored, bell-shaped dress; a catered meal; a reception with music and dancing, and a religious ceremony.
Minnesota’s quinceañera season starts in the spring and runs through early fall, he said. Most girls plan their parties around their birth dates, but girls with cold-month birthdays often wait until it’s warmer to celebrate.
Solorio Cisneros said he’s not seeing as many bookings this season, but he hopes the warmer months bring more clients.
Quinceañeras now make up more than two-thirds of his booked events, he said. A decade ago, he was lucky to hit double digits in bookings. In the years since, quinceañera bookings have outpaced weddings. Last year, he saw 45 such events.
Meantime, social media trends have become a driving force for businesses that offer services for quinceañera celebrations, spurring them to innovate and add novel features.
Solorio Cisneros offers DJ services and party rentals, but said his main focus now is on bringing new and interesting concepts to local parties — everything from dancing robots to a mirror man. Lately, he’s seen lots of rentals for his “dancing in the clouds” stage, which features fog and pyro machines to prettily shroud an LED dance floor, he said.
