Meet HEY VATO! Creators in Santa Ana Sat., Oct. 18 @ 6:30pm, OC Film Fiesta

Name: Meet HEY VATO! Creators in Santa Ana Sat., Oct. 18 @ 6:30pm, OC Film Fiesta
Start: 2025-10-18T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-18T19:30:00-07:00
Location: TVGB, 1666 N Main, Santa Ana, CA 92701

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

TVGB, 1666 N Main, Santa Ana, CA 92701 | Santa Ana, CA

FREE! Meet the creators of the hilarious HEY VATO! web series in Santa Ana as part of the OC Film Fiesta this Sat., Oct. 18 @ 6:30pm at the TVGB Digital Maker Space, 1666 N Main in Santa Ana. Conveniently close to the 5 freeway.
Creators and stars Juan Rodriguez and Robert Vasquez (voice of Chuy), Angel Castro, Jose Varela and Val Nuñez will be on-hand to screen videos and share behind the scenes stories of this classic series. See the Chuy and Smiley puppets in person!
Watch hilarious HEY VATO! episodes, check out Juan Rodriguez's short film THE RANFLA starring Danny de la Paz and MY FRIEND FRIDA!
“HEY VATO” (created by Robert Vasquez, Juan Rodriguez & Marc Rivera) follows Smiley and Chuy, in their day to day lives as they do things such as trying to get rims for their “G” ride, discuss Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and try to come up with a formula to rid the neighborhood of occasional zombie plague. These vatos are armed with knowledge and loaded with wisdom.
Followed by Pepe Serna Tribute at 7:30pm.
For more information, visit www.ocfilmfiesta.org