The city of Glendale is throwing a celebration this weekend as it turns some streets into a car-free party zone.

“Open street events are these wonderful ways for people to connect with each other, to discover neighborhoods, to meet their neighbors, to find businesses they didn’t know about and enjoy the public spaces that belong to us,” said Aaron Paley, co-founder of Community Arts Resources, which along with the city is organizing the Saturday event.

More than a milelong portion of South Glendale Avenue between Lexington and Chevy Chase drives will be closed to cars from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. during the inaugural Let’s Go Glendale, which is expected to attract up to 10,000 people.

“It’s going to be like a mini festival,” said Paley, whose organization produces free public events and festivals including CicLAvia, which it was involved with from 2010-15.

For the Glendale event, people are invited to bike, scooter or walk through the area to check out art, cultural programs, food and live music. People will also be able to do a little shopping.

“There are going to be booths where you’re going to be able to buy craft and artisanal goods made by local people,” he said.

Headlining the day is the all-female mariachi band Las Colibri, which will perform its interpretations of traditional songs, huapangos and rancheras driven by vocal harmonies and all-string instrumentation.

“They’re just wonderful performers,” Paley said.

They’ll be joined by Armenian folk group Lernazang Ensemble, which performs traditional dance and music. Local kids will also be in the spotlight as the Herbert Hoover High School marching band and jazz band play tunes, while students from Cerritos, Marshall and Mann elementary schools will present poetry readings throughout the day.

“We are definitely hoping to start this as a new tradition in Glendale,” Paley said.

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday

Where: South Glendale Avenue between Lexington and Chevy Chase drives

Information: glendaleca.gov