Here are some highlights from the festival:

Wednesday, May 15 Guadalupe Theater | 9:30am-12pm | Free for Seniors

9:30am – Lydia Mendoza Stamp Launch Ceremony - The Music Icons stamp series was created to honor Americans who have helped shape popular music in America.

The official unveiling of this forever stamp will be Wednesday May 15, 2013 at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.  Members of the Mendoza family as well as other guests are scheduled to appear. The Postal Service™ will issue a Lydia Mendoza First-Class Mail^® commemorative stamp (Forever^® priced at 46 cents) in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 16 stamps (Item 579200). The stamp will go on sale nationwide May 15, 2013.

10am – Free for Seniors Conjunto Dance: Santos Soza y sus Estrellas

With Gold Rush Days, the Sacramento Greek Festival, Rainbow Festival, the African Cultural Festival, Chalk It Up! to Sacramento Festival, One Love, One Heart Reggae Festival, and the Tejano Conjunto Festival all happening over the long weekend, it’ll be tough to justify staying in this weekend!

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“I like to keep a modern, hip vibe,” says the multi-instrumentalist widely regarded as Esteban “Steve” Jordan’s heir. Castillo will perform Saturday, May 19, at the 31st annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio.

Presented by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the festival showcases conjunto musicians from across the country. This year’s festival, which kicked off May 15, culminates with a three-day series of shows at Rosedale Park.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/Blend-of-tradition-innovation-is-key-3563027.php#ixzz1v9IsPLtO

If all goes as planned, the co-founder and producer of the 31st annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio will have pulled off a fantastic coup: the historic reunion of brothers Flaco Jimenez and Santiago Jimenez Jr.

That’s expected at the finale at Rosedale Park on Sunday. Both award-winning musicians are on the bill with separate shows and will (according to Tejeda, Flaco and Santiago) play together at some point to honor their dad.

“It’s going to be history,” said Santiago.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Latin-Notes-May-17-2012-3562816.php#ixzz1v9HpDnrf

The brothers, children of Santiago Jiménez Sr. and two of the greatest living legends of conjunto in their own right, haven’t recorded together since 1960, and haven’t played together since 1982, when they shared the stage with their father at the very first Tejano Conjunto Festival in 1982. While Santiago is ready for the gig, Flaco was surprised when I asked him about it.

“They have sort of a long duel, an estrangement of sorts,” said festival director Juan Tejeda. “Santiago is willing to do it, but I spoke mainly to Flaco’s son about doing a polkita or two in tribute to their father. That’s the plan, and we all hope it happens.

Read the whole article here: “Flaco Jiménez: Will the ‘King of Conjunto’ finally play with his brother Santiago Jiménez Jr.? 

Read more here – Music – San Antonio Current.

Festival co-founder and organizer Juan Tejeda wouldn’t have it any other way…

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Tejano-Conjunto-Festival-mixes-old-new-3545787.php#ixzz1uUMXyyuG

Before teaching at Palo Alto College, Tejeda taught bicultural studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has written and lectured on the history and socio-cultural significance and importance of Tejano and conjunto music. He is also the founder of the Tejano Conjunto Festival.

Ybarra teaches her style of music at two colleges in San Antonio and performs locally with her mariachi and conjunto groups. She has toured in Washington, Canada, New York City, and performed at the San Antonio Conjunto Festival for the last 15 years. She has received numerous recognitions and awards throughout the years, most recently with her induction into the 2010 Conjunto Hall of Fame in San Benito, Texas. Her style and music complexity compares to Esteban Jordan, Paulino Bernal, and Oscar Hernandez.

For more information on the Legends of Texas Border Music Series, contact Mary Anthony at 210-999-8441.

Master Accordionist to Perform in Concert at Trinity University | Trinity University | a mySA.com blog.

Guarded by posters of rock and pop legends like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Michael Jackson, a group of young men from Palmview High School worked on perfecting the sounds of their region that holds strong routes throughout South Texas and Mexico since the 19th century.

“It has a good beat to dance to, to listen to,” said 17-year-old Omar Garza, an accordion player with La Tradicion, PHS’s conjunto group.

Read more here: Progress Times.

Camaradas de Conjunto: this morning at a press conference the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center officially unveiled the winning poster for the 30th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011. The winners of this year’s TCF Poster Contest were Al Rendon (photographer) and Robert Herzick (graphic designer) who collaborated on this year’s winning design. Pictured in the poster with accordion is Narciso Martinez. This picture was taken by Al Rendon at the 10th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival at Rosedale Park. Narciso Martinez was warming up prior to his performance at the festival. This is one of those rare photographs that captured “Don Chicho” smiling.

The complete musical line-up for the 30th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011, plus passes and ticket information is now available at www.guadalupeculturalarts.org Scroll down and click on Tejano Conjunto Festival. Spread the word y como siempre, gracias por su apoyo.  Juan



30th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011 – Conjunto is Life.

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Deadline: March 1, 2010

29^th Annual

Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2010

Tentative Schedule

Tuesday, May 11/Guadalupe Theater/9-11am/ Free

Seniors Conjunto Dance

Dueto Carta Blanca de George y Mague

Wednesday, May 12/Guadalupe Theater/7-9pm/Free

Best of the 28^th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival 2009

CD Release Party

Thursday, May 13/Rosedale Park/6-11pm/$13 per person*

6:00 Opening Ceremonies/Poster Contest Exhibit & Awards

Lo Mejor del Conjunto Orquestal

6:30 Los Layton (Elsa)

7:30 AJ Castillo (Austin)

8:40 David Lee Garza y Los Musicales (Poteet)

10:00 Roberto Pulido y Los Clásicos (Edinburg)

Friday, May 14/Rosedale Park/7pm-12am/$14 per person*

Puro Conjunto Pesado

7:00 Mickey y sus Carnalez (Houston)

8:00 Los Arcos Hermanos Peña (Dimmitt)

9:00 Los Fantasmas del Valle (Mercedes)

10:00 Boni Mauricio y Los Máximos (Corpus Christi)

11:00 Los Dos Gilbertos (Pharr)

Saturday, May 15/Rosedale Park/1pm-12am/$15 per person*

Puro Conjunto Pesado

1:00 Student Showcase:

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center * Conjunto Heritage Taller

La Joya Independent School District * U.T. Austin Conjunto Ensemble

Palo Alto College/Conjunto Palo Alto

3:00 Lázaro Pérez y su Conjunto (Bishop)

4:00 Dwayne & the TexMeXplosion (Netherlands)

5:00 Linda Escobar y su Conjunto (Corpus Christi)

featuring Honorio Imamura (Japan)

6:00 Eva Ybarra y su Conjunto (San Antonio)

7:00 Max Baca y Los Texmaniacs (San Antonio)

8:00 Bernardo y sus Compadres (Laredo)

9:00 Joel Guzmán Sarah Fox y Conjuntazzo (Buda)

10:00 Rubén Vela y su Conjunto (Santa Rosa)

11:00 Flaco Jiménez y su Conjunto (San Antonio)

* 3-Day Rosedale All-Events Pass

$30 GCAC Members

$35 Non-Members

Register for an accordion or bajo sexto workshop:

TCF Workshop Schedule & Registration Form 2010

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