~Imagine Main Plaza filled to capacity with familia: Abuela just danced to Flaco’s rendition of “Hey baby, que paso?” as her granddaughter anxiously awaits Girl in a Coma – her rocking role models now carrying the torch of San Antonio music nation-wide. Tia is “Riding my Thumb to Mexico” –two-stepping to Johnny Rodriguez while across the Plaza, little ones are mesmerized by the magic of Alberto The Great. Night falls with fire spinners and aerial performers while Flaco and Johnny are having a Lone Star beer back-stage catching up. The Krayolas with The Westside Hornsare performing their critically acclaimed nuevo-tradition corrido and Tish Hinojosa and Alejandro Escovedo are listening from the wings.
This is the 2nd Annual San Antonio Latino Music Festival – an event where San Antonio and its welcome visitors experience family and cultura – a free event that invites an intergenerational audience to celebrate San Antonio roots under our beautiful Texas sky.
This is downtown San Antonio. This is Main Plaza.
VISION
To create an event showcasing the diversity of music within the American Latino identity
MUSIC
We have broadened the definition of “Latino music” to include many musical genres in our festival: Chicano blues, Conjunto, punk-rock, roots, country, rock, and fusions of all.
PLAZA ESPECTÁCULO
Intimate plaza-level performances during music breaks located throughout the Plaza featuring dance, fire, magic, and low-riders.
EL CORAZÓN DE MEMORIA
Main Plaza’s Dia de los Muertos Altarby David Zamora Casas will remain on display through November 8, 2009.
DETAILS
° Saturday, November 7, 2009 (12pm-12am)
° Free & open to the public
° VIP Kick-Off Mixer: Friday, November 6 (Details TBD)
° Over 75 musicians, dancers, and artists participating
° Over 8,000 anticipated attendance
° Event coincides with the San Antonio Veteran’s Day Parade; route begins at 12 p.m. and marches down Commerce Street, adjacent to Main Plaza
LMF 2009 PERFORMERS...More TBA!
JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ – Country Music Legend
FLACO JIMENEZ – Accordion Legend
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO – Texas Rocker
TISH HINOJOSA - Roots Fusion
GIRL IN A COMA – Cutting Edge Rock
THE KRAYOLAS with THE WESTSIDE HORNS – SA Roots Rock
ABOUT DAVID ZAMORA CASAS
David has had previous installations and solo exhibits at ArtPace, Blue Star Arts Complex, Sala Diaz, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Planta de Arte Nuclear, the Anti-Oppression Church, IV Artspace, The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, and the Bonham Exchange. He has participated in numerous group exhibits including Corpus Christi’s 6th Annual CineSol Film Festival, "Collective Visions," and "Los Dias de los Muertos" at the San Antonio Museum of Art. He was in a group show at DiverseWorks (Houston), University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, The Hertzberg Museum, and the Instituto Cultural Mexicano. Both UTSA and San Antonio’s Central Library have featured David’s work as well as galleries in Austin and Dallas. David has been selected for numerous awards including an international Artist in Residency program for study in London from ArtPace in 1995 and as one of ten artists to receive a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation in 1992. He has also been the recipient of several individual artist grants from the City of San Antonio’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
Special GRACIAS to participating artists and all who attended the 1st Annual San Antonio Latino Music Festival. It was a huge success. T-shirts & posters are still available through our office.
Backstage at the 1st Annual San Antonio Latino Music Festival
Sisters Morales with SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER Augie Meyers
Joe Jama y Familia with Marisela Barrera
Hector Saldana of The Krayolas with Augie Meyers
Onstage at the 2008 San Antonio Latino Music Festival...
Augie Meyers with the Westside Horns---what a performance!
Alvaro Salas of the dynamic punk/conjunto group-Pinata Protest
Urban-15 performed with such energy...
...the audience joined in!
George Cisneros of Urban-15...thank you George & Kat!
Brothers of the Flame lighted the night at the Latino Music Festival.
Espana Viva featuring Randy Cordero on guitar shared the passion of Flamenco.
THE 1ST ANNUAL "SAN ANTONIO LATINO MUSIC FESTIVAL"
NOVEMBER 8, 2008
PRESENTED BY MAIN PLAZA CONSERVANCY
AND
OFFICIAL SPONSOR - DRURY PLAZA HOTEL
LINE-UP OF EVENTS: SAN ANTONIO SOUND
Noon-12:45pm: Network for Young Artists: San Antonio based nonprofit training the next generation of performing artists
Noon-2pm **Veteran’s Day Parade**
1:30-3pm Conjunto Heritage Taller: San Antonio based nonprofit
featuring intergenerational conjunto performances
3-4pm: Plaza Espectáculo: Conjunto de Foxy & Chucho
Foxy Garcia and Chucho Perales, favorites on the Plaza Sundays, playing conjunto tradicional
4-5pm: Hot Sauce
Latin grooves with slick guitar and marimba – a favorite on the Plaza during our lunch-time music events
5-5:45pm: Plaza Espectáculo: España Viva featuring Randy Cordero
Dance and music capturing the passion of Spanish flamenco
6-6:45pm: Pinata Protest
Punk rock with strong conjunto influences
7-7:30pm: Urban-15
Bright big dance and drum line founded by George and Kat Cisneros
7:30-8:15pm: Plaza Espectáculo: La Carpa
Intimate variety performances located throughout the Plaza featuring S.T. Shimi (aerialist), DJ Plata (Eddie Hernandez), Brothers of the Flame y mas…
8:15-9:15pm: The Krayolas
Their new album “La Conquistadora” marks the return of the Tex-Mex Beatles
9:15-10:15pm Sisters Morales
Music that knows no boundaries
10:30-12am: The Westside Horns with Special Guest Augie Meyers
San Antonio Blues with Tex-Mex Rock & Roll!
Special Appearance by Joe Jama!
Legendary Westside Horns is a San Antonio group featuring Sauce Gonzalez, Urban Urbano, Mike Zeal, Jay Martinez, Spot Barnett, Louie Bustos, Al Gomez, and Little Roger Gonz
Bring your own chair, concessions available, alcohol will be sold by Blue Star Brewing Company. Plan to spend your weekend at Main Plaza with musicians bringing the best of the best "sounds" to San Antonio.
"OFFICIAL" PROGRAMS & T-SHIRTS WILL BE SOLD AT EVENT!!!
