Mariachi Festival
SAN JOSE
– From July 14-18, the Mexican Heritage Plaza will present a
series of arts events that celebrate Mexico’s most identifiable
music genre. These events include three international music
concerts, folkloric dancers, Mariachi music workshops and a
Mariachi-style Mass and festival.
Mariachi Festival
SAN JOSE – From July 14-18, the Mexican Heritage Plaza will present a series of arts events that celebrate Mexico’s most identifiable music genre. These events include three international music concerts, folkloric dancers, Mariachi music workshops and a Mariachi-style Mass and festival.
All events take place at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave. This year’s theme is “Ay, Jalisco No Te Rajes,” which represents the will, courage, patriotism and cultural history of the people of Jalisco.
Registration for the workshops is $85.
Tickets for the Noche de Estrellas performance, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 15, which will feature the State Mariachi Youth champions, Mariachi San Jose, and Manuel Romero, are $15. Tickets for the Noche de Garibaldi performance, to feature Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 16, are $35. Tickets for the Noche de Serenata performance, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, are $50. That night’s performance will feature Mariachi de América de don Jesús RodrÃguez de HÃjar, from Mexico City.
Mariachi Mass takes place at 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 18, and is free. Feria Del Mariachi will feature three stages and begins at 11 a.m. on July 18. It is also free.
For ticket information, call 928-5563 or at the Mexican Heritage Plaza box office, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Amadeus Guitar Duo
SAN JOSE – South Bay Guitar Society presents Amadeus Guitar Duo with Dale Kavanagh and Thomas Kirchhoff on Saturday, July 17, at 8 p.m., at Le Petit Trianon Theatre, 72 N. 5th St. Critics and audiences acknowledge the young musicians’ bubbling temperament and their highly sensitive creative ability in musical phrasing and articulation.
Reserved tickets are $18 and general tickets are $15, $2 less for society members, seniors and students. For more information, call www.sbgs.org or 292-0704.
Los High Tops
Los High Tops will play the Friday Night Music Series on July 9 downtown on West Second Street, 7-9 p.m. Band members hail from Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Santa Cruz. Los High Tops wrote and recorded the music currently playing on Hotwire.com’s national TV commercials.
The band plays surfabilly music, which combines early rockabilly, with surf music and jump blues. The sound evokes the early sound of rock ‘n’ roll – when country first mixed with blues, R&B and other American music styles. Many of the songs in Los High Tops’ repertoire are original. For more information, call 779-9444.
