Guadalupe Center Unveils Poster, Festival Line-up

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THE GUADALUPE CENTER UNVEILS WINNING POSTER, LINE-UP for FESTIVAL

Winning the poster contest for the Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival is no small accomplishment. This year’s winner is Elisa de Hoyos, a musician and artist of conjunto-themed paintings who lives in Weslaco, Texas. Her winning entry will be used for all promotion and marketing for the 41st fest, which will take place May 17-21, 2023 at the Guadalupe Theater and Rosedale Park.

Festival Poster by Elisa de Hoyos

The poster contest provides opportunities for students in middle school, high school and college categories to compete for the top prize, alongside the open and professional category. The winner gets $2,000. Elisa is quoted as saying: “Nothing makes me happier than painting accordions and playing the accordion.”

The winners in each category are: Gabriela Mejia (middle school); Ava Rocha (high school), and Michael Alvarez (college) Altogether, there were more than 100 entries. Congratulations to all!

And now, get ready for the music! The San Antonio Tejano Conjunto Festival is the first and longest running conjunto music festival in the U.S., and is internationally recognized “as the most influential event for this beloved and popular Texas musical tradition,” says the press release.

Taking place both at the Guadalupe Theater and at Rosedale Park over three days, the fest will feature the top performers in the genre. The festivities kick off Friday May 19 with Joe Zimmerle y su Conjunto; Los Tellez; Javier Solis y los Unikos; Ruben de la Cruz and Ruben Garza; the South Texas Homies, and Ricky Naranjo y Los Gamblers.

The music continues Saturday, May 20, with Conjunto Cats; Isaac De Los Santos y La Sangre Chicana; Ricky Guzman y Los Tres Ases; Conjunto Baraja de Oro; Los Cucuys de Rodney Rodriguez, Los Fantasmas;; Los Monarcas de Pete y Mario Diaz; Lazaro Perez y su Conjunto; Los Garcia Brothers and Tony Tigre Saenz.

The Sunday, May 21 event features an old-school line-up made up of Cindy Ramos y su Conjunto; Grupo Azido; the Tejano Boys; Los Badd Boyz del Valle; Santiago Garza y Naturaleza; Los Conjunto Kingz de Flavio Longoria; Edgar Vasquez y su Conjunto; Eva Ibarra, Los Texmaniacs with Flaco Jimenez, and Boni Mauricio y Los Maximos.

In addition to live music and dancing at Rosedale Park, there will be a senior dance with Santiago Jimenez, Jr. and Eddie Lalo Torres at the Guadalupe Theater on May 17. Inductions into the Hall of Fame take place May 18, also in the theater. Tickets for festival events go on sale March 15, and will be $45 for a weekend pass. Go to https://guadalupeculturalarts.org/