The festival draws an enthusiastic audience of more than 10,000 fans, dancers, and musicians from across Texas and the United States, as well as Mexico, Europe, and Asia. There were more than 100 entries. Guest judges included Adriana Garcia, an award-winning San Antonio artist, and Rambo Salinas, owner of Friends of Sound Records.Įach spring for the past four decades, the Conjunto Festival en San Antonio has presented live performances of all of the founders, popular performers, and heritage award winners of the genre, along with dances, workshops, Hall of Fame inductions, and other events. For the high school category, the winner was Ava Rocha, and the winner in the college category is Michael Alvarez. The winner of the middle school category was Gabriela Mejia. The winning posters, honorable mentions in each category, and all of the other entries are available for viewing at the Progreso Gallery next to the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore at 1300 Guadalupe St, San Antonio, Texas.
The top prize for this winning poster is $2,000.
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The Tejano Conjunto Festival 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 categories. Elisa de Hoyos, a Weslaco, Texas resident, musician, and artist of the conjunto-themed painting. Her winning poster, selected by judges in an open competition, will be used for all promotion and marketing for the 41st Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival, which takes place May 17-21, 2023 at the Guadalupe Theater and Rosedale Park. The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center announced Elisa de Hoyos as the winning artist for the 41st Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2023 poster contest. and Eddie Lalo Torres, and new inductions into the Hall of Fame with a special dinner and dance on Thursday, May 18 at the historic Guadalupe Theater.
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In addition to the live music and dancing over three days at Rosedale Park, the 41st Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival will feature a free Wednesday, May 17th seniors dance with music from Santiago Jimenez, Jr. On Sunday, May 21, the Tejano Conjunto Festival closes out with an incredible 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 Ybarra, Los Texmaniacs featuring special guest Flaco Jimenez, and Boni Mauricio y Los Maximos. On Saturday, May 20, the festival features 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. On Friday, May 19, the festival kicks off with Joe Zimmerle y su Conjunto, Los Tellez, Javier Solis y los Unikos, Ruben de la Cruzand Ruben Garza, the South Texas Homies, and Ricky Naranjo y Los Gamblers. The lineup for the 41st Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival will feature “Puro Conjunto Pesado: Lo Mejor de Tejas” with three days of the best in conjunto music.
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