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In Mexico, Halloween is nothing compared to the Day of the Dead, a national holiday that (essentially) commemorates good and bad spirits of people who no longer get tricks or treats. This year, Cal ...

There was no need to prime the audience at the May 7 mariachi festival at the Save Mart Center about how mariachi music transcends generations, borders and emotions. The ‘Ay Amor! Serenata Pa’l ...

One of the longest-running and perhaps the most acclaimed mariachi group of all time, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, will be performing at the Podium on Friday. Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was ...

To be held Friday, Aug. 17, at the San Diego Civic Theatre, the third annual San Diego International Mariachi Summit Gala Concert will raise money for the locally based Mariachi Scholarship Foundation ...

Silver embellishments of traditional Mexican attire glistened on the stage Thursday, Dec. 3 as Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán showed a large audience at the Valley Performing Arts Center why they’re ...

Martha Ramirez, who frequently writes about Latin music, originally wrote this story in Spanish for Excelsior: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was founded in 1898 in Tecalitlán, a small town in Mexico’s ...

The Rolling Stones and their 55th anniversary have nothing on the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. The latter group has been together, under different leadership but the same name, since 1897.

More than 1,300 mariachi musicians from across the country are taking the stage at the Lila Cockrell Theatre this week for ...

On Saturday, April 15, Mariachi Vargas will grace the YouTube Theater in Inglewood. The 126-year-old mariachi ensemble is on its “Mexicano Desde La Raiz World Tour” and will perform in Mexico, Canada, ...

One of the most influential ensembles in the history of mariachi, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was founded over 100 years ago in a small city near Jalisco, Mexico. More than 50 recordings later, the ...

Mariachi Extravaganza kicked off its festival on Thursday with the National Vocal Competition Semifinals at the Lila Cockrell ...