The 2008 San José Mariachi and Latin Music Festival was a great success!
Dear Friends,
Thank you to everyone -- patrons, sponsors, artists, crew, volunteers -- who made the 17th Annual San José Mariachi and Latin Music Festival such a huge success! This past month, the San José/San Francisco Bay Area community was treated to:
 The artistry of over 700 musicians and dancers
Performances and related events spread over three weeks
The variety of San José's many arts venues and parks, including HP Pavilion,
 Theatre on San Pedro Square, Plaza De César Chávez, and San José State Event Center.
Educational workshops reaching over 300 students
A rip-roaring Mexican rodeo featuring the best in equestrian and bovine talent
A star-studded, glittering tribute to the divas of mariachi
If you missed the action, check out the video link below, courtesy of the San Jose Mercury News. And if you were there, helping to make this year's festival the wonderful success that it was... THANK YOU for your support and enthusiasm, and we hope you'll take a moment to relive the experience.
You Saw It Here First - the 2008 Festival Poster!
Our commemorative poster was designed by our fabulous art designer, Carlos Perez. Click the photo or click here to view a larger version.
The poster Carlos designed is a beautiful illustration of the creative theme selected by Linda Ronstadt for this year's festival: a celebration of the women of mariachi music and the canción ranchera. The process Carlos used involved an extensive search for vintage photos of the three divas whose memorable artistry will be profiled at our gala concert: Lola Beltran, Amalia Mendoza and Lucha Reyes. We were assisted in this process by Randy Carillo, music director for Mariachi Cobre, who will be joining Linda, Aida Cuevas, Lila Downs, and Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano at the concert. Randy has an extensive collection of historical mariachi record albums, and he loaned us several from which Carlos was able to scan images of the artists. From there, Carlos and his colleague, illustrator Juan Raul, hand painted the images to create a new original illustration. The style of the art work is reminiscent of vintage Mexican calendars and theatrical posters, which is exactly what we hoped Carlos' illustration would evoke.
These fine art commemorative posters will be available for purchase. Each poster will be custom printed to order on acid free paper. Framing is also available. To get information about pricing and to order yours, please call 1-877-MHCVIVA.
Visit also our online gallery of mariachi posters to review 17 years of original poster designs by some of the most gifted Latino artists in the United States.
2008 Festival is Sponsored by:
State Farm®
Presented by:
El Mexicano Brand Cheeses, KDTV Univision 14 and KFSF TeleFutura 66, Estéreo Sol 98.9/99.1 FM, Recuerdo 100.3 FM, La Kalle 100.7/105.7 FM and KLOK 1170 AM
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