OFJ Celebrates its Twentieth International Mariachi Festival
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From Thursday,August 29th through Sunday, September 8th, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco will accompany the very best local and international Mariachi groups as they celebrate the XX Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi (Twentieth International Mariachi Festival). The OFJ's participation in the festival consists of eight gala performances in the Teatro Degollado, here in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, the Land of the Mariachi.
The groups performing in this genre with whom we have worked in earliar years, Los Camperos de Nati Cano (from Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.), the Mariachi América (from Mexico City), the Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlán y el Mariachi Vargas (Tecalitlán, Jalisco), return to the Degollado stage with their beautiful songs and plan to include some new numbers especially arranged for the festival's twentieth anniversary.
The orchestra will accompany them under the secure baton of its Director Emeritus, Hector Guzman, and connoisseurs among the public will detect some passages in these arrangements where the OFJ really demonstrates its brilliance.
The mariachi galas, which begin this Thursday, August 29th, at 8 PM, include the following artists:
Thursday August 29, 8:00 PM, Teatro Degollado
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan
Mariachi América
Mariachi Vargas
Friday August 30, 8:00 PM., Teatro Degollado
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan
Mariachi Vargas
Saturday August 31, 8:00 PM, Teatro Degollado
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mariachi América
Mariachi Vargas
PUBLIC EVENT: Sunday, September 1, 8:00 PM, PLAZA LIBERACION*
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mariachi América
Mariachi Vargas
Wednesday, September 4, 8:00 PM, Teatro Degollado
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan
Mariachi Vargas
Thursday, September 5, 8:00 PM, Teatro Degollado
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mariachi América
Mariachi Vargas
*The public gala on Sunday, September 1 will be held in the Plaza Liberación, located between the Cathedral and the Teatro Degollado in downtown Guadalajara, and is free and open to the public.