Special thanks to this year's Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza sponsors and patrons for contributing towards scholarships and grants for mariachi group and vocal competition winners and winners of the original songwriting competition. With... read more →
Click here to listen to the original recording of "Nola" by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, with Miguel Martínez as trumpet soloist Experience the Splendor of the Mariachi Trumpet with... read more →
This is the second posting of a series of profiles written by mariachi historian Jonathan Clark on current members of Mariachi Vargas. Profiles will be posted on Mariachimusic.com blogs leading up... read more →
Corpus Christi’s 6th Annual Mariachi Music Fest serves host to a weekend of mariachi events including a concert with the world’s preeminent Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, mariachi music presentations in... read more →
Get your trajes ready and start practicing because the 19th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza competition registration is now open! To register for this years Extravaganza go onto www.mariachimusic.com and look... read more →
This is a good weekend to be in San Antonio. The City is hosting it's first-ever Kidcation Week August 12 -18. There's lots of FREE kid-friendly things to do like... read more →
People en Espanol magazine is bringing the Festival People en Espanol to San Antonio, TX on labor day weekend and the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza winners, Karen Zavala and Texas State mariachi... read more →
Thanks to People en Espanol, students at local San Antonio schools will be getting an end of the school year celebration with a performance by Karen Zavala and her trio.... read more →
Fiesta is right around the corner and there is no better way to celebrate Fiesta and the Hispanic culture than the Fiesta Pops event! Fiesta Pops is associated with the... read more →
Vanessa Cerda Alonso, selected by Mariachi Vargas as "The Best Vocalist in the U.S" in the 1999 Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza, will perform with the Houston Grand Opera in Cruzar la Cara... read more →