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Mole de Mayo Festival
18th Street, Pilsen 1400 W, 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesSones de México Ensemble returns to Mole de Mayo, an annual festival celebrating mole, the incredible culinary dish from Mexico. The fest takes place on 18th Street in Pilsen, the cultural heart of Chicago's Mexican community. We'll close the festival with a concert on the East Stage at the corner of 18th & Blue Island. […]
IAMS Fiesta Cultural 2017
Inter American Magnet School 851 W Waveland Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for a summer evening of Mexican son in the shadow of Wrigley Field at the Inter-American Magnet School. It's part of the school's 2017 Fiesta Cultural, which runs from 2 to 8pm. More details on the Festival are at http://www.iamschicago.com/news/fiesta-cultural-2017
Navy Pier Group Quinceañera Concert
Navy Pier 600 E. Grand Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesNavy Pier is celebrating the quinceañeras of young ladies throughout the Chicagoland area with free professional group photos on the 15th of July. Navy Pier has teamed up with the National Museum of Mexican Art to host a photo shoot for 15-year-old birthday girls on the base of the Pier’s Wave Wall staircase on the […]
Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival
Marquette Tourist Park Marquette, MI, United StatesThe 39th Annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival presents Sones de Mexico Ensemble in concerts and workshops including a presentation of 'Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico' Marquette Tourist Park, 2145 Sugar Loaf Ave, Marquette, MI For festival tickets go to https://hiawathamusic.org/order-festival-tickets/ Admission to 'Beyond the Music' program is free. Full schedule coming soon! […]
Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico
Waukegan Public Library 128 N. County Street, Waukegan, IL, United StatesSones de Mexico Ensemble’s "Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico" QUIZ: Where are Tapatíos, Jarochos, Regios, Chilangos, and Calentanos from? What is their music like, and how did it come to sound like that? Experience a guided tour through Mexico's folk music regions with live demonstrations by the Ensemble. Find out everything you […]
Beyond the Music: Solar Eclipse Concert
Turley Park 101 N Glenview, Carbondale, IL, United StatesA rare total solar eclipse will pass directly over Carbondale, IL on the afternoon of August 21, so Sones de Mexico Ensemble is heading to the path of totality to present Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico outdoors at Lemus Turley Park, 109 N Glenview in Carbondale. The total eclipse occurs at exactly […]
Mexico en el Corazón with Ballet Folklórico of Guadalajara
Jay Pritzker Pavilion 201 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesNAIMA and FEDEJAL is proud to present, in a Millennium Park premiere, directly from Jalisco, The Ballet Folklórico of Guadalajara. Sones de México Ensemble joins Ballet Folklórico de Guadalajara, Mariachi Juvenil Colotlan and Mariachi Herencia de Mexico at Pritzker Pavilion of Millennium Park for a celebration of the dances and music from Jalisco, the birthplace […]
Beyond the Music: Diego Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Institute of the Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, United StatesSones de México Ensemble celebrates Mexican Independence Day with a concert at the famous Diego Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. The Detroit Industry fresco cycle was conceived by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera as a tribute to the city's manufacturing base and labor force of the 1930s. Rivera completed the twenty-seven panel […]
7th Annual Day of the Immigrant Concert & Workshop
Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center 375 W. Briarcliff, Bolingbrook, ILSones de México Ensemble joins the 7th Annual Day of the Immigrant event sponsored by the Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project. The all-day event runs from 2 to 11PM. The band will perform an hour long concert beginning at 7PM. They will share the bill with the renowned Grupo Bryndis from Cerritos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico […]
The Mercado on Fifth (Moline, IL Farmers Market)
Mercado on Fifth 1122 4th Ave, Moline, IL, United StatesSones de México Ensemble travels to the Quad Cities for an outdoor public concert at the Mercado on Fifth. Mercado on Fifth is a night market that runs every Friday from 5 PM to 9 PM in the Floreciente neighborhood on 5th Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Moline. The open-air, multicultural market, features 30-plus food […]