As the largest and longest-running mariachi festival in Texas, the annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza’s mission is to preserve and promote mariachi history, culture and tradition through exceptional ...

Amid the dozens of schools competing in this year’s Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza Competition in San Antonio, one prominent school band program decided to forego the 2024 event due to an “unfortunate ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The College of Southern Nevada's music troupe, Mariachi Plata, won top honors for the second year in a row at the 2022 Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio, Texas. Considered ...

HUMBLE, Texas (KTRK) -- A 10-year-old from Humble ISD is getting ready to compete in a national mariachi competition. The competition will be taking place in San Antonio, and this young contestant is ...

On the streets of downtown San Antonio this weekend, thousands of young musicians and the sounds of mariachi music. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) NADWORNY: It's called the Mariachi Extravaganza, and it's the ...

Regional Mexican music has been having a moment with the chart-topping success of acts such as Peso Pluma and Grupo Frontera. Cynthia Muñoz, who produces the annual Mariachi Extravaganza in San ...

Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza producer Cynthia Muñoz probably wouldn't say she's bringing sexy back to her long-running festival, but she does acknowledge that it has been a very good year for mariachi ...

When a group is planning a Mexican-themed event or someone is looking for mariachis to represent the culture of San Antonio they know to call one of the city's biggest mariachi fans. Cynthia Muñoz, ...

MARIACHI musicians may not get the spotlight that superstars Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez get, but mariachi music is here to stay. Enduring interest in the century-old mariachi tradition is ...

As the largest and longest-running mariachi festival in Texas, the annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza’s mission is to preserve and promote mariachi history, culture and tradition through exceptional ...