Peso Pluma Among Headliners for Next Year’s Tecate Pa’l Norte Festival

Peso Pluma is heading to Monterrey for a special performance next spring…

The 24-year-old Mexican Regional Mexican artist is among the headliners for the next edition of the Tecate Pa’l Norte festival, which has announced the extensive list of international stars that will take the stage the weekend of March 29-31.

Peso PlumaPeso Pluma is among a list of headliners that includes Keane, Maná and Fuerza Regida.

As it does every year, Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in northern Mexico, will host one of the most highly anticipated musical events, where attendees can enjoy genres such as rock, pop, hip-hop and regional Mexican music. 

The first day will feature artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Peso Pluma, Keane, Aleman, Bad Religion, Belanova, Aterciopelados, Bomba Estéreo, Chencho Corleone, Deorro, Los Estrambóticos, Aitana and a large number of emerging groups.

The second day will highlight Blink-182, Louis Tomlinson, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Anitta, Danna Paola, Danny Ocean, Gabito Ballesteros, Latin Mafia, Sum 41, Yng Lvcas, Humbe, Young the Giant, R3hab, Justin Morales and many more.

The last day of the festival will feature Maná, Imagine Dragons, Placebo, Fuerza Regida, Los Enanitos Verdes, Enjambre, Kenia Os, Santa Fe Klan, Álvaro Díaz, Jay de la Cueva, Oscar Maydón, Kinky, The Warning and The Blessed Madonna, in addition to a variety of up-and-coming artists.

Created in 2012 by the entertainment company Apodaca Group, based in Monterrey, Tecate Pa’l Norte was created with the local public in mind, which had to travel to Mexico City to attend these types of musical events. Music, art, gastronomy and northern traditions come together in Tecate Pa’l Norte, considered one of the most important festivals in the country along with Vive Latino and Corona Capital, held in Mexico City by Ocesa.

Morrison to Headline Austin’s Pachanga Latino Music Festival

Carla Morrison is about to pachanga in Texas…

The 26-year-old Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter, who won a Latin Grammy last November for best alternative song, will perform at this year’s Pachanga Latino Music Festival next month.

Carla Morrison

It’ll be Morrison’s first appearance at the festival, which will be held on May 10 and 11 at Fiesta Gardens in Austin, Texas.

In addition to Morrison, other big name performers for the sixth installment of the festival include Intocable, Los Lobos and 3Ball MTY.

Intocable and 3Ball MTY will headline on Friday night, while Morrison, Celso Piña and Enjambre are among the main acts on Saturday night.

The bill also features Grupo Fantasma, Vallejo, Este Vato, Gina Chavez, Como Las Movies, Bang Data, Susan Torres y Conjunto Clemencia, Selena y Los Burritos, Miranda Gil and Anthropos Musicians Collective.

“We are so excited about the line-up this year,” says Rich Garza, founder of festival, in a statement. “The addition of Carla Morrison and Enjambre to this year really brings us up another notch. We love that we can showcase all this music from Mexico, Austin and beyond.”

Tickets are on sale in one-day, two-day and VIP packages. Specially-priced general admission tickets start at $39 and are available with the full line-up at the Pachanga website.

A portion of all proceeds will benefit the FuturoFund Austin charity.

Morrison Performing at Mexico City’s Vive Latino Festival

It’ll be Vive Latino time with Carla Morrison in Mexico City this spring…

The 26-year-old Mexican pop-rock singer, one of the winners at this year’s Latin Grammys, has been added to the lineup for the massive Vive Latino festival, to be held at Mexico City’s Foro Sol stadium on March 14-17, 2013.

Carla Morrison

Mexican indie band Enjambre and Morrissey will open the festival on the night of March 14, according to Mexican publications. The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Underworld are set to headline on March 15. Blur will headline the 16th while Argentine ska legends Los Fabulosos Cadillacs will close the festival on the 17th.

In all more than 100 bands have been confirmed for the festival, including Nortec Collective DJs Bostich and Fussible, Afro-Colombian cumbia hip hop group Bomba Estereo, Argentina’s Banda de Turistas, Uruguayan rockers Cuarteto de Nos, Gepe from Chile, the reunited Mexican band Porter and Spanish rapper Mala Rodriguez.

Billed as the Festival Iberoamericano de Cultura Musical, Vive Latino was held for the first time in 1998, and has continued yearly except for the years 1999 and 2002. The 2013 festival will be the first to take place over four days.

Tickets for Vive Latino 2013 will be available during a Ticketmaster pre-sale December 6 and 7, with general ticket sales starting December 8.

Click here for the entire Vive Latino line-up.