Tejano Conjunto Festival 2009

The 3rd annual Tejano Conjunto Festival, featuring some of the best talent in tejano accordion music, is coming to Sacramento on September 6 (Labor Day weekend) at Cesar Chavez Plaza. Last year's festival was a great success so we are expecting a bigger crowd this year as Sacramento has become nationally recognized for hosting this very special music festival that at one time, could only be found in Texas. Performers at this year's festival include Hometown Boys, Jay Perez, Bob Gallarza, and more.

Tejano /Conjunto music has it’s roots deep in the Rio Grande Valley where it began many years back and has continued to grow in popularity. It sings to the Mexican American working class who made this music popular. The music now has a category of it’s own in the Grammy awards. Texas has seen many new acts come up over the last few years and now we are seeing new acts springing up allover the US, attesting to the fact that Tejano Conjunto music is catching on throughout the nation. This year we will be featuring, not only Texas bands but California and Oregon bands.