Jaime Monzon
Attendees of a earlier Muertos Fest exhibit their elaborate garb.
Grammy-winning group Ozomatli, recognized for infectious dance music constructed round Latin rhythms, will headline this 12 months’s Muertos Fest, the annual free pageant honoring the Mexican Día de los Muertos custom at Hemisfair.
Identified for its riveting reside reveals, Los Angeles-based Ozomatli makes a speciality of an brisk fusion of funk, hip-hop, salsa, reggae and different genres. The band is one among 40 musical acts scheduled to play the eleventh Annual Día de los Muertos at Hemisfair — also referred to as Muertos Fest — scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 28-29 at Hemisfair’s newly opened Civic Park.
The musical lineup, unveiled throughout a Wednesday press convention, additionally will embrace Sony recording artist Mariangela, conjunto torchbearer Santiago Jimenez Jr., legendary mariachi group Campanas de America, West Aspect soul revivalists Eddie and the Valiants, Selena tribute band Bidi Bidi Banda and Monterrey, Mexico’s Laura Denisse y Los Brillantes.
As with earlier years, Muertos Fest will embrace day by day processions honoring the lifeless together with greater than 80 altars created by San Antonio artists, college students and residents to recollect departed family members. The family-friendly occasion additionally will function artwork distributors, workshops, poets, dancers and extra.
Final 12 months’s pageant drew 135,000 individuals, and organizers mentioned they count on a minimum of as many to attend this 12 months.
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