Resuscitated music competition La Semana Allegre unveiled its 2026 lineup Thursday, and it has just a little one thing for everybody — from new wave to Latin to punk and past, and with a mixture of native, nationwide and worldwide acts.
The annual get together will happen at San Antonio’s Hemisfair Park on Thursday and Friday, April 23-24, as a part of the town’s Fiesta celebrations. Tickets are on sale now for $15.
For Gen X-ers and the OSHA-compliant, Males With out Hats will carry out their “Security Dance” amongst different bops as headliner for the ’80s-leaning opening evening.
English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, created by Intercourse Pistols provocateur Malcom McLaren, will carry out in Thursday’s lineup. McLaren additionally managed the New York Dolls and Adam and the Ants, even recruiting members of Bow Wow Wow from the latter act.
Thursday’s nostalgia journey continues with California’s ’80s synth pop band Animotion, Tex-Mex new wave wild man Joe “King” Carrasco and Tommy Tutone, the one-hit surprise that popularized essentially the most well-known cellphone variety of all time: 867-5309.
Representing Brooklyn, New York, female-fronted punk band Surfbort is bound to unleash chaos on the gang throughout a must-see Thursday set.
Friday will function flavors of Austin, together with electro-rock funk duo Ghostland Observatory, who’re headlining, in addition to psych rockers The Vibrant Mild Social Hour.
Friday continues to be a bicoastal affair. Synth rock soul pop artist 54Ultra, hailing from New Jersey, will make the chíc freaks peak, whereas Los Retros and La Santa Cecilia will maintain it down for California.
Friday’s lineup will even get worldwide with a set by Mexico Metropolis fusion band Son Rompe Pera, which mixes conventional cumbia and marimba music with ska and rock.
And, importantly, the competition additionally will deliver it again residence with native faves, together with legendary punk band Woman in a Coma and indie undertaking Mypilotis on Thursday together with ever-evolving indie band Pop Pistol and the always-soulful Chavela on Friday.
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