Narciso Martinez Festival 2024: Photos from the Star-Studded Conjunto Event

Santiago Garza | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

This year’s 31st annual Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival featured some of the best Conjunto groups from across Texas on Oct. 4–5, taking over Memorial Park in Los Fresno, Texas.

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This year’s headliners included Santiago Garza y La Naturaleza, Linda Escobar, Los Tellez, and Los Cucuys de Rodney Rodriguez, as well as performances from artists including Los D Boyz, Gilberto Perez Jr., Los Monarcas, Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox y Conjuntazzo, Los Chachos de Jesse Gomez, Fruty Villarreal y Los Mavericks, and more.

The Conjunto Festival, produced by the Narciso Martinez Cultural Artis Center, is the longest running music festival in the Rio Grande Valley. The festival is a 2-day event that works to preserve a genre of music that was created by Don Narciso Martinez and is over 100 years old. The event is rich in culture and attracts thousands of visitors from all over the Rio Grande Valley, Texas and the entire United States. Check out the photos from award-winning Tejano Nation photojournalist Mariaelena Villarreal below.

Santiago Garza and Joel Guzman at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Santiago Garza performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Los Tellez perform at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Rodney Rodriguez (Los Cucuys de Rodney Rodriguez) performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Joseph Gonzales, Linda Escobar, and Marisela Hernandez perform at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Linda Escobar performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Joel Guzman performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Juan Longoria Jr performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Federico Longoria performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Cande Aguilar performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

Ashley Almanza performs at Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 | Photo: Mariaelena Villarreal / Tejano Nation

See more great photos from the Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival 2024 here.

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