SAN ANTONIO, TX — The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center recently announced the official opening of the 43rd Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio 2025 Poster Contest. This highly anticipated contest is open to Texas artists of all levels, from middle school students to seasoned professionals. The winner will receive a $2,000 prize, and their poster will be featured in all marketing materials for the festival, scheduled for May 15-18, 2025. There are no entry fees for this contest.
“Back by tradition and popular demand, the Tejano Conjunto Festival Poster Contest kicks off this year anticipating great participation from Conjunto music and art fans throughout Texas and beyond,” says Cristina Balli, Executive Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. “We’ve had many schools contact us already inquiring about this year’s contest. Students and the public at large look forward to seeing the winning poster each year, and Festival patrons enjoy buying and collecting the T-shirts.”
The contest provides opportunities for students in middle school, high school, and college to compete for the top prize alongside open and professional categories. The theme for the posters must be “Conjunto music” and include the words “Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio 2025.” Entries are due by February 12, 2025, at 5 pm CST, and winners will be announced on February 27, 2025. The overall contest winner and each category winner will be presented in a special session on May 16, 2025, at the Tejano Conjunto Festival at Rosedale Park, one of the birthplaces of Conjunto music.
The Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio is the first and longest-running Conjunto Festival in the country and is internationally recognized as the most influential event for this beloved Texas musical tradition. The highlight of the 43rd Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival is the opportunity to hear the very best in Conjunto music from the many different styles played in Texas.
For complete rules and the official entry form, visit the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s website at guadalupeculturalarts.org/tejano-conjunto-festival.
Each spring for the past four decades, the Tejano Conjunto Festival in San Antonio has featured robust and influential live performances from the founders, popular performers, and heritage award winners of each genre, along with dances, workshops, Hall of Fame inductions, and other events. The festival draws an enthusiastic audience of approximately 10,000 fans, dancers, and musicians from across Texas, the United States, and beyond. The crowd has grown massively over the years, including legions of fans who return each year to dance and celebrate Conjunto culture. The festival has become a model for many other Conjunto festivals and is credited with highlighting the unique music and culture of South Texas Tejanos.
More details about the lineup, tickets, and other information will be posted on the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s website at guadalupeculturalarts.org.
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, founded in 1980, is a nonprofit, multi-disciplinary organization located in the heart of San Antonio’s Westside. It is one of the largest community-based organizations in the US, with a mission to cultivate, promote, and preserve traditional and contemporary Chicano, Latino, and Native American arts and culture through multidisciplinary programming. Visit guadalupeculturalarts.org for more information.
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