Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival to Celebrate Culture, Community, and Conjunto in Austin July 10-12

AUSTIN, Texas – Austin-based nonprofit organization Rancho Alegre will present the 2026 Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival (RACMF), July 10 through the 12 at the Doris Miller Auditorium in East Austin. The event is free admission and all ages are welcome. The event is indoors with air conditioning.

“It’s one of my life’s greatest honors to present Conjunto music – the music I and so many others grew up listening to – at the legendary Doris Miller Auditorium. It is one of Austin’s hidden gems, whose music legacy is unparalleled in a city where historic venues are disappearing every year. Ever since I was a kid growing up in East Austin, I’ve loved this building and its role in presenting black music when Austin was still segregated,” says Executive Director Baldomero “Frank” Cuellar. 

“Now, for a few days every year, we get to turn this beautiful historic building into a classic family dancehall and bring Conjuntos from all over Texas to the same stage that welcomed such legends as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, and so many more.” 

Talent Overview

Since its founding in 2012, the festival has brought over 100 different groups from all over the state to perform in the state capital. The lineups have included diverse talent featuring a showcase of regional styles from legends, veterans, up and coming groups, along with one-time only duets, and many special Tejano guests performing Conjunto style. 

This year’s lineup also includes 2026 NEA National Heritage Fellow Belen Escobedo, who returns from last year’s lineup with her group, Panfilo’s Güera. The event end in grand fashion with a special guest appearance by Tejano superstar Gary Hobbs performing Conjunto style with standard bearer Gilberto Perez Jr. y Sus Compadres.

Lineup details (subject to change without notice)

Friday July 10th, 7pm to 10pm (doors open at 6pm): 

Julian Olivarez y Jazz Tuvo (Austin)
Los Mungias (Temple)
Headliner – Rene Joslin y Los Favoritos (Alice)

Saturday July 11th, Noon to 10pm (doors open at 11am):

Los Texas Wranglers (Austin)
Christina Valdez (Brownsville)
Grupo Dale Shine (Skidmore)
Belen Escobedo y Panfilo’s Güera (San Antonio)
Conjunto Puro Corazon (San Antonio)
Susan Torres and Friends (Austin)
Ernesto Cadena y Conjunto Impulso (San Diego, TX)
Ruben De La Cruz y Su Conjunto (RGV)
Eva Ybarra y Su Conjunto Siempre (San Antonio)
Headliner – Los Enmascarados (Kingsville)

Sunday July 12th, Noon to 6pm (doors open at 11am)

Los Marceles (Austin)
Conjunto Los Pinkys (Austin)
CruzSante (Austin)
Texas Sweethearts (Brownsville)
Conjunto Baraja de Oro (Waxahachie)
Headliner – Gilberto Perez Jr y Sus Compadres (Mercedes)
Special Tejano guest: Gary Hobbs will sit in with Gilberto Perez Jr for a few Conjunto songs

The festival will also feature lifetime achievement awards and honors for Austin icons Augustin Ramirez, Joe’s Bakery, Leonard & Toni Davila, Central Machine Works, Austin Manual Therapy, and more.

Longtime broadcaster and bandleader “El Tacuache” Mark Weber, will return as emcee. Food, beverages, and merchandise will be for sale.

Complete details, including set times, are available on ranchoalegre.org.

The Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival is supported in part by an Elevate Grant from Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment, the Texas Commission on the Arts, Lovemytejano.com, KOKE 1600am, Tex Tune Automotive, Austin Manual Therapy Associates, JF Mechanical, Burt’s Texas Garden, Ancira Salsa, Ricardo and Esperanza Rodriguez, and Cynthia and Gonzalo Rodriguez. Production partners include Compadresmusic, Full Gallop, and 2nd Gate Productions.

About Rancho Alegre

Rancho Alegre is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Conjunto music. Projects include a podcast, a nonprofit record label, digitizing analog recordings, interviewing legendary and up-and-coming artists, contributing to the historical record of Tejano and Conjunto music, connecting artists with professional and business services and resources, affordable merchandise for bands, speaking to schools and universities, and presenting the annual Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival and various events throughout the year. Further information about the organization’s year-round projects is available at ranchoalegre.org or the free Rancho Alegre mobile app. 

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