PHOTOS: Tejano Conjunto Festival brings the West Side sound to the world

The 42nd Tejano Conjunto Festivaltook place over the weekend. It's the first and longest-running conjunto festival in the country. It is internationally recognized as the most influential event for this beloved South Texas musical tradition. This year the festivities moved to Rosedale Park and VFW Post 9186.

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Each year, music fans from across the city and around the world enjoy the sounds that are authentic to South Texas.

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Executive Director Cristina Balli shares how the organization is bringing neighbors and people together through music and heritage.

On Saturday May 18, the festival features student conjuntos from Rio Grande Valley, Retoño, J.R. Gómez y Los Conjunto Bandits, Mando y La Venganza, Conjunto Prestigio, Bernardo y sus Compadres, Impozzible, Los Tellez, Los Monarcas de Pete y Mario Díaz, Ruben de la Cruz, Los Cucuys de Rodney Rodriguez, and Lázaro Pérez y su Conjunto.

On Sunday, May 19, the Tejano Conjunto Festival starts with student conjuntos from San Antonio and then closes out with the Texas Sweethearts, Linda Escobar, Susan Torres y Conjunto Los Pinkys, Cindy Ramos y su Conjunto, Los Delta Boyz, Santiago Garza y la Naturaleza, Eva Ybarra y su Conjunto Siempre, Los Texmaniacs with Flaco Jimenez, and Los Fantasmas del Valle.