It’s been 15 years since these wild horses made their move from outside the Hospicio Cabañas to a grassy mound at Lopez Mateos and Niños Heroes. “La Estampida” was created by sculptor Jorge de la Peña in 1982. The horses now gallop in the shadow of the Hotel Rui, the city’s tallest building.

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and his All Star Band,  and singer Sarah Brightman will be appearing at the Telmex Auditorium in November.  Brightman is booked for November 11, while  Starr and friends make their bow on November 16.

Tickets for the Brightman concert – part of her “Dreamchaser” tour – cost from 350 to 1,750 pesos, while prices for the Starr gig range start at 250 and go up to 1,550 pesos.

Alejandro Raul Elizade Gutierrez, the new president of the governing body (Patronato) of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra,  has promised to help build audiences and find a “dignified” musical director.

Elizade says the Patronato will be reorganized, with three vice presidents in charge of liaising with the public and private sectors and helping promote musical development.

An alliance of local cultural players chose Tuesday, April 30  — International Jazz Day — to announce that the International Jazz Encounter in Jalisco (Encuentro Internacional de Jazz en Jalisco, also called TÓNICA) is set for August 2 to 11.

“We’re going to inundate the city with events,” threatened local jazz luminary Sara Valenzuela, artistic director of TÓNICA along with fellow musician Gilberto Cervantes. She mentioned that this is the first year that the seven-year-old event will have an international focus.

El Personal, a Guadalajara reggae band that is described as “very melodic” and that boasts name recognition dating back to the 1970s, is slated to perform Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4, at the small but well established El Rojo Cafe in Guadalajara’s Colonia Americana.

British rock band Status Quo’s concert in Guadalajara on April 25 has been cancelled for “logistical reasons” (i.e. poor ticket sales).