Arts & Entertainment

Famed tenor Plácido Domingo will be the guest of honor at the Guadalajara premiere of the zarzuela “El Orgullo de Jalisco”  by Spanish composer Federico Moreno Torroba. The performance takes place on Sunday, September 14, at 6 p.m. in the Degollado Theater in the  city center.

Jazz

Canadian jazz saxophonist, bassoonist, and pianist Ben Wendel is a two-time Grammy nominee who has collaborated with many renowned artists.

A hallmark of the annual International Mariachi Festival (Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi y la Charrería) is its vibrant array of free events across Guadalajara and the wider Jalisco region. While high-end ticketed galas at venues like the Degollado Theater support the festival’s global outreach, the free public performances truly represent the festival’s heart and soul.

Three rooms in semi-darkness, studded with starkly illuminated mostly black-and-white geometric constructions, frames with stark pictures of rooms and doors, a video screen or two with a bench for the audience, curtains that visitors must pass through.

The Edificio Arroniz, headquarters of the Jalisco Culture Department, will host two free performances this month: Wixárica (Huichol) Dance and Mixtec Music on Friday, August 15 at 7 p.m., and D´Rumbaos, presenting Mediterranean and Spanish music with flamenco influences, on Sunday, August 17, noon. 

Karen Romo of Ciudad Guzmán was crowned the 2025 Mariachi Festival Ambassador on June 3.