CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — This year marked the fifth annual Festival de Mariachi en la Isla. The event has expanded to a five-day celebration. Saturday was the fourth day of the festival.

MARCH 28, 2025 — The powerful, emotive sound of mariachi is more than just music. It’s storytelling, tradition and heart. UTSA Mariachi is hosting its first-ever Voces del Álamo Vocal Competition this ...

“It was a very unusual way to learn it. Most musicians grow up in a mariachi family where it’s passed down via the oral tradition.” Now, thanks to Ulloa, there’s another path into the ...