The Alliance for California Traditional Arts and Radio Bilingüe invite you to join us for

Canciones del San Joaquín

as part of Sounds of California: San Joaquin Valley
Recording, archiving, and presenting the sounds of migration 

como parte de Sonidos de California — Valle de San Joaquin
Grabación, archivo y presentación de los sonidos de la migración

Join us for this special one-night concert premiering ten newly commissioned songs from local artists whose music reflects the complex beauty of the San Joaquin Valley—home to one of the largest and most culturally rich populations from Greater Mexico in the U.S. The concert will feature a range of musical styles and genres, including Arpa Grande, Chilenas, Chicano Rock/R&B, Latin Jazz, Norteño, Mariachi, Nueva Canción, Mixtec Rap, and Son Jarocho.

This is the second performance of ACTA’s Sounds of California: San Joaquin Valley initiative, a multi-year collaboration with Radio Bilingüe that explores how music carries the voices, dreams, and histories of our region. Last year’s concert, Corridos del San Joaquín, spotlighted farmworkers, educators, truck drivers, and students telling their own stories through traditional corrido. This year, Canciones moves that tradition forward—offering a new canon of original songs born from life in the Valley today. Together, their performances form a living, breathing archive of Central California’s past, present, and future.

Actuaciones de | Performances by

Steve Alcalá Rumba 32 

Luis Arturo Campos, Los Kirrines del Norte 

Los Fresnanitos, with Cesar Castro

Agustin Lira, Agustín Lira & Friends 

Juan Morales, Mariachi Mestizo 

Sofía Plummer, Las Damas del Valle 

Gerardo Ramírez, Los Hijos de San Juan Mixtepec 

Marilyn Rodríguez, Cambio de Rumbo

Miguel Villegas Ventura, Una Isu

ACTA’s Sounds of California: San Joaquin Valley program was produced in partnership with Radio Bilingüe.

The Sounds of California: San Joaquin Valley program has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom, and the Fresno Arts Council, through the City of Fresno’s Measure P Expanded Access to Arts and Culture Fund.