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MUSIC
FESTIVALS
2015
TXFEST
www.texasfest.com
Highlighting the best of Texas’ food, music and culture, this
festival will give you a feel of what it’s really like to be from
the Lone Star State. Debuting at Hermann Square Park in
downtown Houston on May 9 with over 25 bands performing and over 100 brands of Texas beer, food, wine
and spirits, TXFEST will give you the Texas experience you
are expecting.
PACHANGA
www.pachangafest.com
For the first time ever, Pachanga is expanding and debuting in Houston on Thursday, May 14. This Latinthemed music, food and cultural arts event shows the
vibrant contribution of Latino-created art and how it has
impacted American culture today. With some of the best
artists including Ceci Bastida and Ximena Sariñana, this
will be a day you won’t forget!
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TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL
www.tmf.uh.edu
Soloist Glenn Dicterow opens the 2015 Texas Music Festival
on Saturday, June 6, at the University of Houston Moores
Opera House. Allowing rising stars to win a guest soloist role
with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition to
perform with the Festival Orchestra under the wand of Lavard
Skou Larsen, this festival is the teaching ground for music students to learn and accomplish classical works over a rigorous
four-week period. Enjoy many up-and-coming artists present
with world-class soloists, distinguished conductors and faculty
artists throughout the month of June.