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"Échale Latino Music Estyles, this
spring. Sponsored by Corona Extra and Red Bull Panamerika, the free
concert series is scheduled at Pearl with three spring dates: Sunday,
March 17 at 4:00pm, Friday, April 5 at 7:00pm and Friday, May 10 at
7:00pm
Launched
in March 2011, Echale! has featured the musical talents of Ozomatli,
Bomba Estereo, Girl in a Coma, Ana Tijoux, Brownout, Antibalas and many
more. This celebration of Latin music combines the best of Pearl and
its commitment to the preservation of Latin American arts and culture
that is so prevalent in the San Antonio community. Original artwork,
created specifically for Echale from famed San Antonio artist Cruz
Ortiz, will also be on site and available for purchase.
“We are excited to kick off our 3rd year
of Echale with the help of our creative sponsors Red Bull Panamerika
and Corona,” said Elizabeth Fauerso, Chief Marketing Officer at Pearl. “Pearl
is happy to be home to such an eclectic music series that lets the
people of San Antonio, and beyond, enjoy this free celebration.”
"Échale! Latino Music Estyles kicks off on March 17 with headliner Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta. Named after the Aztec god of dance, fire and music, Ozomatli is
an seven-member American band whose music is described as a collision
of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and
comparsa, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican reggae
and Indian raga. Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta offer an indie-mambo influenced by 1940’s and 1950’s Jazz and the fevered complexities of Mambo infused with modern rock.
Columbian rising stars Bomba Estéreo headline and M.A.K.U. Soundsystem open at the Pearl stage on April 5. Founded in Bogotá, Colombia, Bomba Estéreo intertwines
traditional Colombian cumbia music with “electro” and an onstage DJ to
produce the lively “Electro Vacilón” or “Electro tropical.” M.A.K.U. Soundsystem inflects
their sound with decidedly modern synthesizers and musical influences
to generate a sound that is futuristic but traditional Colombia at its
core.
Échale! spring series closes with Sweet and Tender Hooligans and Mariachi Mystery Tour on May 10. Since 1992, Sweet and Tender Hooligans,
a tribute band to Morrissey and The Smiths, performs to sold out
audiences around the world with lead singer Jose “The Mexican Morrissey”
Maldonado. Made up of the finest young Mariachis from New Mexico, Mariachi Mystery Tour offers
a musical experience that can only be described as a tour-de-force
artistic and cultural collision by blending the unlikely pair of The
Beatles songbook and Mariachi.
The Pearl amphitheater seats roughly 1,000 and Pearl invites latecomers to bring lawn chairs and blankets if seating is scarce. Pearl
is located at 200 E. Grayson St. in San Antonio, Texas. Parking will be
available onsite, and please make sure to remember the Kohler garage,
which has more than 300 parking spaces.
For more information on Echale, go to Echale! at Pearl
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ABOUT PEARL
Pearl,
located north of downtown San Antonio, provides a unique experience as a
top culinary and cultural destination. The mixed-use space features
retail, dining, picturesque green spaces and paseos, a riverside
amphitheater, and the third campus of the Culinary Institute of
America. As a former brewery operating from 1883 to 2001, Pearl
reflects a vivid past while embracing the future with LEED-certified
complexes mixed with historic architecture.
The
22-acre Pearl site is home to the Culinary Institute of America, San
Antonio and the year-round Pearl Farmers Market. Pearl restaurants
include Il Sogno Italian Osteria and the Sandbar Fish House and Market,
both by CIA graduate and James Beard Award-nominated chef Andrew
Weissman; La Gloria Ice House by CIA graduate chef Johnny Hernandez; NAO
New World Flavors, from The Culinary Institute of America San Antonio featuring Executive Chef Geronimo Lopez; Blue
Box Bar featuring craft cocktails from Olaf Harmel; The Boiler House
Texas Grill and Wine Garden; The Granary ‘Cue and Brew from chef Tim
Rattray and the recently opened Arcade Midtown Kitchen from Chef Jesse
Perez. Pearl is also known for its
shops including Melissa Guerra Latin American kitchen store, the Twig
book shop, Adelante Boutique, LeeLee Shoes, Dos Carolinas, Leighelena,
Run Wild Sports, The Synergy Studio and Bike World. The Center for
Architecture houses the AIA San Antonio and the Architecture Foundation
of San Antonio. Office tenants at Pearl include the San Antonio
Hispanic Chamber, the Nature Conservancy, San Antonio Area Foundation,
RBC Securities, the CE Group, WestEast Design Group, KGB Texas and other
creative firms. The Can Plant offers urban contemporary apartments
with a place in history. Event space includes the Pearl
Stable, the Pearl Studio and the Pearl Park, a community gathering
space, which includes amphitheater seating overlooking a stage alongside
the San Antonio River Walk. For more information go to atpearl.com"
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