{"id":192318,"date":"2026-03-05T21:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/192318\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:45:21","slug":"viva-aztlan-festival-returns-to-lubbock-for-30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/192318\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva Aztl\u00e1n Festival returns to Lubbock for 30th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The Viva Aztl\u00e1n Festival returns to Lubbock this month, celebrating its 30th anniversary as the longest-running folkl\u00f3rico competition in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hosted by Lubbock Centro Aztlan, the festival will take place at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre, 1501 Mac Davis Lane, on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14. The event is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Friday\u2019s programming begins at 7 p.m. with a performance by Grupo Folkl\u00f3rico Jaguar. Saturday\u2019s schedule runs from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and includes daytime performances by folkl\u00f3rico groups from across Texas and New Mexico, followed by an evening performance by Mariachi Los Camperos de Jes\u00fas \u201cChuy\u201d Guzm\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Visit Lubbock is promoting the festival as a family-friendly event that showcases folkl\u00f3rico dance and music traditions. The festival draws performers and audiences from across the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lubbock Centro Aztlan organizes the annual event, which highlights Lubbock as a destination for cultural experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The Viva Aztl\u00e1n Festival returns to Lubbock this month, celebrating its 30th anniversary as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[76249,21154,21097,76251,319,66,168,170,169,76250,2383,223,374,27,375],"class_list":["post-192318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-aztlan","tag-centro","tag-civic-center","tag-folkorico","tag-kcbd","tag-local","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-memorial-civic-center","tag-new-mexico","tag-news","tag-south-plains","tag-texas","tag-west-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}