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Brazilian DJ Mochakk debuted in 2012 and is now making an appearance in El Paso. Photo courtesy of J&K Present.<\/p>\n

When you think of concerts in El Paso, you think of the local venues like Lowbrow Palace, the Plaza Theater, the Sun Bowl and the Don Haskins Center, but what if there was a chance to shine a light on other places in El Paso?<\/p>\n

Founders Enrique \u201cKiki\u201d Cervantes and Johnny Escalante did just that as they formed their promotional company, J&K Present, in 2010, with the shared goal of bringing big-named artists to El Paso to \u201cunconventional\u201d event locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created this new concept \u2018J&K Detour,\u2019 to give our community some fresh and something worthy of the creativity and energy [artists] bring here,\u201d Kiki said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been local promoters for a while now and we wanted to take that experience learning that energy we got from the city and really try to push the boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their first volume show \u201cDetour: Under the Spaghetti Bowl,\u201d was held on Oct. 5, 2025, featuring artists such as Disclosure and special guests such as Channel Tres, Pete Soul and La Flaquita. The event had positive feedback and encouraged Kiki and Escalante to continue and build their upcoming volume two project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith our first Detour [show], we did it at Lincoln Park, and it was somewhere we\u2019ve always envisioned having a show there. It just seemed so unbelievable, so it was something we always had in mind,\u201d Kiki said. \u201c[We wanted] to see how everything would line up and what it would take to create the experience we were planning on.\u201d<\/p>\n

With support from the city, J&K began to lock in dates for their shows and narrowed down which artists would fit the vibe of each location they planned on picking out.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking these places and turning them into a full-on experience is not really about the hardness, but really immersing people into really beautiful landscapes,\u201d Kiki said. \u201cTurning them into an experience we haven\u2019t really had the chance to, is something we\u2019re really trying to build the Detour brand on.\u201d<\/p>\n

When announcing their shows, they release the details one by one, starting with the \u201csecret\u201d event locations and later revealing the artist. Each tier of release allows followers to buy tickets, and on Feb. 13, J&K announced the show\u2019s location to be at McKelligon Canyon in the Franklin Mountains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the Franklin Mountains we\u2019ve been a fan of the area, and it is a beautiful place. McKelligon Canyon is a place that holds events, but we always wanted to do one of our events there,\u201d Kiki said. \u201cWe talked to El Paso Live to see if we were able to have a what we would call a \u2018full out mini festival,\u2019 and we got their support and reached out to artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until Feb. 19 that they announced Brazilian DJ Mochakk would be performing on April 24. Having debuted in 2012,\u00a0Mochakk\u00a0became popular in 2022 and was ranked among the world\u2019s top DJs on DJ Mag\u2019s Top 100 DJs list.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also launched his own label, MOTRAXX and\u00a0opened a multidisciplinary club space in his hometown of Brazil,\u00a0OBLIQO. With bringing a big-named artist like\u00a0Mochakk, there is more anticipation for what artists and locations J&K will bring to El Paso.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrazilian DJ Mochakk debuted in 2012 and is now making an appearance in El Paso. Photo courtesy of J&K Present.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always exciting to have a vision and\u00a0getting\u00a0accepted by the artists to play in El Paso,\u201d Kiki said. \u201cIt is always exciting to see El Paso on the same lineup such as Miami and New York, so it is amazing being able to bring that to the community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tickets are still available on their website and can be\u00a0purchased\u00a0until the show date. With\u00a0volume one and two being\u00a0announced, there is now\u00a0volume\u00a0three in the works for the J&K Detour project.\u00a0Kiki encourages viewers and followers to keep an eye out for details that will be revealed soon\u00a0for their event on June 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Abigail Pedroza is the Arts & Culture editor at The Prospector and may be reached at\u202f[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brazilian DJ Mochakk debuted in 2012 and is now making an appearance in El Paso. Photo courtesy of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-259900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259900","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=259900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}