Weekend Guide: Here’s what’s going on this weekend, October 10-12<\/a><\/p>\nThe two-day event, co-hosted by the Texas Music Office, the City of Corpus Christi, Visit Corpus Christi, and the Corpus Christi Film and Music Commission, will take place Nov. 5\u20136.<\/p>\n
The conference will feature panel discussions on Texas music industry development, statewide collaboration between Music Friendly Texas Certified Communities, and best practices to increase music tourism and local job creation.<\/p>\n
Robert Arsuaga, General Manager at the Sound Vibrations music store, said Corpus Christi\u2019s music scene has never been more alive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe music scene in Corpus is thriving,\u201d Arsuaga said. \u201cIt\u2019s grown tremendously in the past 10 to 15 years with its open acceptance of different genres, from Tejano to rap to rock to blues to country. It\u2019s just not a single genre in this town that\u2019s strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Corpus Christi as this year\u2019s host city, calling it a testament to the region\u2019s role in Texas\u2019 creative economy.<\/p>\n
America Segura, with Visit Corpus Christi, said the recognition highlights years of local effort to grow the city\u2019s music footprint.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just shows the strides that we\u2019ve made locally to showcase our local talent and also grow it,\u201d Segura said.<\/p>\n
Segura added that the city\u2019s Music Friendly Certification from the Texas Music Office in 2023 played a key role in helping Corpus Christi earn this opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat certification positioned us to continue networking with the Texas Music Office,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re aware that Corpus Christi is open for business \u2014 not only for music but also for tourism. We\u2019re committed to growing that industry here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Longtime local music businesses like Sound Vibrations, which is celebrating its 50th year, serve as reminders of the Coastal Bend\u2019s deep musical roots.<\/p>\n
Arsuaga said the upcoming conference will help local artists take their dreams \u201cfrom rehearsal to the main stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can only open doors for a lot of other people that haven\u2019t had doors open before,\u201d he said. \u201cThrough the communications between artists, venues, and recording contacts. It\u2019s a step forward for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event is expected to draw musicians, promoters, and industry leaders from across the state, putting Corpus Christi in the spotlight as one of Texas\u2019 most dynamic music destinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Greg Abbott announced Corpus Christi as this year\u2019s host city, saying Texas’ vibrant music industry supports local…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","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=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}