The festival will include prerecorded performances from many award-winning middle and high school mariachi ensembles and several accomplished local and regional mariachi ensembles. The University’s own Mariachi de la Isla ​will also be performing.

The lineup includes professional ensembles, such as Mariachi Clasico (Austin), Mariachi Nuevo Royal (Alice), and Mariachi Mariposas (Sharyland), as well as K-12 ensembles, such as Mariachi Juvenil Guerreros of Tuloso-Midway Middle School, Mariachi Los Guerreros of Tuloso-Midway High School, Mariachi Los Lobos of La Joya High School, Mariachi Nuevo Santander of Roma High School, Mariachi Juvenil Azteca of Edcouch-Elsa High School, and Mariachi Oro of McAllen High School.