Concerts/Dances

One way to enjoy banda music is play listening to it on the the radio or on your ipod, but another way is to go live concerts or dances where the bandas play for an live audience. Concerts are usually when a group is on tour or whenever there are festivals in certain towns or cities in Mexico. These live appearances usually are a big deal and bring a lot of commotion to smaller towns. The concerts are most often at a place where there is space to dance. Some examples of places where bandas preform live are: bull coliseums, stadiums, carnivals, and even fairs. Its almost always that a banda concert is also called a baile, which means dance.

Concerts and dances are the same thing when it comes to listening to banda live. When people buy tickets to concerts, they really just bought tickets to go dance. People in reality go dressed up to dance. What usually is seen at a concert is crowds of people dancing and maybe a couple rows of people surrounding the stage to try and get up on stage to dance with the banda. These shows are basically a time to display your dancing skills in front of the public. If you are lucky enough to be seen as a good dance, the banda usually allows some girls to come on stage and dance with the banda.

 

Coming up in about 2 weeks there is a baile that has high schools hyped! Its called Festival del Sol 2010. It is celebrating the success of a radio station who honors their 14th year of being present and supported in the bay area. There will be live banda performances from multiply famous groups and they are welcoming the whole family. Banda concerts usually cost $40-$70 per person, but this event is welcoming everyone because they are only charging $10 per person. Excitement of concerts/dances are always over the top!