Latino music to take over plaza

In September 2008, the inaugural Latino Music Festival was set to take over Main Plaza for a couple of days/nights. Because Hurricane Ike was churning in the Gulf, the fest wound up being pared down and postponed until November.

Tish Hinojosa brings original folk and country to the Latino Music Festival mix.

Tish Hinojosa brings original folk and country to the Latino Music Festival mix.

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Alejandro Escovedo will share his rocking root sensibilities with the crowd.

Alejandro Escovedo will share his rocking root sensibilities with the crowd.

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In September 2008, the inaugural Latino Music Festival was set to take over Main Plaza for a couple of days/nights. Because Hurricane Ike was churning inthe Gulf, the fest wound up being pared down and postponed until November.

"We have blue skies and they're going to hold. We ordered it," said Marisela Barrera, program coordinator for Main Plaza, laughing.

So the second annual Latino Music Festival will take over Main Plaza, in the big middle of downtown at the intersection of Main Avenue and West Commerce Street, Saturday from noon to midnight. Admission is free. There's free parking in the Frost Bank street-level lots at Flores and Houston streets and Flores and Travis streets.

"We started this festival last year to invite people to come downtown to Main Plaza, to broaden the definition of Latino music and to explore the different genres of Latino music," Barrera said. "We have something special in our region."

There is certainly