San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival – California Center For The Arts, Escondido, Escondido

Date: Saturday, 3 October 2026
Time: 14:00
Duration: 07:30
Venue: California Center For The Arts, Escondido
Address: 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido, CA 92025, USA
City: Escondido
Organisation: San Diego Jazz Ventures
Price range: 54 $ – 90 $

About this event

This is a single-day, multi-stage festival presentation within the larger four-day San Diego-Tijuana International Jazz Festival. The Escondido program combines ticketed indoor concerts in the Main Theater with free outdoor performances, beginning with Charlie Chávez y su Afrotruko and including a separate outdoor set by Lucía and the Familia Gutiérrez during the dinner interval. The artistic structure places regional and binational music alongside established jazz ensembles. Charlie Chávez leads a 12-piece binational Afrotruko ensemble drawing on salsa, mambo, bolero, and chachachá. Lucía and the Familia Gutiérrez present son jarocho, with the official description emphasizing shared elements with jazz such as improvised polyrhythms and call-and-response. The indoor program comprises Danilo Pérez with the SDSU Jazz Ensembles, the seven-piece Mingus Dynasty, and Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band.

Cast & creative

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Vocalist
Roberto Wence
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Vocalist
Magui Morales
Vocalist
Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso
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Dancer
Ramón Gutiérrez
S
Vocalist
Santiago Gutiérrez
P
Vocalist
Pablo Emiliano
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Zapateado Dancer
Santiago Gutiérrez