Conjunto Puro Corazon - Senior Dance Tardeada 3/8/26
Join us for the next installment of our Senior Conjunto Dance Series at Kyle Area Senior Zone with the 8 (sometimes 9 or 10) accordion powerhouse from San Antonio - Conjunto Puro Corazon!
Many thanks to the Texas Commission on the Arts for supporting this series and thank you to Kyle Area Senior Zone for hosting us for the third year in a row!
- No outside food or soft drinks.
- Beer or liquor allowed in small quantities.
- Kyle Area Senior Zone will have a snack bar with food, sodas, and bottled water available to purchase. Free admission, Seniors over 50 only.
- Doors open at 3pm, limited seating available
- Krug Activity Center/Kyle Area Senior Zone, 101 S. Burleson, Downtown Kyle, Texas.
New Rancho Alegre Website!
Hey friends!
Welcome to the new website. We hadn't really worked on our website in well over a decade - it worked, but things were starting to break. So, this fall, we went to work on it with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch...metaphorically speaking.
We kept things familiar and tried to keep most things where they were previously. However, you will notice that it's easier to search the catalog, we've embedded our interviews from our podcast, and updated our social links. We will also be adding more images here and there.
Eddie "Lalo" Torres - Senior Dance Series Kickoff
Join Rancho Alegre for our first event of the year at Kyle Area Senior Zone! We're bringing back the legendary Eddie "Lalo" Torres y Su Conjunto!
When: Friday February 27, 6 to 8pm. Doors open at 5pm, limited seating available
Where: Krug Activity Center/Kyle Area Senior Zone, 101 S. Burleson, Downtown Kyle, Texas.
Who: Seniors over 50 years of age
How much: Free admission
Food: No outside food or soft drinks. Kyle Area Senior Zone will have a snack bar with food, sodas, and bottled water available to purchase.
BYOB: Beer or liquor allowed in small quantities.
Many thanks to the Texas Commission on the Arts for supporting this series and thank you to Kyle Area Senior Zone for hosting us for the third year in a row!
Up next: Conjunto Puro Corazon - March 8th from 4 to 6pm
Rancho Alegre Officially Denied NEA Challenge America Grant due to Administration's "shift in priorities"
Friday night May 2, 2025, at around 9pm eastern time, we officially received word that Rancho Alegre would be denied the $10,000 Challenge America grant that we were offered to support this year's Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival.
Press Release: the RACMF will celebrate 10th Anniversary April 25-27 in Austin
Highlights:
It's our 10th Anniversary and we'll be at Central Machine Works on Friday April 25 and the Doris Miller Auditorium on Saturday April 26th and Sunday April 27th.
We're one of Austin's ONLY Latine music events and definitely the longest at 3 days.
We always have a diverse lineup with talent from all ages from all over the state.
For immediate release
April 2, 2025
Media Contact: Piper LeMoine
Media Contact email: piper@ranchoalegre.org
Thank you for giving during Amplify Austin!
Thank you all for donating through Amplify Austin! Thanks to your generosity, we ended up at $1950! Your donation will go directly to our programs like the Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival (April 25-27), our dances at Kyle Area Senior Zone, Rancho Alegre Records, our interviews, advocacy for Conjunto music, and more!
We hope you join us at our next event and we invite you to learn more about us by looking through our interviews and checking out our podcast.
Amplify Austin 2025 is here! Help us meet our $10,000 goal!
Every year, we participate in Amplify Austin, a 24-hour giving marathon to benefit nonprofits in the Austin area. This year, our goal is $10,000 to make up for the questionable status of our federal grant. We deeply appreciate any and all contributions and your ongoing support. Thank you.
Here's the lineup for the 2025 Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival
We are excited announce the lineup for this year's Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival! Scheduled for April 25-27 here in Austin, here's what to expect:
Friday April 25: Central Machine Works, 4824 E Cesar Chavez, Austin TX
- Belen Escobedo y Panfilo's Güera
- Conjunto Baraja de Oro
- Los Enmascarados
Saturday April 26, 1 to 10pm: Doris Miller Auditorium, 2300 Rosewood, Austin TX
Yes, we are affected by the Federal funding freeze
Last year, Rancho Alegre applied for the Challenge America grant, which was offered through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), to support the 2025 Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival. We were awarded $10,000 through the program, funding for which has been frozen by President Trump since January 27, 2025. We have no updates from the NEA, and quite frankly, despite Federal judges ordering the funds' release, we do not expect this grant to ever come through.
To say this is frustrating, infuriating, and heartbreaking is an understatement.
Spring 2025 Events and News - Amplify Austin, Senior Dances, RACMF
We are looking forward to a very active Spring 2025 here at Rancho Alegre!
Rancho Alegre Fall Events Start 9/14/24
The weather's getting cooler and we're ready for Fall events! This Fall, we're doing something a little different.
Rancho Alegre Interview - Johnny Degollado
In July 2012, Rancho Alegre met up with the legendary Johnny Degollado. We had just produced our first Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival in February and finally got a chance to sit down with the guy who had been producing Austin's only Conjunto music festival for several decades before we came on the scene.
Consuela to host Give Back Party for Rancho Alegre 3/16 in Austin!
We are thrilled to announced that this Saturday, March 16 in Austin, handbag and accessory retailer Consuela will be hosting a Give Back Party benefiting Rancho Alegre! Yes! So, this Saturday from noon to 3pm, Consuela will be giving us a very generous 20% of the sales during that three hour period! How cool is that?
You have likely seen these beautiful, vibrant handbags and accessories all over TikTok and Instagram and on the arm of your favorite fabulous person.
Here are the details:
Support Rancho Alegre during Amplify Austin March 6-7 - our new goal is $10,000
We are excited to once again be part of the amazing Amplify Austin Day (donate here), 24 hours of giving to local nonprofit organizations presented by the good folks I Live Here, I Give Here.
2/23/24: Grupo CruzSante continues Senior Conjunto Dance Series in Kyle
Join us for the second installment in our Conjunto Dance Series for Seniors featuring Austin's own Grupo CruzSante!
Seniors 50 and over are welcome to come join us and dance to some live Conjunto music! We'll be at Kyle Area Senior Zone from 5 to 7pm on Friday 2/23/24.
Free admission. Space is limited.