Resuscitated music festival La Semana Allegre unveiled its 2026 lineup Thursday, and it has a little something for everyone — from new wave to Latin to punk and beyond, and with a mix of local, national and international acts.
The annual party will take place at San Antonio’s Hemisfair Park on Thursday and Friday, April 23-24, as part of the city’s Fiesta celebrations. Tickets are on sale now for $15.
For Gen X-ers and the OSHA-compliant, Men Without Hats will perform their “Safety Dance” among other bops as headliner for the ’80s-leaning opening night.
English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, created by Sex Pistols provocateur Malcom McLaren, will perform in Thursday’s lineup. McLaren also managed the New York Dolls and Adam and the Ants, even recruiting members of Bow Wow Wow from the latter act.
Thursday’s nostalgia trip continues with California’s ’80s synth pop band Animotion, Tex-Mex new wave wild man Joe “King” Carrasco and Tommy Tutone, the one-hit wonder that popularized the most famous phone number of all time: 867-5309.
Representing Brooklyn, New York, female-fronted punk band Surfbort is sure to unleash chaos on the crowd during a must-see Thursday set.
Friday will feature flavors of Austin, including electro-rock funk duo Ghostland Observatory, who are headlining, as well as psych rockers The Bright Light Social Hour.
Friday continues to be a bicoastal affair. Synth rock soul pop artist 54Ultra, hailing from New Jersey, will make the chíc freaks peak, while Los Retros and La Santa Cecilia will hold it down for California.
Friday’s lineup will even get international with a set by Mexico City fusion band Son Rompe Pera, which mixes traditional cumbia and marimba music with ska and rock.
And, importantly, the festival also will bring it back home with local faves, including legendary punk band Girl in a Coma and indie project Mypilotis on Thursday along with ever-evolving indie band Pop Pistol and the always-soulful Chavela on Friday.
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