And we are living in Winter Rock and Blues Paradise. 2023. Live Rock ‘n Blues of the finest variety. The big reboot…the big return of Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Fests and Shows. A Good Fit…Merch & Fest Theme.
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#Special#Offer. Free as in Libre Shot Glass To Everyone Who Purchases Tickets To 2 Nights On A Weekend And Attends The Shows.. So January 20 & 21 or January 27 & 28. And then you’re doing shots with your Winter Rock ‘n Blues Paradise ….that’s Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico friends, shot glass all summer, waiting for winter again.
Coffee Mug and Shot Glass are both priced at 150 pesos. You are supporting the fundraising for street animals and kids with your purchase. Only for sale at the Fest.
Only for Sale at the Fest. Enjoy Some Live Music With Your Souvenir Merch!
For sale in person in Zihuatanejo on Wednesday (today) January 11 at Madana Bar Madana from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm and Friday, January 13 same time. In Ixtapa on Friday, January 13 at Villas Paraiso Hotel from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm and by appointment. Next week’s times are to be announced shortly.
We know Kristel, she knows Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo and our Audience, and we highly respect her musicianship and so do other musicians. We mentioned David Gogo and Charlie Jacobson of Canada in that breath. So we had no fear about her bringing musical Friends from Morelia!
Friends like Oralia Band possibly. She mentioned them to us yesterday as the talking about how to best put this together continues. What do you think folks? Wow, this video was very impressive. And we’re not that easily impressed.
We’ll keep talking to Kristel and let you know soon what the final lineup of Friends might look like. But count on it to be rockin’ and lots of fun. An international lineup. And music and performers and show concepts you can’t just go and hear any day you want. Always! That’s who we are!
Our Mega 50-50 Draw Is Waiting For You To Buy Your Entry Tickets Now…And Every Entry You Buy At Navidad Time Here In Mexico Can Put A Bigger Smile On The Face Of A Child With A Great Toy Or Animal
It’s That Simple. Purchase Your Entry or Entries To Give Yourself A Chance To Win When We Make The Final Draw On January 28. And Every Entry Purchased During Navidad Time Here In Mexico Will Help The Paraiso Society Group With Our More Smiles For Kids Project.
All Entry Funds From The Next Two Weeks Will Be Directed Towards A New Toy Or Stuffed Animal For A Deserving Kid Who Needs More Smiles On His or Her Face At Christmas.
I Think We Heard You Say Poster Me, Show Me The Lineup, The Shirts! For Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico, January 20-29, 2023. Rock ‘n Blues Festing January 27-29. Vegas Style Rock . Blues & R&B Shows January 20-21. More!
Gallery Below:
Who Do You Want To See Most Live? From Our 2023 Lineup And Shows? Please, In The Comments.
Music First Always! For Us.
But You Could Also Say You Are Coming For A Big Friends and Familly Celebration, Or The Tequila Sampling, Or The Arts & Crafts Show And Sale, The Love Unlimited Exposition Displays, Or The 60-40 And Tequila Bottle Per Night Jackpots. Or Music And Dancing! We’re Not Judging!
Fun, Fun, Fun, In The Warmth Near The Beaches, Always For The Cause(s)
Please Share To All Who You Know Love To Have A Great Time And Feel Alive!
And There Will Also Be Our New 2023 Fest And Shows Promo Video Coming Very Soon.
We’ve Been Doing Our Unique For The Cause For The Fun Fest Concept Since 2018 And We Thought You Might Like To Know What Some Of Our Rock ‘n Blues Fans Thought Of Past Events.
Whoa! Happy Hours Just Got A Whole Lot More Fun On Thursdays In Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. New To I-Z-Only Game Of It’s Kind Here. For Music Lovers, For Fun Lovers. 4:00 pm start.
Starting November 10 (not 8 if you see that date anywhere) at Ricardo’s Restaurante and Bar in Ixtapa. Our host: is Ricardo Gomez Jr. and yes we are the organizers and sponsors of the event. Great prizes include Festival and Show Tickets, Fest Merch, and more. Drinks, even cash.
A great way to meet new friends if you are a visitor here. And a place for local business folk who love to rock too, to connect with our visitors It’s a great mixer and yes we allow business card exchange and contact info exchange. In fact, we even encourage it and will make time for it. https://www.facebook.com/restaurantevillasparaisoixtapa/
Every Week A New Playlist…Every Week A Fan Favorite
We make Thursday Happy Hours in #Ixtapa–#Zinuatanejo much more fun as we begin the countdown to January 21-29, 2023 and our big reboot of Go Mexico Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosions Fest (robertr164.sg-host.com) At Ricardo’s Restaurante and Bar In Ixtapa. The Restaurant Location Link: https://goo.gl/maps/G44JgQoWkyFAGyob6
Come out and win tickets to the Fest, or shirts, drinks or cash as we play RockStar Bingo. The only Bingo game where you can enjoy listening to the Music of our Lives as we play. It all starts at 4:00 pm.
How It Works: There are over 60+ Music Bingo Playlists & matching Bingo Cards. Each week on Thursday we’ll use Two Playlists for the Game. Each Playlist has either 60 or 75 songs, running at around 60-90 seconds long. All songs are edited to feature the “hooks” of each song for easier recognition All the best songs from your favorite eras & categories of music! Your card has certain songs listed. Who get’s Bingo First? Multiple secondary winners…we play the playlist until the end for more music fun.
Come Out And Give It A Try. Special First Night Promotion: 250 peso all-inclusive national brands drinks per person during 4-6:00 pm which includes. your two Bingo cards for the night. 100 peso value. Plus 1 Free Ticket To The Festival Show Of Your Choice January 26-29, 2023 To Everyone Who Purchases Their Bingo Cards. 350 peso value. That’s Only On November 8 As We Get This Weekly Event Started. Drinks and Food options a la carte are available too. Got Questions…We’d Be Glad To Answer Them.
You told us Stay True to the Blues, but you said don’t be afraid to bring us More Rock…the Great Music of our Lives Kind. And we’ve listened and we will.
Music That Everyone Of Our Performers Can Buy Into. David Gogo our main headliner, and down.
So we announce today. Our Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Rocks Week January 21-29, 2023 and our rock ‘n blues Festing just go a whole lot better.
The Music Of Chuck Berry, RIP is coming to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo January 21-29, 2023. And we’ll tell you soon about the international performer who will present our Chuck Berry Tribute to you. And the famous Chuck Berry Guitar Walk. You’ll love him. He’s a fan favorite everywhere he performs. And we’ll ask every performer to add some Chuck Berry to their sets too.
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A Sincere Tribute By Our Music Lovin’ Organizers And All Our Performers, To The Man Whose Songs Have Been Covered By Almost Everyone Else. The Father of Rock ‘n Roll. John Lennon said “Another name for Rock ‘n Roll. Call it “Chuck Berry”.
Check This Great List Of Who Covered Chuck Berry Here. With Great Videos In The Article. Titled 17 Classic Chuck Berry Covers you’ll love the wealth of info in the comments as well.
We’ve already got The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones Music Challenge with our Mexico City Supergroup…we’ve already got The 3 Kings Homage/Tribute…the great Blues Roots Music of B.B. King, Freddie King and Albert King, by our 7 piece, with horns, rock band from Morelia, led by Chicago Blues schooled Chris Sanchez. Today we are so pleased to tell you that the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Rocks Week, January 21-29, 2023, just got a whole lot better, because we’ve got a great new Performer to add to our Lineup who will do our Chuck Berry Tribute Music Sets and a whole more of blues-rock, rock and rockabilly too.
Enjoy Chuck Berry’s most famous song by Mr. John B. Goode himself at the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.
The Music And The Fun Make The Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Events Great…The Causes Give Us…And You, Added Motivation To Do This, And Go All In
We’ve been out of the public spotlight in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo for two years. Blame Covid. Nothing else. Ended 2020 on a high note and all momentum we had as a local community-based, business organization with a purpose beyond profits was lost. So it’s the big reboot for 2023 and new people who weren’t with us before, have started asking who we are and why we are different.
Our purpose is to help build the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo and region community we live in and started our business enterprise in. Festivals and high-level music and other events are well acknowledged excellent ways of bringing in new tourism dollars. Bringing back previous visitors to the area as well. International and national visitors.
The Big Reboot Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Fest & Shows 2023
And we wanted to support causes dear to our hearts and others in the community. The model we chose for our core Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Events business was a “social enterprise”. A model dear to the heart of the founder Bob Rempel,
After a long business career in western Canada, he discovered the power of the social enterprise model when he served as Executive Director of a non-profit organization called SSCOPE for six years back in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Before coming to Mexico as a tourist. And ending up Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. Now with permanent resident status in Mexico.
The social enterprise entity operates as a business, using all normal effective business principles, except all profits are turned back into the organization or donated to the community and causes, instead of going to shareholders or the owner(s). So that was the model adopted when we first launched Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosion events in January 2018 with a great blues and rock event. And then more concerts and festivals in 2019 and 2020.
Then Covid came along halting all live events in 2021 & 2022, except one live event in Mexico City, on December 11, 2021, called “The Spirit of Christmas Rock ‘n Blues Explosion” supporting animal rescue work in Mexico City. Excellent videos on our Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Youtube page.
We’ve written before about our community involvement and our mission to support the community we live and operate in before.
Here are some links to previous posts on our website:
Community 1 (Our main report to the Community…being updated at the present time to add more information for the periond from 2020 to today)
Now we’re here in September 2022 planning for the big reboot in January 2023 and I want to tell you more about the Causes we want to support and help as much as possible in 2023.
In 2023 We Continue To Support Street Animal Rescue in Mexico, now with our own small shelter too, and our Animales Angeles Fund MX. This Year Have Taken On The Challenge Of Beginning To Support As Much As Possible What We Call Street Kids Rescue-Helping Kids In Need, One By One, With Food, Shelter, Education, School Clothing, and Such. To Help Them Realize Their Full Potential. The “Rescue” theme works well for our mission we believe.
We Have Requested That The City of Zihuatanejo Give Us the Authorization To Use The Zihuatanejo Cultural Centre For Shows on January 21, 22 and 27. In Return If Granted, We Have Also Committed To Raise Funds For A New “School Of Rock” Based Out Of Zihuatanejo’s Cultural Centre, and Working In The Region With Good Teachers And Equipment To Create Talented Future Rockers. So That Means Clinics At Every Fest And Event Too With Some Of Our World Class Talent.
Plus, Where We See An Opportunity If Possible We Want To Help Ukrainian War Refugees In Mexico. We’re Warred Out, To Turn A Phrase. Let’s Help If We Can Is Our Thinking.
These causes are dear to our hearts of us as organizers and our small dedicated volunteer group. Plus we believe these are very worthy causes that our fans and performers can easily get behind. Mexicans, Americans, and Canadians come together to enjoy the music of our lives in a fun atmosphere at destination-worthy events, while trying to support the local community and worthy causes. See you in January, or earllier at some of our lead-up events in the community!
David Gogo of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, world-class blues rocker, is coming back to Mexico, to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo to headline our 2023 Fest and help us reboot Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Festivals & Events. He was with us in 2018 in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo when we first launched our Blues & Rock Events as part of an all-star band. “Not enough of David performing”, we heard a lot. So now he returns to Headline the 2023 Fest and gets us relaunched. We’re thrilled to tell you this, thrilled to have him back. A Big Heart of the finest variety with great support for the Kids and Animal Causes we help.
David Gogo Montreal Jazz Festival 2016, Bell Canada Stage
David Gogo is a six-time Juno Award Nominee and a three-time recipient of ‘Guitarist of The Year” at the Maple Blues Awards. Gogo’s accreditations further extend to accolades such as ‘Musician of The Year’ at the West Coast Music Awards, ‘Blues Recording of the Year’ at the Western Canadian Music Awards; and The Great Canadian Blues award. Now, the veteran Canadian bluesman David Gogo has released his sixteenth full-length album ‘Silver Cup’. This acoustic affair was recorded at Gogo’s home with longtime friend Steve Marriner, who produced and performed on the album. Silver Cup arose during the COVID pandemic and subsequent shutdown of live music as Gogo found time to reflect on his life, heritage, and career.
The album’s thematic ties to Gogo’s lineage are evident within songs such as Silver Cup’s title track, which took inspiration from an antique cup made in the 1800s and passed down to him by his 95-year-old grandmother. The titular silver cup’s history spans back to Gogo’s Great, Great, Great Uncle, James McKay. McKay, who is now renowned as a Métis Builder of Canada, began as a trapper and guide before eventually becoming involved in the negotiations of Treaties 1 through 5. Further, McKay held several positions with the newly formed Province of Manitoba, including dealings with Louis Riel. As this family heirloom led Gogo to better connect and engage with his storied family history, its symbolic nature acts as the perfect focal point for Silver Cup.
Great in jams and collaborations which we love and so do our fans, and quiet and friendly and down-to-earth as a person, we couldn’t have asked for a better Headliner to step up and say “Yes, I want to Go Mexico-Go Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo And Create Some Great Blues & Rock Explosions” Are you ready to join David? Hey it’s cold everywhere else at that time, isn’t it? January 26-29, 2023. Fun in the Sun, The Music of Our Lives For Great Local Causes…Street Animals, Street Kids, More. Details of the David Gogo Fans Excursion Package to be announced very soon.
Yesterday we announced many other great International performers for our weekend Festival. See it Here. The combination of all live on stage is the magic and great memories only created once. Go Mexico-Go Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo.
Our previous announcements for Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Rocks Week January 21-29, 2023. We announced 2 Big Vegas Style Shows each night for the opening weekend January 21 and 22, Day 1 Check It Out Here, We announced our Mexico’s Got Talent Showcase public concert at Zihuatanejo Centro on Thursday, January 26 on Day 2…Check It Out Here. On Day 3…Check It Out Here, We Announced Our Venues For Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Rocks Week for January 21-29, 2023. On Day 4 We Announced Jazz and Jazz Rock For The Opening Weekend. A Separate Show. Check It Out Here.
Your Vote Counts. See Below. Sharing some great music we love. We’ll continue through September with more posts like this as we talk to possible Headliners for Go Mexico for the Cause in January. Some of the videos and songs are newly recorded, or newly remastered, other videos reflect the highest view counts for videos of that performer or group.
Who do you love? Who would you love to see live on our Stage in Mexico? We have about 25 performers on our not so Short List, and we’d love to hear what you think about each.
Did You Miss Volumes 1 or 2 or 3 Of Our New Music/Great Performers Fan Survey From The Recent Past. Check It Out Here (Link To Part 1) and Here (Link To Part 2) and Here (Link To Part 3). And Continue To Vote For All Your Favorites. For All Previous 1, 2 or 3 Posts.
In This Week’s New Segment Part 4:
In Random Order:
Eliza Neals USA
Vanessa Collier USA
David Gogo Canada
Steve Marriner Canada
Romi Mayes Canada
Big Dave Maclean Canada
Brent Parkin Canada
Colin James Canada
Sue Foley Canada/USA
Grace Potter USA
Please Vote Now For Your Favorites
Wait For It! There’s More Coming In Future Segments. Your Suggestions Most Welcome As Well.
Your Vote Counts. See Below. Sharing some great music we love. We’ll continue through to early September with more posts like this as we talk to possible Headliners for Go Mexico for the Cause in January. Some videos are for newly recorded, or newly remastered music, others are some of the highest view counts for the performer. Who do you love? Who would you love to see live on our Stages in Mexico? We have about 25 performers on our not so Short List, and we’d love to hear what you think about each.
Did You Miss Volumes 1 and 2 Of Our New Music/Great Performers Fan Survey From Previous Weeks? Check It Out Here (Link To Volume 1) and Here (Link To Volume 2). And Continue To Vote For All Your Favorites. From the two previous posts, and this week’s post.
In This Week’s Segment 3:
In Random Order:
Janiva Magness USA
Blues Mules Canada
Jack Semple Canada
Mike Clark Band Canada
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram USA
Tab Benoit USA
Deanna Bogart and Tommy Castro USA
Please Vote For Your Favorites Now!
Watch For More Who Do You Love? In The Days Ahead. And Please Vote For Your Favorites From Part 1 and Part 2 of Who Do You Love? Who Would You Truly Love To See Live?
We are currently updating this post, originally published on March 31, 2020. (And then Covid changed everything…as we all know) It will reflect how we have greatly expanded our events and locations so we can do more and have a greater impact. It will reflect fundraising since that time and Causes and individuals we have since supported as well. To date since we began on January 8, 2018, we, with the support of our great fans have been able to raise close to 200,000 pesos and put that back into the community towards worthy causes in Mexico.
But we felt that’s just not enough so we expanded greatly our locations within Mexico for the 2021-2022 Winter Season. Our cause for 2021 & the 2022 Winter Season is Street Animal Rescue Mexico. Supporting Neutering, Medical Treatment, and Special Feeding and Housing Programs by Existing Groups and Organizations through grants from our Animal Angels Fund. We’ve just finished our first Fest, The Spirit of Christmas Rock ‘n Blues Explosions Mexico City on December 11, 2021. Many great performers came out to support our Cause and helped us get the Winter Season off to a-rockin’ start. You can check out many of their performance videos on our site. Click to Videos here.
Watch For A Finalized Updated Post By late December 2022. First Published March 31, 2020.
Events & Activities Since January 2020:
Highlights:
Most Recently In December 2021, we held our Spirit of Christmas Navidad Mexico City Animal Rescue Fundraising 1 Day Festival. It was a small event, held during Covid restrictions still. Through the help of our Fest fans and our own contributions we were able to donate 3,500 to Susanna and Isidoro Negrete Reynoso for an operation that one of their Rescue Dogs needed
Opened the Helen M. Rempel Memorial Shelter in rural Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Started with four animals, it has the capacity for 8-10. Monthly operating costs of about 5,000 pesos. A bequest from Helen M. Rempel of Steinbach, Manitoba Canada helped us initiate this project.
January 2020 To December 31, 2022
-2 Live Weekend Rock ‘n Blues Events In Ixtapa, Mexico March 2020 (Just prior to Mexico entering Covid lockdowns for live events)
-3 Online Big Hearts-Big Stars Video Shows April, May, June 2021 with excellent support from big-hearted International Performers. All shows are still available for viewing on our Site here and at our Vimeo Site here.
-Created A Winter Season 2021-2022 Event Lineup For Mexico That Will Greatly Expand Our Ability To Raise More Funds And Impact The Work Of Local Organizations And Veterinarians In More Places In Mexico.
-One Event Has Already Been Held. The Spirit Of Christmas Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Fest In Mexico City On December 11, 2021. We Received Great Support From Many Big Hearted Talent Mexican Performers including Isidoro Negrete Reynoso whose lifetime of blues and rock musical contributions we paid tribute to at the event, Evelyn Rubio (Mexican born based in Houston, Texas), Steffie Beltt, Viri Roots, New Raices del Blues Group, Stick Fingers Group, Torke Ross (lead guitarist and vocals 3 Souls in Mind), Adrian Macotela (lead vocalist and drummer of Desfasados) and many others in support of these performers. All from the Mexico City region. See Performance Videos from the Event Here On Our Site and at our Youtube channel (link on the performance videos page)
-Created two Online Donation Sites At Donorbox.org For Fans To Offer Direct Support To Our Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Events Angeles de Animales Fund. The Site Links Are Street Animal Rescue Mexico our general donation site, and 4 Legs For Blackie, a special site to fund major veterinary care for approximately 3-year-old Blackie who shattered his rear right leg. For your information, the leg was surgically repaired by operation with a pin inserted in his leg by a team of veterinarians in the Toluca area where we first found Blackie. Now approximately a year later, we are thrilled to tell you he is running and jumping full of life like he normally would have been.
Donations Received By Our Donorbox Sites: 8 Donations Received To Date For A Total Of $1,250 USD
Grants & Donations Made by Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosions Events & Fests: (Further Updates Coming Soon)
Childrens’ Orphanage Zihuatanejo 2018 & 2019
Street Animal Rescue Mexico: 2020+
-Amigos de Animales Shelter & Rescue Barra Potosi (Stasya Briggs)-Zihuatanejo region-1 Donation
-Claudio Bigotes Memorial Shelter-Toluca-Mexico City region (Natalia Ruiz Gomez)-2 Donations: For Neutering Campaign, For Shelter Expansion
-Susanna Hernandez y Isidoro Negrete Street Rescue Shelter: Mexico City-4 Donations: Medical Treatments & Feeding
-4 Legs For Blackie: Veterinarians Otzlotopec For Operation, Medication and After Surgery Care (https://www.facebook.com/veterinariaotzolotepec)
-Angeles de Animales Fund: For Miscellaneous Feeding & Shelter Costs 2020 & 2021
Education and Awareness(Street Animal Rescue Mexico)
Also Support For:
Youth Development Support/Realizing Potentials
Musician “Tip Me/Us” Support (Covid Live Music Cancellations)
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Tequila Blues & Rock Explosion Events & Fests & The Ixtapa-Zihua Community 2020.
The 2020 Tequila Blues & Rock Events for 2020 from January to March are now concluded. Our best-ever Festival, the 3rd one, with Canadian, American, and Mexican performers, and then three amazing Weekend Concert Style Shows with more visiting performers. Don’t Just Take Our Word For It. View the Music Of 2020 In Video Here. Nearly 30 Performances And Growing.
Isidoro Negrete Reynoso & The Blues Machine/Maquina de Blues January 11, Tequila Blues & Rock Explosion Fest III
We are pleased to report, that with the support of our music and fun-loving fans, we were able to donate to two animal rescue organizations, Amigos de Animales of Barra Potosi, MX and Animales Angeles MX of Mexico City/Toluca, our 2020 Causes, and create two funds, the Realizing Potentials Fund for young people, typically early to mid-teens, and the Birthday/Navidad Smiles Fund for younger children.
A total of $40,300 pesos was raised at the January Tequila Blues & Rock Explosion Festival III and the February and March Blues & Rock Weekend Shows for the community.
Fans directly donated $9,500 pesos at the events, with the remainder coming from the Events & Organizers.
This brings the total donated to the Ixtapa-Zihua community to $165,390 pesos since January 2018, when Tequila Blues & Rock Explosion Events & Fests held its first event in Ixtapa-Zihua.
We are also pleased to report that a donation of $12,200 pesos in total will be made to Amigos de Animales and Stasya Briggs, the founder and project operator, with the first portion of that donation made on March 26. The remainder to be made in late April. The Animales Angels Project, founded by Natalia Ruiz Gomez, has received $10,730 pesos to date, to help with their ongoing shelter and rescue expenses in the Toluca/Mexico City region.
Additionally, the allocation of $6,000 pesos, with possible additional funding, has been made from the Realizing Potentials Fund to 14-year-old local guitar prodigy, Vicente Contreras for specific approved guitar instruction and equipment that can help take his talent to the next level of accomplishment. The funds will be paid out to cover approved training expenses, once the training and development plan details are in place.
The remaining funds, approximately 10,750 pesos, will be available in reserve in the event that our 2020 Causes require additional support or additional needs and requests from the Realizing Potentials project or Birthday/Navidad Smiles are received. Funds may also be allocated to our Mexico’s Got Talent Showcase project for the showcase and development of youth amateur talent from this part of Mexico, currently planned for late 2020 in Ixtapa.
If you wish more background on Tequila Blues and Rock Explosion Events and our Community Involvement please review our January 23, 2020 News Release as a starting point, or contact Bob Rempel, the Events Chairperson, through this Site or our Facebook Tequila Blues & Rock page.
We sincerely thank all our Fans, Performers, Volunteers and Supporters. Without them, this is not possible.
First and foremost we are about working with high-quality performers with big hearts presenting great Live Music and Entertainment events for everyone’s enjoyment. However, our Community involvement and support for worthy Causes is a very important part of the purpose of all the events we present.
More details on the future 2020 and 2021 Events will be announced as soon as possible.
Our Mission and Purpose can be simply stated: “Great people with big hearts, having fun, enjoying the music of our lives, and doing good things together”.
Vicente Contreras, 14 years old, Ixtapa-Zihua guitar prodigy A training and development grant has been allocated to assist Vicente’s special talent in music and to help him realize his full potentialStasya Briggs, founder of Amigos de Animales at her shelter near Barra Potosi2020 Performer Melodi Ryan at Amigos de Animales Shelter near Barra Potosi
Adopt A Dog Today. Both Amigos de Animales & Animales Angeles Mx have great healthy vet certified animals available for adoption Choco needs costly chemotherapy medication Geoff Dahl Canada and Tuck Foster USA (rear) at Sunday Jams & Collaboration January 12, 2020Amigos de Animales Donation Part 1Sunday Jams & Collaborations January 12 at the Fest: Our TrademarkThinking Ahead With Fingers CrossedThe James Band with Angel Marquez present Queen & Bon JoviRoadHouse Blues Song Always Got Our Fans Up Dancing Natalia Ruiz Gomez, with Bob Rempel, receiving the Animales Angeles MX donation from Tequila Blues & Rock Explosion Fests & Events at the February 29th Experience The Doors In Concert Show in IxtapaNatalia Ruiz Gomez & 2 Year Old Choco Who Needs Chemotherapy MedicationEvelyn Rubio, who totally impressed everyone with her music, and is a big supporter of animal rescue causes. We’ve asked her to return if possible. Roberto Eslava & The Crystal Ship Band gave us two nights of their A+ performance game presenting The Doors Concert Experience.Gil Gaidola of Hamilton, Ontario gave us one of the best CCR Shows we could have asked for. A little reflection after the 2020 Fest. Performers, Volunteers, Organizers January 18, Closing Night Of The Fest. Our All Stars Band Was A Great Addition for 2020Our Fans Have Love In Their Big Hearts And A Love For The Music Of Their Lives Birthday/Navidad Smiles Fonzeca CPP Project from Monterrey, Mexico. Came To Support The 2020 Fest & Causes And Left With Many New Fans And An Open Invitation To Return Anytime.Muscarya from Morelia with Chris Sanchez, Charly Blues and Victoria Ruiz brought us great classic rock, blues and soul on March 6 & 7.The whole gang of The Crystal Ship Band, Ricardo from Villas Paraiso, Ken Ristau, Kevin Lafond, Natalia Ruiz Gomez after their great February 28 & 29 Doors Concert Experience ShowsMarch 14, 2020: The James Band from Mexico City with volunteers Audy Paladi from Ixtapa-Zihua, Kevin LaFond from Ixtapa/Edmonton in the middle, and Bob Rempel, far right
Dear Bob, and Friends at Tequila Blues & Rock Festival !
You made our day !
Thank you for supporting us in this fight against abuse and cruelty and ignorance !
Thank you for standing right by us protecting those who are voiceless and helpless!
Thank you for having our back when we rescue the abused, heal the hurt and feed the hungry!
We are in this fight together and thanks to you, we are step by step changing the future for animals and people all together in rural Mexico …
As you know, Amigos de Animales is the only Charitable Foundation in Guerrero includes all 3 core programs : Education, Mass Spay and Neuter , Rescue .
Our Animal Welfare education program, covering 15 local school districts, regular Mass Spay and Neuter clinics, resulting in thousands of animals spayed and neutered, and our shelter, the largest in this area, all require enormous effort, sweat, blood and money ! Lots of money!
And YOU help us keep going ! You motivate, encourage and support !
Thank you! From all of us , volunteers and rescues , from the bottom of our hearts – Thank you !
Performers: Have You Got A New High-Quality Video Featuring Your Music? Let Us Know! We’d Love To Feature It In An Upcoming Show. Fans Of Blues & Rock: Preview Great Performers We Want You To See Live Soon.
Big Hearts-Big Stars Online Video Shows. Featuring Big Hearted -Big Talent Performers We Are Hoping To Work With At Our Live Performances In Mexico In The Future.
3 Shows-10 Segments Done. April 18, May 16 & June 24, 2021. View Our Performers At Our Lineup Page On Our Website.
Now A New Show Coming For Mid September. As We Launch Another New Website: NewBluesRock.com And Announce Stage 1 Of Our Lineups For the Live Rock ‘n Blues Mexico Winter 2021-22 Fests Tour Coming Soon.
Join The Mexico Winter Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Tour 2021-22. See The Best Of Mexico, And Enjoy Great Rock ‘n Blues While Your Big Heart Supports Street Animal Rescue in Mexico and Everywhere.
Follow Us At Tequilabluesrock.com and at our Facebook page to get all the details. Fest Passes Now At Best Value And Best Seating. Great Promotional Offer For Those Who Take The Entire Tour. Just Ask Us.
EarlyBird Tickets Available Starting Today June 1 At Our Tickets Page Here. https://tequilabluesrock.com/festivaltickets/ Tickets Prices Adjusted Monthly. June 2021 Will Be Your Best Value Friends!
We’re Getting Ready For Some Great Upcoming Big Hearts-Big Stars Rock ‘n Blues ‘n Love Events. Follow All Our Announcements At Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Love Explosion Facebook Page And Here. Yes, We Are Now Tequila Rock ‘n Blues ‘n Love Explosion Fests & Events. We Can’t Get Too Much Rock ‘n Blues ‘n Love In This Life Can We?
Big Hearts-Big Stars Rock ‘n Blues Returns May 16, 6:00 pm CDT. We will bring great new performers, we’ll bring you great performers returning from our April 18 show. We lead into another online show June 13, again 6:00 pm CDT when we also get Big Hearts-Big Stars Mayan Riviera The First Annual launched.
All Big Hearts-Big Stars supporting our Street Animal Rescue Neutering & Awareness fundraising in Mexico and Worldwide! Free To Watch But Please Support The Homeless And Abandoned Street Animals If You Can. Our Donation Link Here. Special Rewards & Privileges For All Donors At Our Upcoming Live Fests Including Cancun. Our Way Of Thanking You.
See The Lineup For The Show On Our Site. Sign Up Here With Your Email To Receive The Details To Watch The Show. 3 Segments Close to 3 Hours Of Music Performance Style.
Pool Party in the Afternoon 4pm to 6:30 pm. Fun-Fun-Fun With A Softer Beach Feel Rock Hard & Metal Beer Fest At Night. With AC-DC Tribute Band from Mexico City plus Tritton Metal Band, as headliners, one of Mexico’s best. Reserved Tables & Advance Fest Pass & Tickets Now At Our Festival Tickets Page Here On This Site
New Fest Promo Video Released September 15, 2020. Music, Events, Beaches, Warm Weather, Fest Safety Bubble. We’re Ready To Rock…Safely…When You’re Ready To Go Live Again…In Mexico…In January.
Updating You About Our Support Of Mexico Causes & People. March 2020 to September 2020. Our Report To The Community And Particularly Our Loyal Fans And Donors About Our Support Of the Community.
We Are Fully Committed To Our Brand Tag Lines: Tequila Rock ‘n Blues Explosion Festival & Events: Always For Great Causes, Always For Fun, Always For Great Live Music In The Warmth Near The Beach.
We Want To Do More, We Know We Can Do More. With Your Support And Assistance.
Why We Continue To Plan For 2021 & 2022 And Continue To Build Our Live International Rock ‘n Blues Music Festival And Associated Events In Mexico So We Can Increase Our Support For Local Causes and Benefit Local Businesses And Their Employees.
Natalia Ruiz Gomez of the Claudio Bigotes Memorial Animal Shelter of Toluca/Mexico City And Choco, the young part Doberman rescued from the street, who needed extensive Vet. treatments.
Our Current Total Of Contributions To The Community From January 1998 To Today After Funding All Costs Of Staging The Festival Through Cash Flow Is 170,390 pesos.
An Additional Donation of 5, 000 pesos Was Made In Early April To The Claudio Bigotes Memorial Animal Rescue Shelter In Toluca/Mexico City For Special Veterinary Treatment Needed.
From Funds Raised During The 2020 January To March Events As Reported In Our March 2020 Report To The Community, (See Below) We Contributed 12,200 pesos to Amigos de Animales of Barra Potosi, $10,730 pesos to the Claudio Bigotes Memorial Animal Rescue Shelter, and 3,000 pesos to Vicente Contreras, our 14-year-old guitar prodigy, for continued training in guitar from our Realizing Potentials Fund. There is a further pledge to Vicente of another 3,000 pesos following the successful completion of phase 1 of his new training.
Vincente Contreras, 14 years old of Ixtapa-Zihua.
And then Covid-19 struck. Many performer friends of our Festival, suddenly were unable to perform live in public for payment or tips. We made an “executive decision” in late April to reallocate 9, 000 pesos from our Realizing Potentials Fund to help, in a small, but meaningful way still we felt, and provide support three Mexican rock ‘n blues groups who have always given our Cause Fests their time and performance without demands for payment.
Now we are looking forward to January 2021 and 2022. In addition to continuing to support our 2020 Street Animal Rescue organizations and the Realizing Potentials Fund, we also wish to support Local Businesses and their Employees who were devastated by Covid 19 and help kickstart Mexico Tourism Recovery.
You will see some interesting announcements soon on our new plans to support both Local Business and their Employees and Mexico Tourism Recovery overall while continuing support for our ongoing Causes.
As always, we sincerely welcome the Feedback and Suggestions of our Fans And Past Donors.
We’ve Only Just Begun!…Stealing A Song Title There.
Many New Performers Ready To Participate in 2021 & 2022 More New Performers, Many From Mexico For Our International Fest
Let Us “Come Together” In 2021 & 2021 For Great Live Music By Big Hearted International Performers Who Love Mexico And The People. For Fun In The Warmth With Family & Friends Old And New. Always For Great Causes.
Brent Parkin from southern Manitoba near Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Angel Marquez, from Mexico City, Mexico
Juan Carlos Cortes, from Morelia, Mexico
The Rebel Heart Band from Courtney, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
All exceptional proven performers, all with their own recordings, who have been on many big stages. We are so glad to have heard them say to us: “Yes, we’d love to come and help support your Causes”.
It works! We promise!
