On Sunday (Sept. 8) day two, the second edition of the Arre Festival, taking place in Mexico City’s Curva 4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, became a platform for new artists in the regional Mexican music space, featuring corridos tumbados superstar Junior H as the headliner.
Throughout the various stages of the music marathon — which gathered around 60,000 people, according to the promoter Ocesa — groups and solo artists such as Miguel Cornejo, Flor de Toloache, Delilah, and Jasiel Núñez performed, alongside contemporary stars like K-Paz de la Sierra, Banda Los Recoditos, Nortec: Bostich + Fussible, and Gerardo Ortiz, as well as veterans like Los Invasores de Nuevo León and La Única Internacional Sonora.
The cold weather that enveloped the Mexican capitol was no obstacle for attendees, who showed off their best outfits: denim miniskirts, tight jeans, plaid shirts, leather pants, tops, Cowboy hats and boots stood out among the outfits, a mix of urban and country styles. Although the festival is dedicated to various genres of regional Mexican music, punks, rockers and hip-hoppers also attended, surrendering to norteño music and corridos tumbados, and did not hesitate to bust out their best dance moves without prejudice or guilty pleasures.
Outside the venue, images dedicated to the “saints of corridos tumbados” — Saint Natanael Cano, Saint Gerardo Ortiz, and Saint Junior H — were sold by vendors, standing out among the unofficial merchandise items that are usually a sensation among concert attendees.
Here are our five favorite performances from the second day of the Arre Festival 2024.
