NOTO Summer Concert Series – Maria the Mexican
May 19@7:00pm-10:00pm
The NOTO Summer Concert series is a celebration of music that strives to offer culturally rich experiences for the community through a diverse variety of genres and performers. In addition to regionally acclaimed headlining bands, these concerts also feature a local emerging artist as the opening act. With the intentional focus on a diversity of music performances, the vibe of the NOTO Arts & Entertainment District and the intimate setting of the Redbud Park, these concerts are like none other in our community. The Summer Concert series is planned for five consecutive third Fridays, May through September, 7-10pm. The 2023 NOTO Summer Concert series is proudly presented by Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Kansas.
Join us on May 19th as Maria The Mexican headlines our first Summer Concert in the 2023 series. Maria the Mexican is comprised of three musicians and performing artists: Maria Cuevas, D. Garrett Nordstrom and Teresa (Tess) Cuevas. On stage there is an amalgam of traditional Mexican and American rock instrumentation – drums, bass, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, traditional Mexican stringed instruments, pedal steel guitar, congas and percussion, trumpet, keyboards. And a passionate delivery of American roots music forms dosed with traditional Mexican harmonic and rhythmic influences alongside traditional Mexican music – Mariachi, Cumbia and more. The repertoire comes to life with original music – from incendiary love songs to social and political commentary – written and arranged in collaborations between Maria and Garrett Nordstrom and penned in both English and Spanish.