The Los Cabos Music Festival, one of the all day events most anticipated by tourists and residents alike is scheduled for Saturday, June 22.

Over 80 bands will be presented in 20 stages located throughout the downtown area of San Jose del Cabo.

Dario Luna Vázquez, Director of the Organizing Committee: "It’s a celebration that joins other celebrations of music in the world, taking place in more than 120 countries, so San Jose del Cabo joins the Official Day of Music and we are happy to announce more than 100 musical groups performing on 20 different stages ".

The Municipal Director of Liaison for Culture and Arts Institute, Rosaura Martinez Bringas, recognized the magnitude and importance this project has for the Los Cabos Municipality and highlighted the work that takes place year after year, organizing numerous campaigns such as cleaning the beaches and the estuary, in addition to the special care given to the collection and handling of trash during and after the festival.

Rosaura Martinez Bringas,
Municipal Director of Liaison for the Culture and Arts Institute in Los Cabos:  “One of the main reasons we’ve decided to support this project, is precisely because of its social efforts. There’s been cleanup campaigns of the beaches and the estuary, this cleaning and hard work is carried thru to schools and it’s very important work at a society level. They do this as part of a social group they’ve created VivArte ".

This will be the eleventh edition of the Los Cabos Music Festival that has become an emblematic event and a tradition for the residents and visitors to Los Cabos who each year enjoy this day and night full of music and creativity.

Translation by Tony Perez Dillon

The Culinary Awards second edition awards ceremony took place this week with the participation of 121 restaurants, 37 of which had at least one nomination and 19 were awarded. The auditing firm of Crowe Horwath Gossler was in charge of the vote counting and validation process. Restaurant of the year award was taken by Seared at One & Only Palmilla hotel. Chef of the year award went to Thierry Blouet from Café des Artistes at JW Marriott Los Cabos. The Los Cabos Culinary Awards focuses on showing the world the gastronomical diversity and
world-class quality of food and service in the region. Bon appetite!  Tony Perez Dillon for Cabo News Today

Swimming whether practiced in closed or open air swimming pools is considered one of the most complete activities there is to stay in shape.  However, swimming in the sea has become one of the most attractive and challenging activities, especially for those who have a fears or phobia they want to overcome.

Manny González, Swimming Instructor: "…for us there are no limits, we believe you can start at any age ... we have swimmers between 4 and 72 years of age ..."

Not only is enrolling in a swimming school to be encouraged, to gain more confidence in the sea, but also “the challenge” is to participate in swimming competitions.

Manny González, Swim Instructor: "... sometimes competition intimidates many people and it can reject or limit many people from approaching this ... for us the first swimmer to the last swimmer mean a lot, in fact we appreciate the last swimmer in a whole lot, because we know they are the ones that make the most effort to overcome that first fear, the first event ...”

Maren Wünsche, swimmer (59 years old): "... I have overcome my fears, my doubts, and it’s always a challenge. And the sea is never the same, today we were lucky to have a very calm sea and very beautiful and here I have my medal ...”

Atina Altamirano swimmer (21 years old): "... many people are afraid of the sea, but nothing really happens, once you are in the water it’s the best experience that can happen to you ..."

For some, swimming has helped overcome personal fears, traumas and even serious illness as with Celia, a cancer survivor.

Celia Villalobos, swimmer (61 years old): ".... Swimming gives you discipline, discipline for life, because there are challenges you face and more in the sea, In a pool the environment is controlled, it’s a discipline that shows you to face anything, I am a cancer survivor and I believe that having played sports, helped me out in many ways, my doctor told me ... "  

For others it becomes a part of their life. As with Jaime Lomelín one of Mexico’s well-known swimmers, Lomelín crossed “solo” the English Channel in 1990, in 2015 swam the Manhattan Island Marathon around the big apple’s pride and joy holding that year’s record and in 2017 swam the Catalina Island Channel to San Francisco at night and surrounded by sharks for a better than average time of 11:53:44.  Lomelin earned himself the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming distinction. He tells us a little about his memories of Manhattan …

Jaime Lomelín: Open Water Swimmer: "... its 46 kilometers, and I was in second place behind an Australian 20 years younger; that was 4 years ago in 2015, it’s been the best Mexican time, and that record still stands today ... I’m 56 years old and will continue swimming until the body endures ..."

Swimming schools located in places like Los Cabos have become more and more popular.  The equipment required to join is minimal, and family and friends gather in a healthy environment with individual challenges that also favor personal development.

Translation by Tony Perez Dillon

In the down town streets around the art galleries of San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, there’s a very different feeling in the air since now any visitor can interact with the art shown.

Iván Guaderrama, Artist: "... a few years ago I wanted people not only to see the work, but also to be able to interact so it could be a part of them. Then I went back to school and studied programming language, development and technology and now we combine robotics and art ... This is the only gallery where they can play them ... "

Interesting fact is that you combine three of the five senses at the same time. You can see, touch and listen.

Iván Guaderrama Artist: "... what we do is use peoples metabolism to generate musical notes, then depending on who plays the work, it generates different sound notes. …let me show you, you will play it, I'm going to touch it, and when we touch each other we generate the musical notes. "

Iván Guaderrama Artist:  "... I programmed parts of the songs and the sounds of the whales and other songs that I programmed, when people touch the work, those sounds are triggered ..."

Also there are paintings that come to life through an application that is downloaded to the mobile device or a tablet.

Iván Guaderrama Artist: "... They point towards the art and listen to a message, a message that appears, and a message that we want to share, take a look and let’s see others ..."

Judi Ravis, from Washington: “This is incredible, I've never seen anything like it before, it has a positive message, I like it because it transcends generations ..., but the technology of the angel coming out of the picture is incredible, I've never seen anything similar…"

Iván Guaderrama, Artist: "...The Technology is called Augmented Reality, it has existed for more than 15 years, we just started to combine it with art ... most of it is in English because it’s part of our mission to share a message and since those who visit us are foreigners ..."

The interesting thing is not only the art in itself but the interaction combined with a technology that can be seen, felt and heard.

Translation by Tony Perez Dillon