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This Vancouver Mariachi group is one of Canada’s outstanding Mexican Music Ensembles. The band was founded in 1992 by a mixture of Mexican and Canadian musicians to blend the traditional styling with the classical panache, from soft romantic ballads to the lively ranchero songs.

Vancouver Mariachi members

The core musicians of this Vancouver Mariachi group are Octavio, Antonio, Cameron, Sandra and Mario. Many other Mexican and Canadian colleagues have worked with the band over the years and continue to do so. It is also their contributions that have helped this ensemble evolve into what it is today.

Since its formation, this Vancouver Mariachi has performed at countless public and private functions in Canada and Mexico, in front of all type of audiences.

Vancouver Mariachi highlights

The Vancouver International Dragon Boat Festival
APEC Meeting in 1997
New Millennium Vancouver’s First Night
The Vancouver Canucks
This Vancouver Mariachi group represented Canada at the International Congress of Mariachi music in Guadalajara City, Mexico - 2001 and 2002
They performed along with the finest Mariachi band in the World Mariachi de America and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver - 2004
Collaborated with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra at the Victoria University Centre, January 2005
Carrousel by the River Festival in Windsor, Ontario - May 2005
The Spirit of Mexico at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver - September 15 and 16, 2005
Ghost Train at The Stanley Park Vancouver BC - October 2005
Tai Nam and Taipei, Taiwan - November 2005

Born and raised in the City of Texcoco, Mexico, singing since age 4, now a professional singer and guitar player. Based in Vancouver British Columbia since 1990 where he is well known, Octavio is the lead singer, founder and director of this Vancouver Mariachi group and he has participated in numerous contests and festivals in Mexico and Canada, achieving several awards as composer and singer.

The leader of this Vancouver Mariachi group has participated also in Radio, TV programs and TV series as Harper’s Island in 2008, movies as Take My Life and theatrical productions like: “The King And I” which was running the winter of 2003-2004 – forty five days in a row at the Gateway Theater in Richmond B.C. where he played the role of “Lun- Tha”.

During its singing carrier Octavio has performed sharing the stage with World famous bands and artists like: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, Mariachi de América, Mariachi Los Camperos and many more elite bands.

This Vancouver Mariachi group has represented Canada on a number of occasions, the 11th International Mariachi Festival in Guadalajara City, and the Mexico and Mariachi, The Spirit of Mexico Tour, were two of the most influential.