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The El Paso Community Foundation will be starting a two-day music and cultural festival, Sol Summit, this summer.
Representatives of the Community Foundation announced that the two-day festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3, at San Jacinto Plaza, the heart of Downtown El Paso.
Eric Pearson, President of El Paso Community Foundation, said in a release, “Sol Summit is a great way to celebrate downtown and all that El Paso offers. It’s an important way to showcase Latino voices and local bands together with some of the best rock groups in the world.”
Festival Director Seth Dodson said the festival will be an indie, bilingual event that spotlights both local and global acts.
“Our event is locally grown, built around discovery, and designed to feel porous between genres, languages, and scenes. And as a nonprofit festival, everything it generates goes back into supporting the community that makes this place so special,” he said.
The festival will be headlined by Bomba Estéreo on Saturday, May 2, and The Flaming Lips on Sunday, May 3.
The Flaming Lips, the acclaimed, long-running band formed in Oklahoma City, bring their singular, decades-spanning take on American psychedelic and alternative rock.
Bomba Estéreo, led by Li Saumet, blends Caribbean rhythms with electronic music, drawing from the colors and culture of Colombia and the wider Latin American Caribbean.
Organizers said Sol Summit will be a family-friendly festival, with daytime programming curated in partnership with the El Paso Museum of History and the Mexican American Cultural Center. There will be hands-on activities and cultural experiences for all ages.
Sol Summit times, musical lineup
Festival gates will open at 2:30 p.m. each day, with programming running until 11:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Saturday, May 2: Headlined by Bomba Estéreo, with performances by DIIV, Ela Minus, Chuwi, Radio Malilla, Benjamin Booker, Titanic, Frontera Bugalú, and El Mariachi Manchester.
Sunday, May 3: Headliners The Flaming Lips, joined by Ximena Sariñana, Sparta, Adrian Quesada’s Trio Asesino, Angélica Garcia, Estereomance, Sultanes del Yonke, Doom Well, and Bloomwave.
The full lineup reflects Sol Summit’s global and genre-spanning approach, weaving togetherindie rock, Latin alternative, electronic, cumbia, punk, soul, and experimental sounds fromPuerto Rico, Mexico City, Colombia, New York, New Orleans, El Paso and more, directors said.
Sol Summit tickets on sale Feb. 6
Tickets for Sol Summit go on sale at 12 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at SolSummitMusic.com, with single-day passes, two-day festival passes, and VIP packages available. Tickets are sold on a tiered pricing system and will increase as tiers sell out, so fans are encouraged to purchase early.
Two-day GA passes start at $135, single-day GA passes start at $70, two-day VIP passes start at $225, and single-day VIP passes start at $140. Kids 12 and under receive free general admission access when accompanied by a ticketed adult.
María Cortés González may be reached at 915-546-6150; [email protected]; @eptmaria.bsky.social on Bluesky, and @eptmariacg on TikTok.
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