Felix Gato Peralta is a Chicano singer-songwriter, guitarist, accordionist, and harmonica player from New Mexico. He blends traditional corridos, Matachines rhythms, Southwest blues, zydeco, and cumbia to honor his ancestral journey. A dedicated cultural educator and community leader, Felix uses music as a pathway for healing generational trauma and keeping Hispano and Nuevo Mexicano traditions alive. He has performed at the Kennedy Center’s Arts Across America, been featured in PBS documentaries, and is a 2026 516 ARTS Fulcrum Fund grantee.
I’m here to archive, to pass down, and to help keep what remains of a culture that’s slowly fading. I am a cultural bearer of sound and art — a gatherer of salt, a peregrino of hard times, floods, crying, incarceration, and broken homes. I’m an educator, a community leader, and a student of the world.
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Gigs !
9/24 Teddy Roe’s 7-10pm
9/25 South Valley Growers Market 5-8pm
9/26 24th Annual Harvest Festival 12-2:30pm
9/26 Albuquerque Folk Fest 6:30pm
9/27 Corrales Harvest Fest (Lara Manzanares) 2pm
9/29 El Pinto 6-9pm
9/30 UNMH Charity Show 12-1pm
10/1 Commanche Highway Opening Reception UNM Valencia 5-7pm
10/3 ABQ BioPark Harvest Festival 10-11:30pm
10/3 Sawmill Balloon Fiesta Show 4:30-6:30pm
10/3 Marble Downtown 8pm
10/4 9:30 to 11 am Botanical Garden
10/4 Juno Cumbia Show 7pm
10/6 Steel Bender Balloon Firsta Party
10/8 Teddy Roes 7-9pm
10/9 Mystic Santa Fe 8pm
Felix Peralta Resume
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