A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMAS Crosses Cultures, Bringing a Mexican Holiday Celebration to The Granada Theatre

The Granada Theatre's Holiday Spectacular continues on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 8:00pm with the colorfully festive performance, A Merry-Achi Christmas, from two-time Grammy Award nominated Mariachi Sol De México® de José Hernández! Crossing culture and genre categories this holiday season, The Granada Theatre Concert Series brings this vibrant holiday performance to the stage for all members of the Santa Barbara community to experience and enjoy.

A Merry-Achi Christmas is not your average holiday performance. Audience members can expect an exciting holiday celebration featuring festive merriment and seasonal songs all performed in the energetic style of traditional Mexican mariachi. Sol de México de José Hernández will headline the performance, accompanied by America's first all-female Grammy-nominated Mariachi, Reyna de Los Angeles.

Formed by Jóse Hernàndez in 1981, Sol de México® was created to reflect the vision of an inspiring, artistic mariachi ensemble. As true representatives of a treasured cultural heritage, Sol de México® are a cohesive, dynamic team who have accepted the vision to live on as the Nation's Premier Mariachi! Individually, each musical artist of Sol de México® brings a refined talent of expertise but together they are mesmerizing - animating the voice of their culture. To mirror the romance, serenity and cultural tradition, Sol de México® offers traditional mariachi sounds embellished with fresh contemporary passion and powerful new rhythms.

This program will be conducted in Spanish.

These sensational holiday performances are all part of the popular Granada Theatre Concert Series, sponsored by Montecito Bank & Trust.

Tickets range in price from $24 - $69, and are available through The Granada Theatre's Box Office. Please click here to purchase or call the Box Office at (805) 899-2222. Dates and times are subject to change.

To learn more about how to support The Granada Theatre, please contact Hayley Firestone Jessup, Vice President for Advancement, at 805-899-3000 or hjessup@granadasb.org. For more information, please visit www.granadasb.org.

About The Granada Theatre

The SBCPA, a privately-funded 501(c)(3) corporation established in 1983, is dedicated to providing best-in-class production, sales and administrative support to arts organizations from throughout the Santa Barbara region, including its Historic Theatre District partners (Lobero Theatre and the New Vic Theatre) as well as its eight resident companies (CAMA, Music Academy of the West, Opera Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Santa Barbara Symphony, State Street Ballet, Theater League and UCSB Arts & Lectures).

The SBCPA's most visible service is operation of The Granada Theatre. Purchased by the SBCPA in 2003, restored and reopened in 2008, The Granada Theatre has state-of-the-art electrical, sound, lighting and fly systems, large and up-to-date dressing rooms, as well as contemporary audience amenities. By providing a world-class venue with skilled house management staff, production staff, marketing and ticketing services staff, the SBCPA is making it possible for many of Santa Barbara's finest performing arts organizations to present their programs with the highest level of contemporary production support and audience comfort. For more information please visit www.granadasb.org.

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