The Freight’s second annual Legacy Festival honors the Father of Chicano Music, Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero. Co-curated by The Freight’s Director of Programming PC Muñoz and Lalo’s son, recording artist Mark Guerrero, this celebration gathers modern musical icons shaped by Lalo’s legacy with two nights of concerts and other activities including a participatory Lalo Guerrero ofrenda, a marigold-making station, and free snacks while they last.

FREE DAYTIME FESTIVAL EVENTS

11AM:  Yvonne Martinez – Author/activist Yvonne Martinez presents a stirring monologue about Southern California Chicano culture and growing up in East LA, near Lalo Guerrero’s nightclub.

12PM: Emcee Infinite – San Francisco hip-hop artist/actor/theater phenom Emcee Infinite offers a Pachuco-flavored hip-hop set with musical nods to Lalo Guerrero and other Chicano legends.

1PM: Christian O. Paiz – Author/UC Berkeley professor Christian O. Paiz leads a deep dive into his book The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement as well as Lalo Guerrero’s connection to the movement and the Coachella valley.

2PM: Miguel Govea and Susan Peña – Longtime music educators Miguel Govea and Susan Peña lead an interactive workshop exploring the diasporic African influence on Chicano music-making and Lalo Guerrero’s work.

3PM: Mark Guerrero and PC Muñoz – The Freight’s Director of Programming PC Muñoz interviews Lalo Guerrero’s son, recording artist and festival co-curator Mark Guerrero, about Mark/s decades-long career, creative relationship with his father, Chicano music historian work, and putting together the festival.