Little Joe Celebrates 68 Years of Performing at Victoria Cinco de Mayo

There are so many Tejano Cinco de Mayo celebrations to celebrate the Holiday and ours in Victoria might have been the best. Two days of some of the biggest names in Tejano music such as Lucky Joe, Solido, Elida Reyna Y Avante (farewell tour), South Texas Homies, Jay, Ram and the Legendary Little Joe Y La Familia!

What an incredible and special performance by Little Joe in downtown Victoria at DeLeon Plaza. His first performance in Victoria was over 68 years ago in 1957, also at DeLeon Plaza. So he is back where it all started for him in Victoria. He also mentions Mr. Villafranca. More about that below. Check a clip of him performing by clicking here. 

If you grew up in Victoria, chances are you have been to many events at the Club Westerner. I have so many fond memories of going to events as a kid and remembering the 'voice' of the Club Westerner, Mr. John Manuel Villafranca! From an early age, I associated Mr. Villafranca and his voice with the Club Westerner and I still do to this day. In my opinion, he helped build the dancehall culture in Victoria with dances every single weekend at the Club Westerner catering to all genres.

Mr. Villafranca had so many close relationships with so many of the stars. Including a wonderful relationship with Little Joe which is captured in the picture below. Little Joe continues to have an awesome relationship with the Villafranca family. Little Joe even shot a TV documentary many years back at the Club Westerner.

Mr. Villafranca passed away on October 2nd,2007 but the Villafranca family continues the legacy of Mr. John Manuel Villafranca and the Club Westerner. The Villafranca family continues to run operations at the Club Westerner. Also, let us not forget Mr. Eloy, who kept those tables clean from beer bottles. What great memories. While the Westerner does not hold public dances every weekend it is booked almost every weekend for private events and is absolutely gorgeous inside.

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