For Guadalajara’s indie-rock fans, the drought is finally over: Keane, Morrissey and more to play this fall

While Guadalajara is known for its affluent taste practice and the birthplace of mariachi music, acold little recognized is its vibrant alternate euphony scene. 

After a hard spot that saw the Corona Capital GDL festival spell connected hiatus, the closure of Guanamor Teatro Studio for renovations and a absorption alteration and operation issues delaying the brand-new Guadalajara Arena’s opening, things are yet getting backmost connected way (musically speaking) for La Perla Tapatía. 

This fall, Guadalajara’s unrecorded euphony calendar is jam-packed. Here are 4 events that diehard alt-rock/indie euphony fans should person connected their radar.

Brian Jonestown Massacre

Indie stone veterans The Brian Jonestown Massacre performing astatine the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival successful June.

I archetypal became a instrumentality of Brian Jonestown Massacre aft watching “Dig!,” the critically acclaimed (and wholly loco) 2004 documentary chronicling the love/hate narration betwixt BJM and rival band, the Dandy Warhols.

Formed by Anton Newcombe successful San Francisco backmost successful the aboriginal 1990s, BJM ne'er achieved large stardom, but it developed an intensely loyal following. The band’s lush, ethereal dependable harkens backmost to 1960s psychedelic-rock and blues (think aboriginal Rolling Stones) with a twist each their own.

If caller to the band, cheque retired the instantly captivating “Straight Up and Down” — champion known arsenic the taxable from HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” — oregon the bluesy “Anemone,” which was featured successful a 2021 documentary astir cook Anthony Bourdain.

At a unrecorded BJM show, the wildcard is ever Newcombe himself — a antheral adjacent parts philharmonic savant and mercurial diva. If I whitethorn usage a bushed cliché, their shows are similar a container of chocolates — you ne'er cognize what you’re going to get. And that’s portion of the fun.

Brian Jonestown Massacre performs astatine C4 Concert House successful Guadalajara connected October 23. Tickets are disposable astatine TicketNow.

Morrissey

Morrissey plays to excited fans astatine the Auditorio Nacional successful Mexico City successful 2018.

Lead vocalist and lyricist of the seminal 1980s set The Smiths, Steven Patrick Morrissey is headed to Guadalajara successful aboriginal November.

Mexicans (and particularly Mexican Americans) person agelong adored Morrissey. Some speculate that the aggravated transportation stems from his writing’s similarity to Mexican ranchera music, which besides embraces themes of alienation and longing.

But I don’t deliberation you person to excavation that heavy to explicate Morrissey’s entreaty successful Mexico. This handsome devil with a slick pompadour, enchanting dependable and dark, melancholy lyrics seems quintessentially Latin. Add to it his brooding persona and witty observations that evoke a modern-day Oscar Wilde, and his cult-like pursuing is nary surprise.

For his part, Morrissey loves Mexico back, having erstwhile declared onstage, “I privation I was calved Mexican, but it’s excessively precocious for that now.” 

Lately, Morrissey’s diva-like antics and penchant for cancelling concerts has rubbed immoderate the incorrect way. It leaves maine feeling similar holding a summons to a Morrissey performance is simply a spot of a gamble. But erstwhile you’ve seen Morrissey live, I’m guessing you’ll rotation the dice again. 

Morrissey performs (hopefully) astatine Telmex Auditorium successful Zapopan connected November 4. Tickets are disposable astatine Ticketmaster.

Corona Capital Guadalajara 2025

Keane onstage successful Rio de Janeiro. The set is headlining a Corona Capital Festival outer performance successful Guadalajara successful November. (Instagram)

Corona Capital returns to Guadalajara this autumn arsenic an “extension” of the yearly 3-day euphony festival successful CDMX. Following a two-year hiatus successful Jalisco’s capital, the 2025 variation moves to the field of UAG successful Zapopan for 1 time only.

The lineup features 3 talented European bands that deed it large successful the aboriginal 2000s. Set to header the lawsuit is Keane, the British alt-rock quartet.

More than 20 years aft the merchandise of its multiplatinum debut medium Hopes and Fears, Keane is inactive known for its gorgeous, piano-driven melodies and Tom Chaplin’s affluent falsetto vocals. Through sincerity and musicianship, they’re 1 of those uncommon bands with nary request for flashy stagecraft oregon gimmicks to link with fans. 

Also connected the measure is Grammy-winning, French synth-pop darlings Phoenix, making their archetypal travel to Guadalajara since headlining Corona Capital backmost successful 2019. Rounding retired the lineup is Britpop duo The Kooks, who are touring successful enactment of their caller medium “Never/Know.”

Corona Capital rolls into Estadio 3 de Marzo connected the field of Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (in Zapopan) connected November 6. Tickets are disposable astatine Ticketmaster.

The Echoes Festival

Headlining the Echoes Festival volition beryllium Foster the People, seen present performing astatine the P’al Norte Festival successful Monterrey this twelvemonth successful April.

Returning to Guadalajara for its 3rd edition, the Echoes Festival is the city’s lone homegrown indie euphony festival. The lineup announced frankincense acold includes alt-rock, physics and jazz philharmonic acts, on with creation and culinary offerings. 

Headlining the lawsuit is Los Angeles-based Foster the People. With an upbeat, danceable euphony catalog spanning astir 15 years, FTP is simply a festival-circuit mainstay. 

Composer and pb vocalist Mark Foster honed his trade arsenic a jingle writer and D.J. earlier breaking done with Foster The People backmost successful 2010. Even those who don’t travel the set volition apt admit the irresistible “Pumped Up Kicks,” which Foster initially released arsenic a escaped download connected his website earlier helium landed a grounds deal. 

Additional acts connected the measure see Cuco, Two Feet, Puma Blue, and Disco Bahia. 

This year’s Echoes Festival takes spot successful Tesistown, a grassy, open-air venue acold removed from Guadalajara’s emblematic municipality chaos (but reachable via wide transit). The event’s erstwhile determination is present an IKEA store, sigh. 

Echoes Festival is happening successful La Cuchilla, Jalisco (about 1 hr northwest of Guadalajara Centro) connected November 29. General admittance and VIP tickets are disposable astatine Fever. 

After discovering that beingness successful Mexico was a batch much amusive than moving successful firm America, Dawn Stoner moved to Guadalajara successful 2022, wherever she lives with her husband, 2 cats and Tapatío rescue dog. Her blog livewellmexico.com helps expats unrecorded their champion beingness southbound of the border.