Monday was the first-ever ‘Tigres del Norte Day’ in San Francisco, California

The metropolis of San Francisco, California, took clip this week to observe Los Tigres del Norte Day, giving the pioneering Mexican set a civic grant successful a portion wherever its story-driven norteño music has agelong packed arenas and boomed connected car stereos.

Mayor Daniel Lurie presented the set — which has had the aforesaid radical of halfway members for much than 55 years — with the cardinal to the metropolis during the Monday ceremonial astatine City Hall, wherever helium posed with the musicians wearing a cowboy chapeau and praised them arsenic a dependable for immigrants.

La promesa es seguir cantando juntos ✨🤠 ¿Les late? pic.twitter.com/xrhaYDi8KT

— Los Tigres Del Norte (@tigresdelnorte) January 2, 2026

The proclamation continued a engaged agelong for Los Tigres del Norte, who formed arsenic teenagers successful the mid-1960s successful the Mexican authorities of Sinaloa, past launched to fame successful San Jose, California, aft the Hernández household moved determination astir 1968. 

In the past 10 months, the set was honored with a thoroughfare naming (“Los Tigres del Norte Way”) successful Brooklyn, New York, and joined the likes of Paul McCartney, U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers by performing connected an occurrence of “The Simpsons.”

The radical besides has a prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which it received successful 2014.

Los Tigres person sold much than 30 cardinal albums and helped specify the modern Regional Mexican genre.

Los Tigres del Norte Day successful San Francisco, held 1 time aft the portion hosted Super Bowl LX, came amid a caller circular of anti-immigrant actions from President Donald Trump’s medication — sharpening the governmental borderline of a set known for ballads astir borderline crossings, labour and household separation.

In 2024, Los Tigres played astatine an Arizona rally for Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Kamala Harris.

“For specified an important metropolis to dedicate a time to america fills america with pridefulness and motivates america to proceed singing and bringing you our music,” set subordinate Eduardo Hernández said astatine the event.

Hernández and his brothers Jorge, Hernán and Luis, on with a cousin, drummer Óscar Lara, person formed the halfway of the radical for years. Early on, the radical besides included member Raúl Hernández and different musicians who aboriginal left.

In the aboriginal 1970s, a San Jose–based promoter signed them to his statement and produced their archetypal large hits, including “Contrabando y Traición,” which pushed them from determination popularity into nationalist and past planetary fame.

The band volition return to San Francisco’s Chase Center arena for a Feb. 20 performance connected their La Lotería Tour. At slightest 1 aboriginal date, June 27 astatine Estadio GNP Seguros successful Mexico City, is planned for Mexico.

With reports from La Jornada, The Mercury News, LatinUs, NBC Bay Area and SF Gate