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The city of Edinburg is hosting its annual Filipino Festival on Saturday where community members can enjoy the heritage of the Philippines, such as dance performances and a fashion show featuring traditional attire.

HARLINGEN — Harlingen Field is set to stage the summer’s frothiest celebration as city leaders gear up to tap into barrels of craft beer from across Texas for the city’s newest festival.

Village in the Valley will be hosting its third annual Juneteenth Perfecting Unity Celebration in observance of the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of slavery’s end.

Dear future child: Your brother was born a few months after my 37th birthday. He was a long-awaited blessing and is my best little friend. You’re going to love him, too.

SAN BENITO — Freddy Fender Lane filled with song Saturday as a crowd seated in folding chairs or standing, with some swaying to the beat of music, joined Margarita Huerta Fender and her brother Isidro Huerta as they sang “Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” famously recorded by their uncle Baldemar Garza Huerta, the singer better known as Freddy Fender.

After a three-year hiatus, the McAllen Chamber of Commerce is bringing back its food festival. 

SAN BENITO — Capping years of work, the San Benito Historical Society is placing a state historical marker at hometown hero Freddy Fender’s family home, honoring the Grammy Award-winning singer who’s the top attraction in the city billed as the birthplace of conjunto music.

The Edinburg Music Fest is making its return with a performance from Tejano music artist Little Joe y La Familia headlining this year’s event.

In the five or so months since videos of him dancing at the Alamo Flea Market began acquiring hundreds of thousands of views, the man known as Bronco 956 has become nearly ubiquitous on social media platforms for users throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

After winning national and international Tae Kwon Do competitions, third-degree black belt Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. of Brownsville has his sights set on the 2023 Virtus Global Games.