Felix Gato Peralta is a Chicano singer-songwriter, guitarist, accordionist, and harmonica player from New Mexico. He blends traditional corridos, Matachines rhythms, Southwest blues, zydeco, and cumbia to honor his ancestral journey. A dedicated cultural educator and community leader, Felix uses music as a pathway for healing generational trauma and keeping Hispano and Nuevo Mexicano traditions alive. He has performed at the Kennedy Center’s Arts Across America, been featured in PBS documentaries, and is a 2026 516 ARTS Fulcrum Fund grantee.
I’m here to archive, to pass down, and to help keep what remains of a culture that’s slowly fading. I am a cultural bearer of sound and art — a gatherer of salt, a peregrino of hard times, floods, crying, incarceration, and broken homes. I’m an educator, a community leader, and a student of the world.
Shared the Stage With... “A visual gallery of promo shots, tour highlights, and select live appearances alongside established industry acts.”
Gigs !
8/6 El Pinto
8/7 Taos Mesa Brewery/ los Straight Jackets
8/8 Private Event
8/9 kaktus Kats Blues Birthday Bash
8/13 Teddy Roes (Duo)
8/14 IAIA Museum of Contemporary
8/14 Mystic Santa Fe
Native Arts (Indian Market)
8/15 Mineshaft Tavern 2pm
8/15 Cowgirl (Santa Fe) 8pm
8/18 El Pinto 6pm
8/20 Town & Ranch (ABQ) 6pm
8/21 Private Event
8/22 Sawmill 4:30pm
8/22 Tincan Alley 7pm
8/23 Sawmill 4:30pm
8/25 Topeka Kansas Blues Society
8/26 Northside Social/(Lawrence Kansas)
8/27 Shaw’s (Minneapolis)
8/28 Porcupine Music Fest (Ontonagon,MI)
8/29 Burlington Blues Socety (Music on the Mississippi River)
Felix Peralta Resume
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