About Jonathan Palomar

South Texas Mariachi Festival 2025 Performer

The South Texas Mariachi Festival is proud to welcome Jonathan Palomar as a guest artist. Jonathan toured as a vocalist and guitarist with Mariachi Vargas Tecalitlán from 2017–2023.

For over seven years, he performed to sold-out audiences throughout the world, toured with Luis Miguel on his México Por Siempre tour, and rose to the pinnacle of the mariachi genre as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists with Mexico’s premiere ensemble.

Jonathan is one of the most beloved and iconic mariachi musicians today and descends from a legendary musical family in Mexico. His father, Rafael Palomar, was a vocalist and guitarist with Mariachi Vargas for 23 years (1980–2003) and his grandfather, the legendary bandleader Román Palomar is best known as the author of the famous cumbia “El Mariachi Loco.” Jonathan was born in Mexico City and raised in Guadalajara. Jonathan currently lives in San Antonio.