Austin music festival Numero Uno, South by Southwest, presently hammers everyone locally, party hosts readying the siege. Once that blows over, the Old Settler’s Music Festival rolls in Apr. 19-22. Now comes the initial line-up for Fiesta Gardens’ annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival, May 11-12.

Early bird tickets go on sale tomorrow, Tuesday, Mar. 6, 10am, at the Pachanga website. Friday headliner, Puerto Rican powerhouse Calle 13, constitutes quite the coup for the DIY local music gathering, then Saturday breaks open with a goodly portion of the following:

Alejandro Escovedo (Austin)
Ana Tijoux (Chile)
Brownout (Austin)
Chico Trujillo (Chile)
Forro in the Dark (Brazil/NYC)
Davíd Garza (Austin)
Girl in a Coma (San Antonio)
Gustavo Galindo (Los Angeles)
La Santa Cecelia (Los Angeles)
Los Lonely Boys (San Angelo)
Maneja Beto (Austin)
Outernational (New York)
Ruben Ramos & the Mexican Revolution (Austin)
Umano Ache (Laredo)

Yes, niños y niñas, the year in Austin music has only just begun. Pace yourselves.

This article appears in March 2 • 2012.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.