Ballroom Marfa will present a free premiere of MXTX: A Cross-Border Exchange on Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Marfa Visitor Center Pavilion at 7 p.m. with DJ sets from Beats of Burden and DJ Calle of Las Reinas de la Noche. The live, 10-piece ensemble will take stage at 8 p.m. There will be free drinks and a food popup from Cloudy’s.

MXTX is a live performance, album and opensource audio sample library crossing physical and social bound- aries through collaborative exchange. The project involves more than 40 DJ-producers and composers from both sides of the Rio Grande. A collective of the contributing musicians will travel to Marfa to take the stage for the West Texas Premiere of the project as part of the 35th annual Marfa Lights Festival.

The project is a collaboration of numerous Texas and Mexico-based artists including Golden Hornet, Orión García, Peligrosa Coka Treviño, Felipe Pérez Santiago, Ramón Amezcua “Bostich,” Rubén Albarrán, and Gabriela Ortiz. The MXTX: A Cross-Border Exchange album was released through Six Degrees Records in 2022, and consists of 13 songs that demonstrate the immense beauty and power of music to overcome divides. Presented as part of the Marfa Lights Festival, the show at the Marfa Visitor Center will be the second live performance of MXTX. Attendance is free and open to the public. Ballroom Marfa is located at 108 East San Antonio Street/Highway 90 West. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, noon-6 p.m. Admission is free. Visitors must wear a mask and practice social distancing.

For more information contact Sarah Melendez at press@ ballroommarfa.org or 432-729-3600.