There are artists whose catalogs become the emotional furniture of a community — not hits you heard on the radio but songs that marked the years, the heartbreaks, the arrivals and departures that make up a life. Marco Antonio Solís has been building that kind of catalog since 1975, when he co-founded Los Bukis in his native Michoacán at the age of fifteen, and he has been adding to it ever since he launched his solo career in 1996. He has written more than 300 songs, charted more than 30 entries on Billboard’s Hot Latin Tracks, and earned five Latin Grammy Awards — including Latin Grammy Best Song of the Year in 2004 for “Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio.” On Friday, July 24, 2026, he brings the Tour Gratitud 2026 to Austin, opening the U.S. leg of a 23-date run at Moody Center ATX. Showtime is 8:00 PM CT.
About Marco Antonio Solís
Solís was born December 29, 1959, in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Mexico. He started performing at six years old as one half of Los Hermanitos Solís, a duo with his cousin Joel — which puts his career, measured from its origins, at roughly six decades of making music. Los Bukis, which he co-founded in 1975, became one of the defining acts in Regional Mexican music, with Solís serving as lead vocalist, principal songwriter, and guitarist for nearly two decades. He launched his solo career in 1996 with En Pleno Vuelo on Fonovisa Records; his follow-up, Marco (1997), produced “La Venia Bendita,” which held the Billboard number-one position for more than twenty-five weeks.
The recognitions since then trace the arc of a career that belongs in any serious conversation about Latin popular music over the last half-century. Five Latin Grammy Awards. A Hollywood Walk of Fame star, installed on August 5, 2010. Induction into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame. Named Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year in 2022 — an honor as much about the cumulative weight of a body of work as about any single record. His signature songs — “Si No Te Hubieras Ido,” “Tú Cárcel,” “Más Que Tu Amigo,” “Dónde Estará Mi Primavera,” “¿A Dónde Vamos a Parar?” — are the kind of compositions people return to across decades, each listen landing differently depending on where they stand in their own lives.
The Tour Gratitud 2026 takes its name from something Solís said plainly in his tour announcement: “To all my hermanitos in the United States, few things fill me with as much joy, and above all, #GRATITUD, as announcing that we’ll soon be able to meet again.” The run covers 23 cities across the United States and Canada, July 24 through October 11, 2026. Austin — where Texas and the deep Mexican musical tradition have always had a working relationship — is where it begins.
Venue
Moody Center ATX, located at 2001 Robert Dedman Drive on the University of Texas campus, is Austin’s largest indoor arena with a capacity of 15,000. It is the right room for a show of this magnitude. A clear bag policy is in effect; confirm times and any updated policies at the venue website closer to the event date.
Tickets & Presales
General public tickets go on sale Friday, May 22, 2026, at 10:00 AM CT. Several presale windows run before then: the Citi cardmember presale runs May 19–21; the Verizon presale opens May 19 and continues through the public on-sale; the venue presale begins May 21 at 10:00 AM CT with the code BLUEBONNET. VIP packages are available and include premium seating, a meet-and-greet and group photo with Solís, pre-show VIP lounge access, and early venue entry. No age restriction.
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