Performance Cancelled In Milwaukee: Lopez, A Texas Registered Child Sex Offender Was Among Tejano Entertainment Venue At Three-day Mexican Fiesta 2021 In Milwaukee

Mexican Fiesta 2021, billed as a family event in Milwaukee has canceled the performance of singer Joe Lopez, a convicted and registered child sexual assault offender who was among its Tejano music entertainment venue at Summerfest.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 18, 2021

Updated

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Entertainment organizers from the three-day Mexican Fiesta 2021 at Summerfest in late August in Milwaukee, announced in May that Joe Lopez y Grupo Mazz have been booked for the Fiesta this Summer, which is billed as a family event.

Mexican Fiesta is sponsored by the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation.

The Lopez performance was canceled shortly after Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) first reported it. But, Mexican Fiesta failed to publicly announce the cancelation at the time.

Lopez was convicted in 2006 for two felony counts of aggravated sexual assault (he was sentenced to 20-years on one count and 8-years in prison on the second count) and one felony count for indecent contact with a child age 13 (sentenced to 4-years in prison) and was sentenced to a total of 32 years in prison.

Lopez relaunched his Tejano singing career after being released on parole from a Texas prison after serving 11 years and 6-months from a 32-year sentenced and recently caused a community backlash in Fort Worth after it was announced that he was scheduled to perform at Billy Bob's Texas entertainment concert venue, which was afterwards canceled last week.

In Fort Worth, Texas: The Billy Bob's Texas announced on Social Media last Tuesday, July 13, 2021 that "The Joe Lopez y Grupo Mazz concert scheduled for September 18, 2021, has been canceled. Billy Bob's Texas remains committed to the citizens of Fort Worth and will continue to take the feedback and concerns of our community seriously."

The Tejano Nation dot net reported on Thursday that "concerns over the performance deal with Lopez, who is a convicted sex offender that was paroled in March 2018 after he served 12 years of his 20-year prison sentence for multiple sex offenses involving his 13-year-old niece in 2004. The 70-year-old singer has always maintained his innocence and is working towards exoneration." 

But his niece, Krystal Lopez gave birth to Lopez's child after the sexual assault. Krystal opposed his early release. https://youtu.be/Fu9lnwPS2wg

Update: Hispanic News Network U.S.A. has learned on Monday, that Gregorio Montoto from the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation confirmed that the Joe Lopez y Grupo Mazz performance was canceled after learning Lopez's was a registered child sex offender. The Lopez performance was canceled about a month ago, but Mexican Fiesta failed to announce it earlier.

In Toledo, Ohio: Joe Lopez y Grupo MAZZ is scheduled to perform Sunday, August 29, 2021 at the 3-day Midwest Tejano y Mexicano Fest in Toledo, Ohio at the Stranahan Theater grounds. The 3-day outdoor festival in Toledo is scheduled for August 27-29, 2021, the same weekend as the projected 3-day Mexican Fiesta at the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Also on Friday, August 27, 2021, Joe Lopez y Grupo Mazz is scheduled to perform at the Paris Banquet Hall in North Chicago, Illinois, according to Mario Roxx Garcia, an entertainment promoter who recently posted the dance performance on his Facebook account.