Festival de Jesús María

The Festival de Jesús María, formally the Festival Nacional de Doma y Folklore, is held at the José Hernández amphitheater in the town of Jesús María, about 50 km from the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Born in 1966 out of an initiative by local school cooperatives, it pairs jineteada (traditional horse-taming displays) with leading names of Argentine folk music, at a venue that can hold up to 35,000 people. In 2017 the Argentine state granted it Marca País status, marking it as a nationally recognized cultural symbol.