Tonight: Mœnia and María José bring '90s Mexican pop to the San Jose Civic

The synth-pop pioneers and the former voice of Kabah share a stage downtown Friday at 8 p.m., the second-to-last stop on their joint U.S. run.

Somewhere in San Jose tonight there's a car with "No puedo estar sin ti" on the stereo, heading downtown. Mœnia and María José play the San Jose Civic tonight, Friday, Oct. 30, with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are through Ticketmaster.

This is the first time we've had Mœnia on the books in San Jose, and the night comes late in a short, tight run. The pair announced their joint US Tour 2026 in June: eight dates, opening October 21 at the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio and promoted by Live Nation. Last night they were at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood; tomorrow it's The Magnolia in El Cajon, and on Sunday, November 1, they close it out at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms in Las Vegas. If tonight sells out, there isn't another Bay Area chance on this tour.

The pairing makes sense the second you think about the era. Mœnia are one of the pioneering synth-pop bands in Latin America. Their self-titled debut arrived in 1997 and gave them their first big radio hit, "No puedo estar sin ti," and they're on the road now behind their latest album, *Temporal*, so expect the new songs in the set alongside the ones everybody came for.

María José comes at the same late-'90s moment from the pop side. She first rose to fame as the lead singer of Kabah before going solo in 2006 and building a long run of her own. Put the two together and you have a night that covers both halves of a lot of people's adolescence: the synths on one side, the big-chorus pop on the other.

Put the two together and you have a night that covers both halves of a lot of people's adolescence.

The San Jose Civic is a good fit for it. The downtown room holds about 2,850, big enough that the singalongs carry. With an 8 p.m. start on a Friday, the safe plan is to eat early, get there before the first song, and give yourself a few minutes for the line.

The rest is simple. Wear the band shirt you've been saving. Know that the people around you will know every word, in some cases better than you do. And when "No puedo estar sin ti" comes around, put your phone down for at least the first chorus; the people who lived through the first time around will be singing it like it's 1997.

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