Texas Folklife is proud to present the 32nd annual Accordion Kings & Queens this weekend at Miller Outdoor Theatre. This year's Headliners are Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys and Christina 
Valdez.
Texas Folklife is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the diverse cultures and living heritage of the Lone Star State.
Supporting the cultural heritage of Texas since 1984 the non-profit promote cultural sustainability through their commitment to support artists, tradition bearers, and communities throughout the state. Based in Austin, their team works across the state with a variety of community partners to cultivate, present, and embolden the state’s rich cultural legacy through a vibrant mix of public programs and initiatives.
It's a family trade and there are few families more closely associated with zydeco than the Broussards. Jeffery Broussard was eight years old when he debuted on drums in his father's band, Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys. Jeffery Broussard would eventually become a torchbearer for zydeco, influencing young musicians with the traditional Creole music he 
learned decades ago.
At the Forefront of Nouveau Zydeco Jeffery Broussard and Robbie Robinson founded Zydeco Force in the late 1980s, a band that became an icon on the zydeco scene at the forefront of the nouveau zydeco movement. The band provided a template for a new generation of artists. But Broussard has come full circle in his career. He grew up in the traditional zydeco, brought in a new sound in the 1980s and has now returned to his roots.
Christina has been playing accordion since she was 11 years old. Her biography reads it was Christina’s father who came from a family of musicians who was going to become her guide into the world of conjunto music. Refugio Valdez says as a toddler Christina was 
absorbed by the world of music as he was developing his own conjunto Los Latinos.
It was her father that introduced Valdez to Juan Lugo an accordion teacher a The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center for lessons. Lugo would call her father to tell him to get to the Center so he could see how fast his daughter had learned to play.