Bola Suriana has been together for over twenty two years, during which time they have developed an original style, taking as a foundation Mexican and Latin American folk music, placing special emphasis on the distinct styles of traditional music in their home state of Michoacán.
Their music has taken them on a journey of cultural forums through much of Mexico and internationally, representing Mexico during twenty tours in a variety of festivals and concerts in Europe, the United States of America, South America, and the Caribbean.
The Bola has recorded eighteen albums to date, a testimonial to their continuing work of sharing the rich musical heritage of their people.
The name of the group is taken from the army of General Emiliano Zapata, who, in the Mexican Revolution of 1910, rose up in arms against the dictator Porfirio Díaz. Zapata hoped to radicate the precarious conditions under which farmers lived and to create a more just Mexico.

• Concert Tour. Wings and Roots Program to the Children of Michoacán

• Participation in the sound track of the film Llamando a un Ángel by filmmakers Rodolfo Guzmán, Héctor and Pancho Rodríguez

• XVI Monarch Butterfly Cultural Festival. Senguio, Mich.
  
• Amado Nervo International Festival, Tepic, Nay.
• Nanoq, Concert series in the state of Michoacan with Greenlandic artist Rasmus Lyberth
• Festival de Verano de Xochimilco. México, D.F.
• XXVIII Festival Agosto Cultural, Ameca, Jal.
• Feria Cultural Zacatecas 2007
  

  
  

  International Events
  

• 2007 Pedagogical Meeting and Participation in Benito Juárez House. Havana, Cuba
  
• Discovery Channel, Participation in the sound track of the documentary Day of the Dead in Michoacán from the series "Fantastic Festivals of the World"
  
• Tenth Anniversary Festivities of Spanish Teaching Services. Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  
• The Seasons Music Festival, Yakima, Washington, USA by invitation of the Yakima-Morelia Sister Cities Association
  
• DC-Arts Art Fair, Washington, D.C., USA in coordination with the Mexican Cultural Institute
  

2006

• March Cultural Festival, Lagos de Moreno, Jal.
  
• Fifth Tapatío Festival, Guadalajara, Jal.
  
• Concert series in Mexico City
  
• Joint venture program for the artistic production in Michoacan State.
  
• Guest appearance in the T.V. show "Acustico" on channel 22 hosted by Eugenia León
  
• Fifth Book Fair, Los Mochis, Sin.
  
• Alfonso Michel Cultural Festival, Ixtlahuacan, Col.
  
• Seventh Tlayapacan Cultural Festival, Morelos State.
  
• IV International Meeting of Art and Culture, Morelia Mich.
  

2005

• IV Santiago Festival, Jalpan, Queretaro.
  
• Presentation of the group album, "Migration music". Culturas populares musseum.
  
• Mexico city, new album record. Patrimonial Recording Proyect, Cultural Secretary of Michoacan State.
  
• XIV Monarch Butterfly cultural Festival. East region from Michoacán State taking part furthermore in their last ten editions.
  
• V San Luis Festival, San Luis Potosi State.
  
• Concerts Tour in the states of Guerrero, Morelos and Oaxaca by invitation of Telefonos de Mexico.
  

2004

• Tour of Central and West Central Mexico by invitation of the Regional Fund for Culture and Arts.
  
• Tours in state of Guanajuato: 'Welcome Countrymen' and 'Long Live the Magic of Culture'.
  
• October Festival, Mexicali, Baja California Sur.
  

• Monarcas - 'Butterflies Without Borders' Festival, Central Park, New York, NY.
  
• Festival of the "Son". Bi-national tour, Los ángeles, CA, Mexico-EE.UU.
  

2003

• 7th Meeting of Two Traditions, Zitácuaro, Michoacán and Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero.
  
• Tour through the status of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, and Puebla by invitation of Telephones of Mexico.
  
• Festivities for the 10th Anniversary of the Zapatista (EZLN) Uprising, Acteal, Chiapas.
  

• Michoacán Cultural Week, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
  

2002

• 2nd Book Fair, Zócalo, Mexico City.
  

• 2nd Michoacan Cultural Week, 'Opening Borders and Uniting Communities', Chicago, IL.
  
• 7th series of concerts in Scandinavia, "Tierra Verde Tour": Denmark and Greenland (All of the Scandinavian tours, with the exception of the first, have been organized and sponsored by Doris Palvio of Aalborg, Denmark, in coordination with various NGOs, festivals, and Cultural Ministries from Northern Europe).
  

2001

• Zacatecas Cultural Festival. Zacatecas state.
  
• 20th Anniversary Pentagrama Music Festival, Mexico City.
  
• 2nd Cultural Festival and Clay Festival, Tlayacapan, Morelos.
  

• 1st Michoacan Cultural Week, Opening Borders and Uniting Communities, Chicago, IL.
  
• Annual Conference on Geothermic Resources, San Diego, CA.
  

2000

• Homage to René Villanueva, Los Folkloristas. National Museum of Popular Cultures, Mexico City.
  
• 31st National Festival of Huapango Dance, San Joaquín, Querétaro.
  
• Winners of the Genesis Prize for Cultural Merit, Morelia, Michoacán.
  

• 6th Tour of Scandinavia, 'Imágenes Tour': Denmark and Sweden.
  
• Festival of Malmö, Sweden.
  
• Images of the World Festival. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  
• International Festival for the 25th Anniversary of Plaza Las Américas, Puerto Rico. 
  

1999

• Tour of Central and West Central Mexico by invitation of the Regional Fund for Culture and Arts.
  
• Zacatecas Cultural Festival. Zacatecas state.
  
• Cultural Festival of Death, Tzintzuntzan and Morelia, Michoacán.
  

• Celebration of the 189th Anniversary of the Independence of Mexico, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  
• 4th Latin American Music Festival, Puerto Rico.
  
• 31st National Indigenous Festival, Jayuya, Puerto Rico.
  
• Bayamón Christmas Festival, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
  

1998

• P'urhepecha New Year Celebration, Janitzio, Michoacán.
  
• Cultural Festival of Death, Tzintzuntzan and Morelia, Michoacán.
  
• Cervantes Everywhere Festival, Guanajuato state.
  
• Festival of Fantasy 98. Metepec, Mexico state.
  
• Jalapa 98 International Fair, Jalapa, Veracruz.
  
• Death and Humor Festival, Nacional Arts Center, Mexico City.
  

• Series of concerts coordinated by the Jesus-Guadalupe Foundation. Chicago, IL.
  

1997

• 5th Toltequidad Fair, Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato.
  
• Cervantes Festival, Guanajuato state
  

• 5th Tour of Scandinavia: Sweden and Denmark.
  
• 5th Latin American Festival, Aalborg, Denmark.
  

1996

• Festivities of the 75th Anniversary of the Secretary of Public Education, Michoacán State.
  
• Cultural Festival of the "Tierra Caliente", La Huacana, Michoacán.
  

1995

• Zacatecas Cultural Festival. Zacatecas state.
  
• Cervantes Festival, Guanajuato state.
  
• P'urhepecha New Year Festival, Tarecuato, Michoacán.
  
• 15th and 16th International Book Fairs, Palacio de la Minería, Mexico City.
  
• 1st Cultural Festival of the Guitar, Paracho, Michoacán.
  

• Worldwide Agricultural Fair, Yakima, Washington.
  
• 4th Scandinavian Tour: Sweden and Denmark.
  

1994

• Mexicanidad Fair. Tepic, Nayarit.
  
• Tenure contract with the Department of Culture and Recreation of the Michoacán Secretary of Education, Morelia, Michoacán.
  
• Inauguration of the folk club "Peña Bola Suriana", Morelia, Michoacán.
  
• Winners of the 46th José Tocaven award for musical merit. La Voz de Michoacán newspaper. Morelia, Michoacán.
  

1993

• 3rd University Gathering of Science and Art. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
  
• Jalapa Cultural Festival 1993, Jalapa, Veracruz.
  

• Two series of concerts by invitation of the Mexican Consulate and the Mexican Institute of Education and Culture of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
  
• 3rd Scandinavian Tour: Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
  
• International Festival of Skagen. Skagen, Denmark.
  
• International Festival of Telemark, Norway.
  

1992

• National Meeting of Science and Art, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
  

• 2nd Scandinavian Tour, "500 Years of Resistance": Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.
  
• International Folk Festival, Port of Aalborg, Denmark.
  
• Ransaster Festival, Sweden.
  
• International Festival of Skagen. Skagen, Denmark.
  
• Hissings Baka Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
• World Conference on the Environment, Finland.
  

1991

• Sixth Poets and Reciters National Meeting, Panindícuaro, Mich.
  
• Integration to the Secretary of Cultural Dissemination and Universitary Extention of the Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas Hidalgo.
  
• III International Music Festival, Musical Nigh Festival, Morelia 1900, Morelia, Mich.
  
• P'urhepecha Square Race Festival, Zacán, Mich.
  

1990

• Fall, Bola Suriana founded, Morelia, Mich.
  

• First Scandinavian tour: Sweden and Denmark, by invitation from Manuel Rodríguez Chilean Front.