Mike Torres and his family band — the Mike Torres Band — will be honored at San Joaquin Delta College in a musical tribute on Thursday, Oct. 8, at Delta College in Stockton.

The free event takes place at 7 p.m. in the Atherton Auditorium.

The event celebrating 56 years of music and three generations of the Torres family musical dynasty that have been a fixture of the entertainment scene in Manteca, Lathrop, and the rest of San Joaquin County.

It will also feature Delta’s Mariachi Band — Los Mestenos — under the direction of Jose Barron, Jr. who teaches for Manteca Unified.

The older Torres graduated from Delta and years later came back as a professor of Music and Spanish
His children have been part of the band since their youth.

They all graduated from East Union in the 1980s.

The third generation band members graduated from Sierra in the 2000s.