red dirt proud news & events
Dates To Remember
2025 Events
Apr 1 - April Fool's Day
Apr 15 – Tax Day
Apr 18 - Good Friday
Apr 20 – Easter Sunday
Apr 21 – San Jacinto Day (Texas)
Apr 21 – Boston Marathon
Apr 22 – Oklahoma Day
Apr 23 – Admin Professionals Day
May 5 – Cinco De Mayo
May 11 – Mother’s Day
May 26 – Memorial Day
Jun 12 – TCMA Industry Awards
Jun 15 – Father’s Day
Jul 4 – Independence Day (Friday)
Sep 2 – Labor Day (Monday)
Oct 16 – Bosses Day
Oct 31 – Halloween (Friday)
Nov 27 – Thanksgiving (Thursday)
Dec 25 – Christmas (Thursday)
Red Dirt Proud News
2025 T3R Texas Radio & Music Award Winners
Living Legend Award - Michael Martin Murphey
Living Legend Award - Billy Bob Thornton
ICON Award - Cross Canadian Ragweed
Entertainer - Randy Rogers Band
Male Vocalist - Wade Bowen
Female Vocalist - Billie Jo Jones
Duo/Group/Band - Randy Rogers Band
Single - “Friday Night” Wade Bowen
Song - “Heaven Shines Down on You” – Sundance Head
Album - Hold My Beer, Vol. 4 – Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen
Music Video - “Friday Night” – Wade Bowen
New Male Vocalist - Hudson Westbrook
New Female Vocalist – (Tie) Tori Martin & Cynthia Rausch
New Duo/Group/Band - Brodie Lane
Future Faces Winner - Matt Daniel
Festival/Event - Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival
Night Club/Venue - Madam Pearls Saloon - Fort Worth Stockyards
Record Producer - AJ Vallejo
Recording Studio - Gruene Studios
The 2025 Texas Country Music Awards will be held on November 9th at Billy Bob’s Texas in Ft. Worth and the nomination round will start May 1st and end June 15th. Also, Tickets for the awards show will go on sale July 1st. They will also open up for sponsorships and advertising in the program and promotion for the show.
The inaugural Bosque Ranch Live, on Sept. 13 at Taylor Sheridan's Weatherford ranch, features Drayton Farley, Kaitlin Butts, and Jackson Dean. Tickets are limited to 500, starting at $500. A $1,500 package includes concert access, meals, drinks, RV stay, and memorabilia for an unforgettable Country Campfire experience.
Album/EP Releases
Mar 14 - Bart Crow - Hey Pretty Thang
Mar 14 - Charley Crockett - The Lonesome Drifter
Mar 14 - Jason Boland & The Stragglers - The Last Kings of Babylon
Mar 14 - The Wilder Blue - Still in the Runnin'
Mar 21 - Kinky Friedman - Poet of Motel 6
Mar 28 - Kyle Park - The Acoustic Sessions, Vol. 1
Mar 28 - Jason Scott & The High Heat - American Grin
Mar 28 - Pug Johnson - El Cabron
Apr 11 - Muscadine Bloodline - And What Was Left Behind
Apr 11 - James Cook - Texican Velvet
May 9 - Teague Brothers Band - Wish You The World
Aug 8 - Jake Bush - Bar Room Brothers and Sisters
The Top 5 Finalists for the Texas Country Music Association Industry Awardswere announced and voting is now open. These awards are mainly for all the people that work hard behind the scene working on websites, social media, selling merch, promoters, booking concerts, in the studio, running the sound and more. Plus there are a few Radio Award categories. Red Dirt Proud with JB is in the Top 5 for Syndicated Show of the Year. Final Round Voting runs through March 31st. The awards will be handed out on Thursday, June 12 at the Rhinestone Saloon in the Fort Worth Stockyards. You can vote at https://www.texascountrymusicassociation.org/2025industryvote
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Two Step Inn is back for 2025 April 5-6 in Georgetown, Texas featuring tons of Country, Classic Rock and Texas Red Dirt acts like Flatland, Randall Kind, Eli Young, Hudson Westbrook, Sturgill Simpsin, Alan Jackson, Miranda, Shane Smith & The Saints, Treaty Oak Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tanner Usrey, Baxton Keith and many more.
Cattle Country Festival will take place April 10-12 in Gonzales, Texas with Parker McCollum, Tanya Tucker, Clint Black, Wyatt Flores, Chase Rice, Clay Walker, Reckless Kelly, Aaron Watson, Pecos & The Rooftops, 49 Winchester, Wade Bowen, Shenandoah, Tyler Halverson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Josh Ward and many more acts. Get tickets and info at Cattlecountryfesttx.com
The Boys From Oklahoma event featuring Cross Canadian Ragweed, Turnpike Troubadours, The Great Divide, Jason Boland & The Stragglers and Stone Larue will take place over 4 days in Stillwater, Oklahoma. All 4 days, April 10-13, sold out in record time. TheBoysFromOklahoma.com
36th Annual Larry Joe Taylor Texas Music Festival April 21-26. LarryJoeTaylor.com
The Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival is moving. The event is usually held in Tyler (East Texas) but will be held in West Texas this year. Midland, the city not the town is the destination for live music from Casey Donahew, Pecos & The Rooftops, Randall King, Kevin Fowler and over 15 BBQ joints on April 26th.
33rd Calf Fry May 1-3, in Stillwater, Oklahoma at the Tumbleweed Outdoor Arena will feature Ian Munsick, Treaty Oak Revival, Wyatt Flores, Ole 60, Tanner Usrey, Ty Myers, Vincent Mason, William Clark Green, Taylor Hunnicutt, Hudson Westbrook, Noah Bowman, plus a very special guest to be announced Feb 8. www.calffry.com
Cody Jinks, the Randy Rogers Band, Wyatt Flores, Eli Young Band, and Kaitlin Butts will perform at the inaugural Lone Star Smokeout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Cody Jinks is headlining the event with Jon Pardi and Midland. The Lonestar Smokeout will take place May 2-4 outside of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Troubadour Festival May 17th at Texas A&M and feature Shane Smith & The Saints, Randy Rogers, Wade Bowen, 49 Winchester, Josh Meloy, Hudson Westbrook, Tyler Halverson, Jacob Stelly and Jojo Disalvo. There will also be tons of BBQ Vendors. Get details at TroubadourFestival.com
Cody Johnson & Koe Wetzel will be joining Jason Aldean, Riley Green, Hardy and Bailey Zimmerman and others on the Tailgate N' Tallboys lineups. The festivals take place June 5-7 in Clinton, IA and June 12-15 in Bloomington, IL
Big Cabo Fest 2025 will be June 8-12 featuring Kevin Fowler and Roger Creager and special guests Doug Moreland, Django Walker, Jake Worthington, Matt Skinner and Wynn Williams at the Hotel Riu Palace in Baja, California. BigCaboFest.com
Jackalope Jamboree 2025 will be June 26-28 at the Happy Canyon Arena in Pendleton, Oregon and feature 49 Winchester, Paul Cauthen and others. JackalopeJamboree.com
William Clark Green's Cotton Fest lineup this June at Cook's Garage in Lubbock, TX is stacked with stellar acts including Muscadine Bloodline, the Randy Rogers Band, Hudson Westbrook, Ty Myers and more. The fest will be June 26-28 at Cook’s Garage in Lubbock, Texas. CottonFestLBK.com
Casey Donahew’s Boots On The Beach 2025 will be held June 15-19, July 6-10 and July 27-31. BootsOnTheBeach.net
Jon Wolfe will be a part of the Inaugural America’s Mountain Festival in Woodland Park, Colorado on July 5th of next year which will also feature Curtis Grimes and Michael Martin Murphy. Tickets are now on sale at AmericasMountainFestival.com. Woodland Park is Northwest of Colorado Springs and just North of Pikes Peak.
Rock The Plains will be Aug 8-9 at Tuttle Creek State Park in Manhattan, Kansas with the Randy Rogers Band, Aaron Watson, Casey Donahew, Josh Abbott Band, Adam hood, Jeanna Paulette, Curtis Grimes, Braxton Keith, Kaitlin Butts and more. RockThePlains.com
Cody Johnson will join Bailey Zimmerman and Old Dominion as headliners for Country Thunder Alberta in downtown Calgary August 15-17. Additional artists include Ashley McBryde, Jake Owen and Riley Green; CountryThunder.com/ab
Cross Canadian Ragweed Turnpike Troubadours, Wade Bowen, Shane Smith & The Saints and American Aquarium Sat, Aug 23 at McClane Stadium on the Baylor University Campus in Waco, Texas.
Caveman Music Festival, happening August 28-31 at Monument Lake Resort in Weston, CO, features artists like The Toadies, Jamestown Revival, Band of Heathens, Uncle Lucius, Josh Weathers, Emily Wolf, Lowdown Drifters, Dexter & The Moonrocks, Charlie Shafter, and Courtney Patton. Tickets: www.cavemanmusicfestival.com.
The Texas Country Music Cruise for 2025 will take place Nov 2-9, leave from Galveston, Texas and go to Roatan, Costa Maya and Cozumel. Artists that will be playing music during the cruise include Gary P. Nunn, Bart Crow, Micky & The Motorcars, Thom Shepherd, Will Banister, Darrin Morris, Tanner Sparks, Cari Hutson & Good Company and Big Joe Walker. Get details at TexasCountryMusicCruise.com