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2025 Events

Mar 9 – Daylight Savings Time starts

Mar 14 – Jason Boland Album
Mar 20 – First Day of Spring
Mar 21-22 -Outlaws & Legends
Mar 23-24 – T3R Awards
Apr 18 - Good Friday
Apr 20 – Easter Sunday
May 11 – Mother’s Day
May 26 – Memorial Day
Jun 12 – TCMA Industry Awards
Jun 15 – Father’s Day
Jul 4 – Independence Day (Friday)
Oct 31 – Halloween (Friday)
Nov 27 – Thanksgiving (Thursday)
Dec 25 – Christmas (Thursday)

 The Teague Brothershave announced that Sat, March 8th was their final performance as a group with all 3 original band members. See their website and social media for the official press release.
 

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and fans of Britt Kerr who passed away on March 4th. Britt has fought liver disease for many years. He currently has a single out and many stations are spinning it in his honor to help that song climb the charts for him one last time.
 

2025 Seems to be the Year for Cross Canadian Ragweed. Cody Canada and his band The Departed were playing at Cain’s Ballroom in Oklahoma and were surprised on stage by other members of Ragweed and were told that they would be the newest inductees into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
 

Send some big love, thoughts and prayers out to Roger Creager and his family. Roger’s dad Bill Creager passed away last week. Bill, a former Marine, loved to come to his son’s shows, get on stage and sing Rancho Grande wit him. If you met his dad, you were probably a bigger fan of him than his son. He will be great missed.
 

Finis Smith lost his Ranch House to a wild land fire on March 2nd. Everybody was ok and not harmed but the ranch house property was deemed a total loss.
 

Jesse Raub Jr finally wrapped up his duet late last year so he could release a new single of his own but he just released a new digital single for fans and it is another duet. Jesse Raub Jr. and Sunny Sweeney release this season’s must have wedding song with the heartfelt duet "The Answer Is Yes". It’s a declaration of certainty—no doubts, no second-guessing, the kind of love that's meant to be, the magic of a first kiss, late-nights, and always being in.
 

Kaitlin Butts, singer and wife of Flatland Cavalry frontman Cleto Cordero, is featured in CMT’s Next Women of Country along with 6 other ladies of Country Music. There are items from each lady on display in Nashville.
 

Bri Bagwell has 7 pair of red boots. Well, she had 7 pair. One pair was a display pair that was given to her years ago by Anderson Bean that she puts on stage for every show. Fans have filled those boots with tips, beer, beads and a few brave souls have even drank from those boots. Well, they have gone missing. Someone stole them off the stage at a recent show. Some fans have offered up a reward for their return.
 

The boys from Cross Canadian Ragweed are showing their support for Our Daily Bread, a non-profit group in Stillwater and Payne County, Oklahoma that provides connections to resources that enables lasting change in peoples lives. Look up and follow @Ourdailybreadstillwater to show your support.
 

Johnny Chopps from the Randy Rogers Band had something on his bucket list that he can officially mark off. He has had a life goal of playing a bad guy in a western then writing a song for it. That dream came true recently. Look up Killin’ Jim Kelly and stream the song Single Action 45 everywhere.
 

After 17 years the folks at the Lone Star Jam have decided to put their festival on hold due to rising costs of production, logistical challenges and the changing landscape of live music. They worked hard to come up with an amazing 2025 lineup but they just didn’t feel like it lived up to fan expectations. The price for printing, security, rentals, fencing, etc have gone up but the price to hire all these artists have jumped a TON over the years. Lone Star Jam is not saying goodbye…they are just putting their festival on hold for this year. 

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 

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.  This event sold out fast.

The Future Faces Lineup for the T3R Awards New Faces Show has been released. Keller Cox, Clay Aery, Holly Tucker, Finis Smith, Matt Daniel, Colby Lee Swift, Hadlie Jo & John Swatner. The show will be held Sunday Night, March 22 at the PBR Bar inside Texas Live. Two groups of 4 will take turns playing like a guitar pull followed by a concert from the duo Love & Chaos. Attendees can vote on their favorite and he winner will get to perform a song on stage at the T3R Awards show the next night.
 

Outlaws & Legends 2025 will be March 20-21 in Abilene, Texas and next year’s headliners are Clint Black and Ella Langley. Other artists on hand include Don Felder (formerly of the Eagles), The Wallflowers, Blackhawk, Kevin Fowler, Hayes Carll, Band of Heathens, Roger Creager, Bri Bagwell, Kin Faux, Max Stalling, Zac Wilkerson, Brooklyn Fenn, Ella Powell, Mini Kiss and Mark Powell. Get tickets online at OutlawsandLegends.com.
 

The 15th Annual T3R Music & Radio Awards will be March 23-24 at Texas Live in Arlington, Texas. The T3R Awards have 3 rounds in their voting process. The Nomination Round should start at the beginning of November. TRRMA.net
 

Brooke Graham will be throwing at Beach Party in Arlington right after the T3R New Faces Show on Sunday, March 22 from 10:30pm-12:30pm in the Champions Ballroom at the Sheraton Arlington Hotel just down the street from Texas Live.

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
 

Texas Regional Radio Music Awards #1s of 2025
Jan 9 - Matt Castillo "Pain & Sorrow"

Jan 16 - Hayden Haddock "Front Porch In The Rain"

Jan 23 - Wade Bowen "Friday Night"

Jan 30 - Amanda Kate Ferris "Rope The Wind"

Feb 6 - David Adam Byrnes "More Afraid Of Living"

Feb 13 - Mike Ryan "Get Away With Anything"

Feb 20 - Aaron Watson "Buy The World A Round"

Feb 27 - Kyle Park "Hill Country Home"

Mar 6 - Billie Jo Jones "Whose Tequila Are You Drinking"

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Outlaws & Legends 2025 will be March 21-22 in Abilene, Texas and next year’s headliners are Clint Black and Ella Langley. Other artists on hand include Don Felder (formerly of the Eagles), The Wallflowers, Blackhawk, Kevin Fowler, Hayes Carll, Band of Heathens, Roger Creager, Bri Bagwell, Kin Faux, Max Stalling, Zac Wilkerson, Brooklyn Fenn, Ella Powell, Mini Kiss and Mark Powell. Get tickets online at OutlawsandLegends.com.
 

The 15th Annual T3R Music & Radio Awards will be March 23-24 at Texas Live in Arlington, Texas. The T3R Awards have 3 rounds in their voting process. The Nomination Round should start at the beginning of November. TRRMA.net
 

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.

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