Today is the birthday of Waylon Jennings. He would be 89 today. Waylon Arnold Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas on June 15, 1937 — a small cotton-farming town on the South Plains. He was playing on Lubbock radio by fourteen. Buddy Holly hired him as bassist for the Winter Dance Party tour in 1959. […]
Texas legend Radney Foster performs at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels on June 20, 2026. The Del Rio native has written eight number one hits and sold 50 million records worldwide.
Today is the birthday of Kris Kristofferson. He would be 90 today. Kristoffer Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas on June 22, 1936 — deep South Texas, on the Mexican border. His father was a major general in the Air Force. Kristofferson became a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, then an Army Ranger and helicopter pilot, […]
The Lucky Me Tour is Houston-born Hilary Duff's first major tour since the Dignity Tour in 2007–2008 — nearly 20 years off the road.
Gruene Hall welcomes Cooder Graw for a Saturday night of Texas country on June 27, 2026. Tickets start at $23, making this one of the summer's most accessible shows on the Hill Country music calendar. Rooted in San Antonio, Cooder Graw has spent more than two decades carving out a place in the Texas country […]
The Lucky Me Tour marks Hilary Duff's first major headline tour since the Dignity Tour in 2007–2008 — nearly two decades off the road.
Today is the birthday of Bobby Day. He is 98. You know the song. It starts with a two-note guitar figure and a sharp little percussion break. Then a voice climbs straight into the sky. "Rockin' Robin" came out of Fort Worth, Texas — and Bobby Day built it. Born Robert James Byrd on July […]
Today is the birthday of Victor Willis. He would have turned 75. Victor Willis — born in Dallas, Texas, on July 1, 1951 — died on June 30, 2026, one day before his 75th birthday. Still, he spent those 74 years doing something most people never manage. He wrote songs that became part of the […]
Braxton Keith hails from Midland, and pairs his love of 1980s country with old-school storytelling and contemporary hooks.
Willie Nelson headlines the Outlaw Music Festival at Austin's Germania Insurance Amphitheater on July 4, 2026, turning Independence Day into the ultimate Texas music celebration. Joining Nelson on the bill are Billy Strings, Wilco, and more — but this is Willie's show through and through. Born in Abbott, Texas in 1933, Willie Nelson is without […]
Robert Earl Keen headlines the kind of night where the whole Hill Country comes together to celebrate America — Texas style.
The Outlaw Music Festival has always been Willie Nelson’s show. No corporate polish, no compromise — just Texas music the way it was built to travel. On July 5, 2026, the Outlaw Music Festival The Woodlands stop lands at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Willie Nelson headlines alongside a hand-picked bill of fellow travelers. Nelson has […]
