Grab the gang and find the top music festivals in Texas.
Live music is rockin’ in Texas, and the music festival scene is growing more popular yearly. Thanks to Austin, Texas, being the “Live Music Capital of the World,” it has plenty to show off. Dive into these top music festivals in Texas, including Blues Festivals and more.
Top Music Festivals In Texas
From country music festivals to good ole rock and roll, the Texas music festival lineup for 2024 is spectacular! Hopefully, your favorite musicians will play somewhere in Lone Star State this year. The best music festivals are covered here, but more will soon pop up, and when they do, they will be added to this article.
January Music Festivals In Texas
• Gospel Music Festival – Rockport
First of January
Rockport’s Gospel Force: First Baptist Church, 1515 N. Live Oak St.
• The Grand 1894 Opera House – Galveston
Check out the full lineup at The Grand1894 Opera House
• Annual Blues Festival – Luckenbach
January 20th
Luckenbach Dancehall in Luckenbach, Texas, will hold the Annual Blues Festival in Luckenbach. Six of some of the hottest artists will perform all through the day.
Tickets: $35 – $600
February Music Festivals In Texas
• Gruene Hall, New Braunfels
February 2024
Some of the biggest names in showbiz have played here …and the big names are sold out for 2024, but there’s more!! Gruene Hall is the oldest dance hall in Texas.
Stoney LaRue – February 1 & 2, 2024
• White Oak Music Hall – Houston
A live concert venue with four different venues in one featuring dozens of performers in every genre. Some tickets are on sale now, and a few are already sold out. See the lineup for all the independent artists at White Oak Music Hall.
• Eagles And Steely Dan – Moody Center – Austin
February 2 & 3, 2024 (Two Shows)
He will perform at the Moody Center in Austin. This should be an excellent show!
• Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, & Ricky Martin – Moody Center – Austin
February 9, 2024
• Olivia Rodrigo – Moddy Center – Austin
February 28, 2024
March Music Festivals In Texas
• North Texas Irish Festival – Dallas
March 3-5, 2023
Returning to Dallas Fair Park, the indoor/outdoor family-friendly North Texas Irish Festival will again dazzle us with music and dance in the rich Irish and Celtic cultural traditions. Attendees can enjoy horse shows, sheepherding demonstrations, beer and whiskey tastings, genealogy research opportunities, animal rescue groups, shopping, child-friendly entertainment, and free arts and crafts for the kids.
• Music Festival And Cookoff – Alvin
March 24-25, 2023
Alvin, Texas, will hold a barbeque cookoff with country stars and Siggno at Bob Brisco Park.
April Music Festivals In Texas
April must be music festival month, packed with performing arts and local talent.
• Annual Dallas Blues Festival – Grand Prairie
April 26, 2024, 8 pm.
Seven blues bands will perform at this indoor venue – Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie. Read all the rules and regulations, especially notice that no bags are allowed.
• Music on Main Concert Series – Irving
Fridays in April at Heritage Park. Music on Main.
• Outlaws And Legends Music Fest – Abilene
April
Willie Nelson performs at The Back Porch of Texas in Abilene, Texas.
• White Oak Music Hall – Houston
April
Charles Wesley Godwin performs.
• Country Music Television Awards – Austin
April
You’ll want to sign up to get notified – more info here – Moody Center Austin. I read somewhere that Carrie Underwood will be the MC.
• Willie Nelson & Family And ZZ Top – New Braunfels
Middle of April
Whitewater Amphitheater
Tickets are on sale now at Willie Nelson & Family
• Fiesta Noche – Addison After Dark
Middle of April
Grab your friends for a night of music, dancing, and fun at the new, expanded Addison After Dark Fiesta with a musical tribute and look-a-like contest of Selena and other live Latin music.
• Old Settler’s Music Festival – Dale
April
The Old Settler’s Music Festival is four full days of music, camping, jamming, and family fun in Dale, TX (near Austin)
The festival began in 1987, featuring world-renowned legends and up-and-coming artists from Texas and beyond.
• Ubbi Dubbi Festival – Fort Worth
April
Panther Island Fort Worth – an 18-and-above-crowd live show – is a Freaky Deaky deal.
• Austin Blues Festival
April
A great lineup with Los Lobos and more at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park! Check it out. All ages are welcome.
Tickets: $50-$250
May
• The Academy of Country Music Awards – Frisco
May
Get ready, North Texas – The Ford Center Star in Frisco will host the ACM Country Music Awards.
• Tacos & Tequila Music Festival – Fort Worth
May
Panther Island, Fort Worth. Doors open at 2 pm. Check it out at Tacos & Tequila Music Festival DFW
• Utopiafest – Burnet
May
The Utopiafest Finale will be at the Reveille Peak Ranch in Burnet, TX
Tickets: See the website
• Kerrville Folk Festival
The 51st Annual Kerrville Folk Festival will be held on Quiet Valley Ranch for 18 days!
Tickets:
June Music Festivals
Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival – Houston
The Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival is pleased to announce its Summer institutes:
TMF Orchestral Institute
Keyboard Academy
Jazz Institute
August Music Festivals In Texas
• Good Ole Boys Festival (New Name: Good Ole Days Festival) – Glen Rose
End of August
Centennial Anniversary Celebration of the Glen Rose Moonshine Raid at Heritage & Hooch in historic Glen Rose.
September Music Festivals In Texas 2024
• Texas Gospel Music Festival
Texas Gospel Music Festival is a recurring music festival held at Hill Performance Hall at Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas.
• Wortham Blues Festival
• Tall City Blues Fest
October Music Festivals In Texas 2024
• Music on Main Concert Series – Irving
Fridays in October (2024) at Heritage Park. Music on Main.
• Austin City Limits Music Festival
The ACL Fest at Zilker Park is a two-weekend event.
It’s that time of year again! Back for its 22nd year, Austin City Limits Music Festival brings the magic of the famed public TV series Austin City Limits outside the studio and into Austin’s most beloved park.
• The Stars Over Texas Music Festival – Ennis, TX
Just a short drive east of Dallas in Ennis, the Texas Motorplex, where they have auto races, will be turned into a musical festival. Big names will be there!
On October 7th – Clay Walker, Sawyer Brown, Diamond Rio, and more.
On October 8th – Midland, Ian Munsick, Wade Bowen, and more.
Stars Over Texas Music Festival
• Houston Country, Folk & Blues Festival
Free admission and parking
• Gordy’s Hwy Music Fest
Fort Worth’s Texas Motor Speedway will host this music festival for the first time. The official lineup will be these country music superstars – Dierks Bentley, Zach Bryan, Cody Jinks, and Koe Wetzel.
• Big Thicket Hogs and Strings Cook-off and Music Fest
Kountz, Texas
• Texas Arts & Music Festival – Brenham, TX
In downtown Brenham. Texas Arts & Music Festival
• Eclipse Utopia
See Eclipse Utopia
Burnet, TX
• Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival
9th Annual Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival downtown on Historic Mercer Street and Historic Old Fitzhugh Road.
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