Old Settler’s Music Festival

The Old Settler's Music Festival, held in April each year just near Austin, TX, has opened submissions for their 2025 Youth Talent Competition. The contest is open to acoustic artists 18 and under, with the top three winners receiving cash

Longtime fans of the Old Settler's Music Festival, held for more than three decades in Dale, TX, are aware of the announcement made last year that property costs and ongoing pandemic issues were forcing them to shut down. But this month

Del McCoury Band at the 2022 Old Settlers Music Festival - photo by Amy Price Many thanks to the folks at the Old Settlers Music Festival in Tilmon, TX who shared this gallery of images from this past weekend's happenings. Photos by

Many thanks to Brooks Burris for sharing this gallery of images from last weekend's Old Settlers Music Festival in Tilmon, TX. The festival has been held in October since 1987 with a combination of bluegrass, old time, alternative, and Americana music.

The 2018 edition of the Old Settler’s Music Festival took place last month in Tilmon, Texas, just as it has since 1987. The stage shows bring together contemporary bluegrass acts with more progressive string bands and Grassicana performers. The promoters shared some

The Old Settler’s Music Festival has been held in Texas this past 30 years, close to the state capitol in Austin. They have moved around a bit since the founding in Round Rock, held initially at the Old Settler's Park