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Old Settler’s Music Festival

  • Old Settler’s Music Festival Youth Talent Competition

    March 6, 2025 | by John Lawless

    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

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  • Old Settler’s Festival makes surprise return

    March 28, 2024 | by John Lawless

    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

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  • Photos from 2022 Old Settlers Music Festival

    April 27, 2022 | by Guest Contributor

    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

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  • Photos from Old Settlers Music Festival 2021

    October 26, 2021 | by Guest Contributor

    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.

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  • Photos from Old Settler’s 2018

    May 10, 2018 | by John Lawless

    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

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  • Old Settler’s festival wins injunction against Driftwood

    November 29, 2017 | by John Lawless

    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

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