Festivals in Texas

The largest of the contiguous states, Texas has made Austin its self-styled live music capital, and the state's festival scene carries that double identity: deep roots and a hunger for the avant-garde. Every autumn, Austin City Limits spreads its nine stages across the lawns of Zilker Park, on the banks of the Colorado River, blending pop, rock and international headliners. But the soul of musical Texas lives in the hills: deep in the Hill Country, Kerrville Folk Festival has gathered singer-songwriters at Quiet Valley Ranch since 1972 across eighteen days of camping, making it one of the oldest folk festivals in the United States and a legendary launchpad for Texan songcraft.

Beyond Austin, the range runs wide: country reigns over the plains with Two Step Inn and its sun-baked two-step in Georgetown, while Austin has long reinvented psychedelia through Austin Psych Fest, and Breakaway Dallas sends electronic bass rippling across the north of the state. FestT calculates your FestiScore — the affinity between a lineup and your favorite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date. From the steel guitar of the ranches to the electro nights of Dallas, Texas unfolds like a country of its own: pick your season, and let the Lone Star State do the rest.