Starting on April 7th and until June 16th, beginning at 6:30pm at Green Valley Park.
Free admission and free parking.
Food and drink will be available for sale during concerts
Seating will be on the lawn and spectators are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs.
Don’t Mess with Texas Music CDs will be sold at the concerts in support of the Texas Music Project, a statewide initiative with a mission of restoring and strengthening music education in Texas schools. Proceeds from TMP music sales during the concert series will benefit the Birdville ISD music program.
Friday, April 7 – Watusi opening for Brave Combo
Friday, April 21 – Drop Trio opening for Fingerprints
Friday, May 5 – Grupo Amistad opening for Zayra Alvarez
Friday, May 19 – meridianwest opening for Radiant*
Friday, June 2 – Fishing for Comets opening for South Austin Jug Band
Friday, June 16 – Blake and Fallon opening for The Django Walker Band
The Texas Music Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit initiative of the Social
Marketing Resource Center in conjunction with the Texas music industry
and the State of Texas, the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas
Commission on the Arts, and the Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education.
The primary mission of TMP is to help strengthen and restore rigorous
music education to Texas schools. Our objectives are to raise awareness
of the benefits of music education and the related needs of schools; build
capacity and funding for music education in local communities and schools; and enable more informed decision-making among decision makers at both the state and local levels.
TMP capitalizes on the popularity of Texas music, the generosity of the
Texas music community, and Texas pride to more meaningfully engage
the communities, companies and the media regarding music education.
TMP conducts the "Don't Mess with Texas Music" public awareness and
education program which includes our exclusive series of CDs; distributes grants for music education to schools and communities in need; consults
and plans with local communities to build longer-term programs to sustain music education in schools; and creates customized events and programs
for companies interested in supporting music education while building their brands through Texas music marketing.
All four volumes of the “Don’t Mess with Texas Music” CDs will be sold at
this year’s concert series. TMP has agreed to donate half of the proceeds
generated by CD sales at this year’s concerts to Birdville I.S.D. to be used
for music programming in the schools.
Some of the artists appearing on the CDs are...
- Willie Nelson
- Beyonce
- Jerry Jeff Walker
- Steve Miller
- Los Lonely Boys
- Erykah Badu
- Eric Clapton
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Vallejo
- Dixie Chicks
- Clint Black
- Robert Earl Keen
- Pat Green
- Grupo Fantasma
- George Strait
- Nanci Griffith
- Lucinda Williams
- Bonnie Raitt
Please check out their website to see how you can get involved at www.texasmusicproject.com
