Jimmie Vaughan Returns to Headline 2nd Annual Smithville Music Festival
Jimmie Vaughan will return to headline the second annual Smithville Music Festival on November 6, 2010. Don't miss out on this opportunity to see a Texas Guitar Legend perform in the beautiful Vernon Richards Riverbend Park.
Jimmie Vaughan will return to headline the second annual Smithville Music Festival on November 6, 2010 at Vernon Richards Riverbend Park in Smithville Texas. Tickets for the Festival will go on sale later this year.Follow the Smithville Music Festival on Twitter to be the first to find out what other acts will be playing and when tickets go on sale. You can also follow our Facebook page and sign up for our email list. Also remember to check out Jimmie Vaughan's website for other important news and developments.Stay tuned!
First Annual Smithville Music Festival a Hit
From Michael Corcoran's Austin 360 Blog
About 1,500 folks showed up to see Jimmie Vaughan and others at Smithville’s Riverbend Park Saturday night. Organizers were praying for 1,000 after advance ticket sales were bleak. But the crowd, appreciative of the quality of music in the rural setting, kept trickling in all day.
It was a charmingly smalltown affair, with the high school marching band playing “Carry On My Wayward Son” under an incredible, three-trunked oak tree, followed by a group of soldiers paying tribute to three Smithville natives who lost their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The main stage action kicked off with the Peterson Brothers Band, featuring 13-year old Glenn and 10-year-old Alex. Then came Dale Watson, a total pro, who dropped in references to Hwy 71, the road that leads to Smithville, in his truck-driving songs.
The sensational Jones Family Singers just tore it up for an hour that felt like 20 minutes. I’ve seen this group of gospel shouters at least a dozen times, but this was the best for two reasons. 1) The sound system was so pristine you could hear all six singers and 2) the audience basically went berserk and did everything lead singer Alexis asked them to do.
Austin audiences can get jaded because quality live music is everywhere every day. But Smithville ate up their first annual music festival like a steak dinner in a combat zone. I don’t know when’s the last time Jimmie Vaughan played to an audience that packed up front and jumped all around. Oh, wait, I do. It was last night. A highlight of his fest-closing set was when Smithville native, former Gil Evans trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe, came up and played “When the Saints Go Marching In” with Vaughan and his Tilt-a-Whirl Band. Lokumbe had his flutter on high and, again, the crowd responded with pumping fists and cheers.
Smithville Community Foundation
Proceeds from the Smithville Music Festival go toward establishing a multi-purpose community center in one of Smithville's historic buildings.
The Smithville Music Festival began as a concept to raise awareness and resources for the innovative programs designed by the people of Smithville with an ultimate goal of establishing a multi-purpose community center in one of Smithville historic buildings, such their old hotel or school house – centered around a theme of re-appropriating our divided past to pave the way towards a more united future. This new center will strive to nurture and inspire creativity while also addressing the practical needs of the entire community. The programs and services will focus on:
The Vision
- Healthcare
- Education
- Arts
- Energy and Sustainability
This project is powered by the people and designed to serve the people, will become a prototype for creating a sustainable, multi-purpose community center in a rural setting -- infusing opportunity and resources into underserved areas of our country.
For information of becoming a sponsor of this event or this project email us.