Two fashionable Central Texas music festivals have revealed their lineups and dates within the spring and fall of 2024: Austin and San Marcos’ vibrant Float Fest and Dale’s long-running Outdated Settler’s Music Competition.
For these in search of a competition with a domestically centered environment, the Outdated Settler’s Music Competition is bringing again its Spring Pickin’ Occasion from Might 9-12 at its live performance grounds in Dale, Texas — about 70 miles northeast of San Antonio. The thirty seventh annual Americana extravaganza is returning after being postponed in 2023 resulting from “continued prices and continued pandemic fallout,” in response to a launch.
“We’re grateful for the assist that permits the Outdated Settler’s Music Competition to outlive and thrive,” mentioned competition govt director Diana Harrell. “We’re overjoyed to convey our thirty seventh annual music competition to life and invite all our previous buddies and all newcomers to affix us in celebration of Americana music.”
This 12 months’s occasions will probably be a smaller model compared to these in years previous, however will nonetheless be filled with native bands, workshops, and extra. The competition’s artist lineup and vendor functions will probably be shared quickly, the discharge says.
“This 12 months’s competition focuses on getting again to our roots by means of intimate performances and immersive experiences, just like the campfire pickin’ circles that made us a family favourite for many years,” mentioned Harrell.
Early chicken three-day admission tickets are at the moment on sale for $150 by means of April 1, and car campground passes start at $150. Tickets will be bought through oldsettlersmusicfest.org.
Break up between Austin and San Marcos — the place it originated — the favored Float Fest is pulling out all of the stops to make its 2024 competition the discuss of the 12 months. Rap legend Lil Wayne, singer Jessie Murph, and Australian sensation The Child Laroi will headline the September 7 present at Circuit of the Americas’ Germania Insurance coverage Amphitheater in Austin. Different can’t-miss artists that can carry out on the competition embody Anella Herim, Preston Wayne, Sadie Rose Van, and DJ Blackbeard.
Float Fest has had an understandably tumultuous organizing historical past due to the difficulties of securing a venue the place attendees can truly float close by. This 12 months, it is deserted the connection virtually utterly, providing as a substitute an out-of-town possibility for the floating portion for a nominal add-on price.
The competition is providing discounted off-site floating passes by means of San Marcos-based Texas State Tubes through a $20 add-on go that may be redeemed between September 5-15, 2024. Competition attendees who buy the add-on go are liable for their very own transportation to and from the tubing web site.
Normal admission tickets to Float Fest start at $49 per particular person, and pit tickets begin at $249 per particular person. VIP upgrades can be found for all ticket varieties for a further $99, which offer early entry to the pit or garden, VIP lounge entry, and entry to unique bars and distributors. VIP packages additionally embody a merch pack with a drawstring backpack, poster, and water bottle. The general public on sale will start at 10 am on Thursday, March 21, through Ticketmaster.
