The Buffalo Grass Fest is an event created out of the Texas Music Friendly Community program which certified Lubbock as a Music Friendly Community in 2020. The Lubbock Music Advisory Committee has seized that recognition to create meaningful and fun music education and development programs over the last four years. Buffalo Grass Fest is a unique hybrid music event. Part conference and part concert, the event features a different topic each year for both workshops and musical genres.
Buffalo Grass Fest will be held Feb. 23 and 24 at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, 511 Ave. K. The public portion will be Sunday, Feb. 23, and tickets are on sale now. The outreach portions, in partnership with Lubbock ISD Fine Arts and Texas Tech University School of Music, will be held Monday Feb. 24.
This year’s featured educational topic will be: Amplifying Your Voice. The workshops will consist of panels and presentations designed to teach participants the importance of the radio and podcast industries to get music out. Radio has always been a key element to a successful music career. Podcasts also allow listeners to learn about musicians and their music. These workshops will feature local personalities including: Jenni Dale Lord, J.R. Rebel, Jenn Martinez, Derrick Ginter, Jason Robertson and Sean Dillon. A keynote for dinner will be delivered by Eric Raines who is renowned in the field and hosts the Texas Regional Radio Music Awards held annually in Arlington, TX. Dinner will be catered by Chez Sami.
For youth this year, sessions will be led by Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Education Coordinator, Kea Beasley, who will share insight on careers in music and ways that students can leverage to pay for their education if they choose to attend college.
The event will also have college booths to showcase local universities and community colleges to answer questions and talk with students about the steps after high school.
A jam session and showcase is an important part of this unique event. Allowing musicians to sign up as they register to participate in a session with area local musicians who will make up the back line, is a unique opportunity for songwriters, students and emerging artists in the community to have a chance to share their talents.
For the evening concert, Dust City Opera will headline along with Clement Hall Band which will open for them. This great indie rock combination will be a show not to be missed. The general public is welcome to purchase tickets to the concert and need not attend the workshop.
Tickets are on sale now for the February event at buffalograssfest.info. That site will lead to an EventBrite site where tickets may be purchased.
Buffalo Grass Fest is underwritten by support from the community and as of January 15, the sponsors include: Lubbock County, New Mexico Junior College, Texas Tech University School of Music, LHUCA, MWM Architects, Evensky Katz, John and Katie Salter, Chicken Express, Amusement Park Recording Studio, Chez Sami, Cotton Court, Fused Graphics, Texas Tech University System Chancellor’s Office, School of Rock and Downtown LBK. The team is ever grateful for these generous sponsors.
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