Of course, you can't have a country music festival without alcoholic libations, so there were plenty of places available to quench your thirst! The main drink of the day was "cowboy champagne" (more commonly known as beer)!.

As we were headed for our seats close to the stage, the Kruse Brothers were playing music already! Neither Sylvia nor I had heard of them before, but they had a pretty good opening set.


- Kruse Brothers -

- Cory Morrow -
Following the Kruse Brothers was Cory Morrow. He played a combination of Texas Country and Red Dirt Music sprinkled with some high energy rock and roll. His set was quite loud.

Mixed in with the great music, was some sports car racing. They had multiple races that day with cars going up to 240 miles per hour! These short races were just a preview of upcoming racing events at the Motorplex in Ennis, TX!

- Texas Invitational Racing -

Well, you can't go to an outside music festival and not enjoy the culinary delights that are offered. So, as expected, we filled up on BBQ, mac'n cheese, potato salad and funnel cakes.

One of the more interesting musical acts of the festival was the Avery Anna band. She did some original music but also a medley of other artists hits! Her whole act was eclectic and entertaining containing a combination of country, rock, acoustic and pop songs! It was later that I learned that she won new country artist of the year (2026) at the Academy Country Music awards!

- Avery Anna -

And then it was the artist we had been waiting for all night --- Brad Paisley! He had Sylvia dancing in her seat the rest of the night rockin' to some great country music! It was a great way to close out Saturday's festival!



- Brad Paisley -

The next morning, before we headed to the last day of the festival, we stopped and ate breakfast at the Eggsquisite Cafe. Great breakfast! We also went to Wal-mart to do a little shopping and then it was back to the final day's activities!

The day's music started with an older artist named Ray Wylie Hubbard. He did a number of old tunes including some Willie Nelson. He made it a fun set. The music was great.

- Ray Wylie Hubbard -

Following Ray Wylie Hubbard was an energetic young singer named Rick Trevino! Texas born and raised, he sang a number of old Texas tunes including music by Freddie Fender and Little Joe y la familia. He even sang some songs in Spanish! Really enjoyable stuff!

- Rick Trevino -

The penultimate act was called The Frontmen! The Frontmen, sometimes credited as the Frontmen of Country, are an American supergroup of country music singers. The group consists of Larry Stewart, Richie McDonald, and Tim Rushlow, who respectively were the former lead singers of Restless Heart, Lonestar, and Little Texas. To be honest, neither Sylvia nor I had heard of them or their previous groups so although they played some excellent country music, it was all new to us.

- The Frontmen -

Finally, to close the Sunday night and weekend full of country music, Tracy Lawrence hit the stage with his set. This was a surprise because Travis Tritt was suppose to close the festival! Tracy Lee Lawrence is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1990 to begin his country music career. Of note, we had seen Tracy Lawrence in 2024 when we attended the festival previously, and both times, he was not in good voice! Sylvia felt like he was singing in the wrong key. Needless to say, she was a little disappointed that Travis Tritt did not appear and we left halfway through Tracy Lawrence's set!

- Tracy Lawrence -

Worn out by two full days at the festival grounds, we settled into our hotel room for a quick shower and a long night's sleep. But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the lantern lighting during the fesival. As we did for the festival in 2024, each night we lit a lantern with the other thousands of participants at the music festival. Here are some of the pictures taken!