Crossroads of Texas Country Festival in Downtown Waxahachie
Mark your calendars for the Crossroads of Texas Country Festival. This new and improved arts and music festival will take place in downtown Waxahachie on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is FREE.
Surrounding the courthouse square will be more than 200 booths set-up with artists, craftspeople and the best of festival foods from Texas and beyond.
Ten-time Grammy award winner Asleep at the Wheel will be headlining the Crossroads of Texas Country Festival. For over fifty years, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson has been traversing the globe as an ambassador of Western swing music and introducing its irresistible sound to generation after generation.
With more than 30 albums, Asleep at the Wheel has collaborated on records with friends, including Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Jamey Johnson, Merle Haggard, George Strait, the Avett Brothers, Amos Lee, Old Crow Medicine Show, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack and many more.
This bigger than Texas event will feature music on more than 10 stages in restaurants, breweries and wine bars in addition to the main stage with musicians from Texas and the surrounding states, plus the Grown Local stage showcasing local Ellis County talent.
Returning to Waxahachie, also known as The Crossroads of Texas, is the “GO TEXAN Experience” featuring a marketplace of GO TEXAN vendors, wineries, Southern Roots Brewing, Boyce Feed & Grain and FRESH Market Coffee.
“The Crossroads of Texas Country Festival will be a celebration of all things country from around the country in addition to the best of what Waxahachie has to offer on that day in our historic downtown. Waxahachie is an accredited National Main Street, Texas Music Friendly Community and Texas Film Friendly Community, plus an international destination. We invite everyone to enjoy the charm of Waxahachie and why it is a place in the heart” said, Laurie Mosley, Director of the Waxahachie Convention & Visitors Bureau.
For more information on the festival, including vendor applications, call the Waxahachie Convention & Visitors Bureau at 469-309-4040 or visit www.texascountryfestival.com.