(Lewisville) August 13, 2012 – Josh Abbott and Randy Rogers, two of the brightest young stars in Texas country music, will headline the annual Western Days festival Sept. 28-29 in Old Town Lewisville.
Josh Abbott Band will be the featured act on Saturday night to close the festival, taking the Bud Light Main Stage at 10 p.m. He headlined on Friday night at the 2011 festival and drew a record crowd for an opening-night performance.
Abbott’s playing career developed during his college days at Texas Tech when he and three other members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity began performing at the famed Blue Light Live in Lubbock. The group’s most recent album, Small Town Family Dream, was released in April of this year and reached number 15 on the Billboard top 200.
Randy Rogers Band will be the headlining act on Friday night, the opening night of the two-day event, starting at 10 p.m. on the Bud Light Main Stage. He last appeared in Lewisville as part of the 2007 Western Days festival.
Rogers was born in Cleburne and started playing guitar when he was 6 years old. Since his debut album in 2000 – a live recording made in San Marcos – Rogers has released five more albums and had six singles make the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The band’s most recent album, Burning the Day, was released in 2010 and reached eighth on the Billboard top 200.
In addition to the best of Texas country music and local performers on three live stages, Lewisville’s Western Days festival offers two days of great family fun.
There will be arts and crafts vendors, gunfight re-enactments, trick ropers, cooking demonstrations, car show, the eighth annual World Tamale Eating Championship, children’s fishing area, Tailwaggers Ranch pet zone, First Choice Power Food Court, a Stickhorse Rodeo for kids, and a special exhibit of Western art and sculpture at the MCL Grand.
See last year’s results and read more about the 2011 World Tamale Eating Championship here.
The festival is free, but a ticket is required. Free tickets will be available starting Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the festival website, LewisvilleWesternDays.com, and through entertainment sponsor 99.5 The Wolf.
Festival schedule is 7-11:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, and 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29.
2012 Western Days – Bud Light Main Stage
Friday, Sept. 28
7pm Railhead
8:15pm Kyle Bennett
10pm Randy Rogers Band
Saturday, Sept. 29
2:45pm Chaz Marie
4:45pm Phil Pritchett
6:30pm Josh Weathers Band
8:15pm Brian Keene
10pm Randy Rogers Band
SPONSORS
Sponsors for Western Days 2012 include City of Lewisville, Lewisville Convention and Visitors Bureau, First Choice Power, Castle Hills, Denton County Transportation Authority, Dats Good BBQ, TIAA-CREF, The Apparel Group, Time Warner Cable, Chase, Horizon Health, Orthofix, Vinson Process Controls, Bud Light and 99.5 The Wolf. Community supporters include Old Town Business Association, Old Town Preservation Society, Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and Greater Lewisville Kiwanis Club.
For the latest information on Western Days 2012, visit LewisvilleWesternDays.com or call 972.219.3401.
Submitted by James Kunke, Community Relations & Tourism Director, City of Lewisville.
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