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This year, the Old Settler’s Music Festival takes place, as it always does, at Salt Lick Pavilion & Camp Ben McCulloch, just south of Austin, from Thursday, April 15, through Sunday, April 18. It’s an event that’s always heavily tilted towards acts that land securely in the alt-country and/or Americana categories–which is pretty good thing when you consider the rural surroundings of the festival itself.
Anyhow, I looked over the list of bands and Brave Combo appears to be the only Dallas area band making the trek southbound. There are some great acts in the line up: Alison Brown, Ruthie Foster-Hill, Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Fred Eaglesmith, Buddy Miller, The Gourds and many others. Just not a lot of Dallas flavor in the mix.
Eleven Hundred Springs would seem to be one glaring omission. Any others? Check the complete schedule after the jump.
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THURSDAY: 4:30-11:45 p.m., Campground Stage
4:30 -5:30 p.m., The Jitterbug Vipers
5:45-7 p.m., Bearfoot
7:15-8:30 pm., Green Mountain Grass
8:45-10 p.m., The Infamous Stringdusters
10:30-11:45 p.m., Brave Combo
FRIDAY: 10 a.m.-midnight, Hill Country, Bluebonnet, Discovery and Campground Stages
10-11 a.m., Yoga- Campground Stage (campers only)
noon-3 p.m. Flyin’ Bunkhouse Band-Campground Stage (campers only)
4-5:15 p.m., Blue Highway-Hill Country Stage
4:15-5:15 p.m., Flounders Without Eyes-Bluebonnet Stage
4:30-5:15 p.m., John Fullbright-Discovery Stage
5:30-6:30 p.m., The Infamous Stringdusters-Hill Country Stage
5:30-6:15 p.m., Alison Brown & Joe Craven Workshop-Discovery Stage
5:45-7 p.m., Mindy Smith -Bluebonnet Stage
6:30-7:30 p.m., Bearfoot-Discovery Stage
6:45-8 p.m., Ruthie Foster-Hill Country Stage
7:15-8:30 p.m., Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven-Bluebonnet Stage
7:45-8:45 p.m., TBA-Discovery Stage
8:30-10 p.m., Alejandro Escovedo and The Sensitive Boys-Hill Country Stage
8:45-9:40 p.m., The Trishas-Bluebonnet Stage
10-11:30 p.m., New Monsoon-Bluebonnet Stage
10:30 p.m.-midnight, The Joe Ely Band-Hill Country Stage
SATURDAY: 10 a.m.-midnight, Hill Country, Bluebonnet, Discovery and Campground Stages
10-11 a.m., Yoga-Campground Stage (campers only)
11-11:45 a.m., Sarah Mueller-Hill Country Stage
11 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Youth Talent Competition-Bluebonnet Stage
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Workshop TBA-Discovery Stage
Noon-1 p.m., The Wronglers-Hill Country Stage
12:30-1:15 p.m., Workshop TBA-Discovery Stage
1:15-2:15 p.m., Fred Eaglesmith-Hill Country Stage
1:25-2:35 p.m., Solas-Bluebonnet Stage
1:30-2:15 p.m., Workshop TBA-Discovery Stage
2:30-3:15 p.m., Workshop TBA-Discovery Stage
2:30-3:45 p.m., Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band-Hill Country Stage
2:40-3:10 p.m., Youth Competition Winner-Bluebonnet Stage
3:30-4:15 p.m., Ruby Jane-Discovery Stage
3:30-4:30 p.m., Dirtfoot-Bluebonnet Stage
4:15-5:15 p.m., The Lee Boys-Hill Country Stage
4:30-5:30 p.m., The Giving Tree Band-Discovery Stage
4:45-5:45 p.m., The Travelin’ McCourys-Bluebonnet Stage
5:30-6:45 p.m., Buddy Miller-Hill Country Stage
5:45-6:45 p.m., The Special Consensus-Discovery Stage
6-7:10 p.m., Elizabeth Cook-Bluebonnet Stage
7-8:15 p.m., Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver-Hill Country Stage
7:30-8:45 p.m., The Band of Heathens-Bluebonnet Stage
8:45-10:15 p.m., Patty Griffin and band (w/ special guest Buddy Miller)-Hill Country Stage
9:15 -10:45 p.m., 7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali-Bluebonnet Stage
10:45 p.m.-midnight, The Lee Boys & The Travelin’ McCourys-Hill Country Stage
11 p.m.-midnight, Jimmy LaFave-Bluebonnet Stage
SUNDAY: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Campground Stage
10-10:45 a.m., Sunday Gospel Service
11-11:45 a.m., The Rockin’ Gospel Project
Noon-12:45 p.m., The Special Consensus
1-2 p.m., Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
2:25-3:25 p.m., Fred Eaglesmith
3:45-5 p.m., The Gourds
