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Crossroads of Texas Country Festival

Date: Oct 26, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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It's the Festival That You Know and Love, and MORE!

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.

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.
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.

Crossroads Main Stage Schedule

9 AM: Welcome & National Anthem w/Organist Dustin Tatro

9 AM – 10:30 AM: The Fabulous Prairie Dogs

11 AM – 12:00 PM: The Moravians

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: The Fabulous Prairie Dogs

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Tristan Ramos

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Skyland

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Ray Benson & Asleep at the Wheel

Grown Local Stage Schedule

CBS Texas Theater Stage

Hear sounds of solo artists and bands that are part of the Fort Worth Library's popular music project, Amplify 817, on the Texas Theater stage hosted by CBS Texas and the Fort Worth Public Library.

Amplify 817 Performance Schedule:

11 am-Noon: Cory Cross

12:15-1:15 pm: Lorena Leigh

1:30-2:30 pm: Kendi Jean

2:45-3:45 pm: David Tribble

Plus, meet your favorite CBS Texas anchors and reporters at the CBS Texas booth located on the courthouse square!

Stay tuned to CBS Texas to learn how to register to win tickets to the CBS Texas After Party!

Best of Texas Food Court Participants

  • Cheros Latin Kitchen
  • Cousins Maine Lobster
  • DonutNV of Midlothian
  • D. Vito Kettle Corn
  • Fire House Mac It Up
  • Flavor After Flavor
  • Frios Gourmet Pops
  • Golden Chick
  • Good Directions BBQ
  • JBW Vending
  • Kingaling Smoked Turkey Legs & More
  • Lollipops Little Red Wagon
  • McGuire Way BBQ
  • Mister Softee DFW
  • Porch Swing Iced Tea
  • Seasoned Street Food/Tuscan Slice
  • Shrimp Doc
  • Shuckers Roasted Corn
  • Thomas Tafuro - The New York Hot Dog Man
  • Drink stands hosted by Waxahachie FFA
  • Plus, 30 downtown restaurants ready to serve you

Participating Texas Vineyards & Wineries

More Attractions to Enjoy

  • GO TEXAN Experience featuring over 50 GO TEXAN brands to sample and shop
  • Crossroads Kid's Corner full of inflatable fun, plus face painting
  • Pet-tober Fest sponsored by Boyce Feed & Grain & FRESH Market Coffee featuring Texas Farm Bureau Mobile Learning Barn, Waxahachie Animal Shelter Kissing Booth, SPCA of Texas, Flying B Animal Rescue including pet portraits, face painting for the kids by Ellis County Art Association and more!

99.5 the Wolf Host Appearances

Photo Credit: Tara 99.5 the Wolf  

9 am-11 am- The Wake Up with the WOLF Show- Tara and Ryan

Noon-2 pm – Smokey Rivers

4:30 pm-6:30 pm- Diana Dee

PLUS, Waxahachie Food & Beverage Collective Stages

In addition to the Main Stage and Grown Local Stage, enjoy music throughout downtown at featured restaurants, breweries and wineries to enhance your festival experience!

Noon-2 pm:
Ethan Pacheco at K&H Contracting (beside Prickly Boba)

1 pm-3 pm:
JD Cobb at College Street Pub

1:30 pm-4:30 pm:
Midnight Sun at Cork House Winery

2 pm-4 pm:
Copperhead Jones at Southern Roots Brewing Company

6 pm-11 pm:
Dj K-Sprinkles at Big Al's Down the Hatch

7:30 pm-9:30 pm:
Cadillac Pearl at Railport Brewing Company

7:30 pm-10:30 pm:
Davis & Rose at Cork House Winery

Sponsors

GO TEXAN
Golden Chick
H-E-B
Baylor Surgicare
Texas Commission on the Arts
Geico DeSoto
Waxahachie Food & Beverage Collective
On the Road with Kelli & Bob
CNB of Texas
WDMA
99.5 The Wolf
New Country 96.3
CBS 11
TXA 21
KBEC
Now Magazines
Waxahachie Sun
Tejas Logistics System
Ellis County Living Magazine
South Metro Weather
The Velvet Angel
Jim Lake Companies
Southwest Data Solutions
Boyce Feed & Grain
Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce
City of Waxahachie
Hampton Inn & Suites
The Nay Company
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