Oktoberfest

Musical lineup

Who's on the main stage

Pat Green, Drew Cooper, George Dunham and the Bird Dogs. One stage, and a Strouderosa BBQ pit that keeps you fed through every set.

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   Photo: patgreen.com (opens in a new tab)

   Main Stage

   Pat Green

   On stage 8:30pm to 10pm

   Pat Green grew up on Texas dancehalls and never really left them. He was playing Lubbock bars while still enrolled at Texas Tech, cut his debut Dancehall Dreamer in 1995, and followed it with Three Days and the gold-certified Wave on Wave, the record that brought three Grammy nominations and a national audience that had never set foot in a Texas dancehall.

   The numbers are big for a man who still sounds like he is playing to your table: more than two million albums, 200 million streams, thirteen number ones on Texas radio and a sold-out Houston Astrodome. He has shared bills with Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson, and the new songs, Elvis in Memphis and Two Hands with Corey Kent, are about staying power, a subject he knows. Off stage the Pat Green Foundation backs music education and the underdog charities nobody else is lining up to fund.

   patgreen.com (opens in a new tab)
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   Photo: birddogsband.com (opens in a new tab)

   Main Stage

   George Dunham and the Bird Dogs

   On stage 6:30pm to 8pm

   George Dunham is the morning voice of KTCK The Ticket, co-host of the Musers, and since a first gig in 2008 he has kept a second job: frontman of the Bird Dogs. The band plays Texas country with a gritty rock edge and three-part harmonies, songs about family, love, loss and whatever comes next.

   The lineup is settled and loud: Steve Porcari on electric guitar, Travis Behl on bass, Bryant "Pablo" Russell on drums and Craig McDaniel on vocals and rhythm guitar. They have shared festival and fundraiser stages with Randy Rogers, Wade Bowen, Cory Morrow, Kacey Musgraves, Lee Ann Womack and Jason Boland, and they get airplay on KHYI 95.3 The Range, KFWR 95.9 The Ranch and KXT 91.7. Their yearly JubJam show has raised thousands of dollars for local charities.

   birddogsband.com (opens in a new tab)
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   Photo: drewcoopermusic.com (opens in a new tab)

   Main Stage

   Drew Cooper

   On stage 4:30pm to 6pm

   Drew Cooper's voice is the whole foundation: a husky, soul-soaked baritone that leans into old Motown one minute, Teddy Pendergrass territory, and has you nodding along to straight rock and roll the next. He grew up in the Midwest, where classic rock ran the dial, with a hint of country and the gospel of his childhood underneath it all.

   Ask him what to call it and he will not help you much. "Americana is the easiest way to explain it, but that's a blanket statement for those that have their own sound. Am I rock? No. Am I country? No. I just sing it and play it how I feel it." He goes on at 4:30, which is golden hour on the hill and the right light for a plate of brisket.

   drewcoopermusic.com (opens in a new tab)