This festival is phenomenal, music beginning at noon some days and going until late night. Food and drink vendors, and musicians bring all their merchandise for sale, plus on the big stage, large-screens for better viewing if you are farther back.

Take your own lawn chairs, hats, sturdy shoes, and ice chests are allowed. (Boots, of course, are the foot attire of choice for most folks!) You might want maybe a wagon or cart to tote all that stuff back and forth to the campgrounds. Some of those are for RVs, others for primitive tent camping.

The staff is always helpful and friendly.

There’s also a chili cook-off involved. The Web site, linked below, can help you with more information on that, ticket purchases, rules, camping, etc. It will also link you to the individual Websites of the individual performs.

Tuesday through Sunday, April 26-30

Larry Joe Taylor Festival — Melody Mountain Ranch, Stephenville, Texas, For more information, click here:   Larry Joe Taylor Festival

Tuesday — Radney Foster, Deryl Dodd, Larry Joe Taylor, Matt Martindale, Dave Perez. This performance is around a campfire, set in the woods, with minimum amplification and moonlight-style lighting. Pure magic!

Wednesday — Jed Zimmerman,  Cody Riley, The Troubaderos, Turnpike Troubadours, Mark McKinney, Rich O’Toole, Bart Crow, Kevin Fowler, Stoney LaRue, Pat Green, Stoney LaRue, Kevin Fowler.

Thursday — Randy Rogers Band, Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis, Max Stalling, Davin James, Keith Sykes, Butch Hancock, Casey Berry, William Clark Green, Cody Canada, Kyle Park, Josh Abbott, Wade Bowen.

Friday — Reckless Kelly, Roger Creager, Johnny Cooper, Mike McClure, No Justice, Six Market Blvd., Chris Knight, Tommy Alverson, Michael Hearne, Bob Livingston, Ryan Beaver, Kylie Rae Harris

Saturday — Jason Boland, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Cody Gill, Joey Green, Walt Wilkins, Richard Leigh, Charla Corn, Tejas Brothers, Joe Ely, Deryl Dodd, Brandon Rhyder, Larry Joe Taylor.