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You are invited to come and enjoy an exciting day of phenomenal singer/songwriter showcases. This songwriter music festival treats music lovers to a wide variety of amazing songs and the people and stories behind the finely crafted tunes.


The Old Bolivar Station (OBS) Songwriter Festival will give attendees the opportunity to experience tomorrow’s headliners in small-stage "listening room" performances. Artists will perform across several venues and two main stages in historic downtown Sanger.  In its essence, the OBS Songwriters Festival is all about finely-crafted SONGS, and the talented folks who have written them.  

All shows downtown are FREE.

Old Bolivar Station
Songwriter Festival
Headliner

John King
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Always Gonna Be You, the full-length debut from chart-topping country songwriter John King, is an autobiographical album whose songs tell a universal story. For King, that story began in the Appalachian foothills of northern Georgia, where he worked construction jobs as a teenager and strummed his first songs around the campfire. He also began dating the woman who would later become his wife. Always Gonna Be You tells the story of that real-life romance, its songs brimming with details we've all experienced: the rush of a new relationship, the brink of a breakup, and the thrill of falling in love. 

 

King's songs may be relatable, but his success is extraordinary. A Number 1 songwriter who penned Randy Houser's chart-topping hit "We Went" and Hootie and The Blowfish's "Rollin," King launched his solo career with "Tonight Tonight" — a Top 40 hit whose anthemic chorus was heard everywhere from country radio to the weekly NFL recaps on CBS — and earned his stripes as a road warrior, playing 150 shows annually for the better part of a decade. With Always Gonna Be You, he blurs the boundaries between genres, creating a modern-day country album that's diverse and driven. Call it a coming-of-age story, performed by a southern son whose twang is matched by his pop hooks.

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Line-up

Friday, October 3

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Windmill Saloon

302 Bolivar Street

Sanger, TX 76266

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5 - 6 PM

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John Crocler

6 - 7 PM

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Dusty Moats

7 - 8 PM

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Zebb Rogers

8 - 9 PM

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Proud Country

9 - 10 PM

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Tommy Jo Smith

10 - 11 PM

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Uptown Rail Brewery

Inside Stage

204 Bolivar Street

Sanger, TX 76266

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Patrick Cooper

5 - 6 PM

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Blacktop Bloodline

6 - 7 PM

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Cory Wooldridge

7 - 8 PM

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Ella Salter

8 - 9 PM

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Uptown Rail Brewery

Outside Stage

204 Bolivar Street

Sanger, TX 76266

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Holly Ortego

6 - 7 PM

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TBD

7 - 8 PM

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Ella Reid

8 - 9 PM

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9 - 10 PM

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Bill Sibley

10 - 11 PM

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Windmill Saloon

302 Bolivar Street

Sanger, TX 76266

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5 - 6 PM

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Josh Smith

6 - 7 PM

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Brittany Bexton

7 - 8 PM

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Holly Ortego

8 - 9 PM

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Stefan Prigmore

9 - 10 PM

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Shara Layne

10 - 11 PM

Saturday, Oct 4

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Bonnie & Clyde/Vintage Variety

308 Bolivar Street

Sanger, TX 76266

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Ella Reid

6 - 7 PM

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Bill Sibley

7 - 8 PM

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Celeste Marie Wilson

8 - 9 PM

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Uptown Rail Brewery

Inside Stage

204 Bolivar Street

Sanger, TX 76266

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John Crocker

4 - 5 PM

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Hank Woji

5 - 6 PM

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Ron Grimes & Andrea Smith

6 - 7 PM

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7 - 8 PM

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Uptown Rail Brewery

Outside Stage

204 Bolivar Street

Sanger, TX 76266

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Raikwon

4 - 5 PM

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5 - 6 PM

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Pam Ross

6 - 7 PM

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Jordan Sheppard

7 - 8 PM

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Beaux Atkins

8 - 9 PM

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Tyler Trantham

9 - 10 PM

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Shani Bradshaw,
EDC Director

Do you have questions or want to learn more about Sanger?  Email me.  I am happy to help.

SBradshaw@sangertexas.org

 

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Donna Green

Director of Marketing & Civic Engagement

Do you have questions about events or or concerns within the City?  Email me.  I am happy to help.

DGreen@sangertexas.org

 

Morgan Miller,
EDC Coordinator

Do you have questions or want to learn more about Sanger?  Email me.  I am happy to help.

MMiller@sangertexas.org

 

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