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Your A-List, Best Music Festival
Stranger things have happened. Yet it sends a little shock to the system to find that Heart of Texas — also known as the Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass Music Festival and Texas Rockfest — won the A-List vote for best music festival. Ten years old, the March event receives a tiny fraction of the attention lathered on SXSW or ACL. Here, it trumped both with 48 percent of the vote. Not content, the fest’s fans increased its lead — RockFest won with 35 percent last year.
ACL came in second with 28 percent; SXSW third with 14 percent. All the rest — Kerrville Folk Fest, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Old Settler’s, Extreme Texas Metal Fest, Raggae Fest, Urban Music Fest and Chaos in Texas — accrued 3 percent or less each, totally less than 10 percent combined.
When will that blizzard hit?
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By Phive.
January 19, 2009 11:43 AM | Link to this
How can I claim to support local music if I support SXSW? I can't! Texas Rockfest doesn't just talk the talk...they truly support our local unsigned talent. On top of that it's free!
SXSWho?
By rolandswindler
December 14, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
SXSW Wristband $200
ACL Wristband $200
40 hours of non stop free independent music and cheap beer -priceless.
I saw Ghostland at rockfest in a crowd of 15 before they were big if that tells you anything. Or how about when they had Pepper and Tom Morello on the same day. I'm sorry, these dude know what they are doing when it comes to rocking Austin, congrats fellas!
By LOVE!!!
December 12, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this
WE LOVE TEXAS ROCKFEST and refuse to play SXSW!! - One-Eyed Doll
By Rockhead
December 12, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this
It's a FREE SHOW! In this economy there is no wonder it's #1!!
By DaveTV
December 11, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this
It's because this is ran by real people for music. Good stuff!