Concerts

Dolly Parton kicked off her "Blue Smoke World Tour” Friday night, in Rancho Mirage, California. Prior to the concert Dolly held a press conference and announced additional tour dates to include Australia and New Zealand. Dolly said, "it's always great to tour the United States but I love traveling and seeing other parts of the world too". Parton seemed truly excited about going back to New Zeland after a 30 year hiatus. Check out how busy Europe's favorite country star will be this summer.

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The 2014 Outlaws & Legends Music Fest promises to be the biggest and the best in the annual event's 4-year history. The festival will not only feature an extra day of full band performances, but the star power has been kicked up a notch as well.

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Shooter Jennings, son of outlaw country legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, has created an alternative country sound all his own. One thing is clear, he has been heavily influenced by the legends that raised him. Now, Shooter is teaming up with members of his Dad's recording and touring band, Waymore's Outlaws, for a series of special concerts. This special tour is coming to Abilene and the Lucky Mule Saloon February 1st.

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The Abilene Community Band invites you to their annual Christmas Concert Tuesday, December 10th at the Paramount Theater in downtown Abilene. This is a free concert however, a donation is always appreciated. The Paramount will have concessions available. For the best seats get to the Paramount early.

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Bad weather canceled a lot of things on the weekend of Nov. 24, including the Holly Tucker concert in Clyde. But Tucker, one of the stars Season 4 of NBC's 'The Voice' has rescheduled her show with special guest Eliott Park for Sunday, December 15th.

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Make it a Christmas to remember by attending the 10th annual Rehab Big Country Christmas Ball Saturday, December 14th at the Snyder Coliseum. Bobby Flores is scheduled to perform and will be accompanied by the awesome Yellow Rose Band. This concert and dance benefits the West Texas Rehabilitation Center. Get your tickets early.

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Celebrate this holiday season with Asleep at the Wheel's "Santa Loves to Boogie" western swing concert. The show will take place Thursday, December 12th at the Majestic Theatre in downtown Eastland. Proceeds from this holiday concert benefit the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, be aware that seating is limited.

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If you're a Taylor Swift fan and you'd like to see her live, get yourself an airline ticket to Australia, where the "Red" star is set to finish out the year. This isn't the first time for her to perform in Australia, last year she did a series of stadium concerts down under. Taylor admits "We’ve been going over there for a few years now and I think we had a feeling that things were really going well there". But that's not why the 23 year old superstar gets excited about going down under this time of year.

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With the release of his first major label CD, 'The Given', the rest of America is on the verge of finding out what Texans have known for years: Wade Bowen is a phenomenal artist and entertainer. But as Bowen makes his national push, he has not forgotten his Texas roots, and still looks for opportunities to play in the Lone Star State. Don't miss your chance to see Wade in Abilene for the first time in two years, as he takes the stage at the Lucky Mule Saloon on Friday night, November 29th.

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One of my favorite musicians is coming to Abilene. Joe Bonamassa will be here April of next year at the Abilene Civic Center. I know that is a ways off but tickets are already on sale, I just got mine!

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Get into the holiday spirit, check out the Abi­lene Phil­har­monic's presentation of the 2013 holiday series "Holiday Pops with Ben Utecht." Ben is the for­mer Tight end from the Super Bowl Cham­pion Indi­anapo­lis Colts. He's not only a great athlete, but he's also the fea­tur­ed vocal­ist for the first of the Philharmonics Pops series. Also performing is the Abilene High School Pure Gold show choir. There's two shows, a matinee and the evening performance, tickets are now on sale.

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Two time Grammy award winning Riders In The Sky are set to perform with the Cooper High School Symphony and Cooper's fiddle group Revolution. The show is being billed as "Christmas the Cowboy Way," and will feature Riders, unique style of humor and lots of Christmas music. So get ready to deck the halls December 9th at the Cooper High School Auditorium. 

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