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Thomas Michael Riley's 13th Annual Texas Music Festival

Since this was Thomas Michael Riley's 13th Annual Music Festival, I thought it was appropriate to let you know our top 13 reasons why we have kept coming back to this Festival for over 10 years and think that you ought to consider attending Thomas Michael Riley's festival next year:

  • Thomsa Michael RilesyWe love Thomas Michael Riley (TMR) - his fun loving personality, his enthusiasm, his wit and humor, his love for having fun, his appreciation for his music fans, and the over 500 fantastic songs that he's written
  • The lineup for the Festival is always outstanding and loaded with some of our favorite Texas singer songwriters
  • The Festival is held in Luckenbach, which is a unique, a hard to beat experience, and a perfect setting for a festival
  • Thomas Michael Riley's fans are some of the best - friendly, mature, outgoing, and they love music, dancing, drinking, and good times
  • The Festival always seems like a big reunion with fans who have been attending Thomas Michael Riley's Festivals for several years and they are warm and always welcoming to newcomers and it's impossible to not make new friends each year
  • Camping is just 300 yards from the entrance to the venue - no need to drive home after a long day and night of music
  • Vendor at TMR's FestivalThere are always two to three vendors selling pretty good food, pearl snap shirts, artist's merchandise, and more
  • TMR always has some fun activity planned with most of the pot going to a good cause
  • The Sponsor Party on Thursday night is always fun with beer, wine, Chicken Express, and great music
  • You're only minutes to downtown Fredericksburg which is home to lots of wineries, great restaurants, shopping, fun bars, a good golf course, and lots more to do before the music starts
  • It's a good opportunity to get up close to the stage and even mingle with the artists
  • Regardless of where you sit (lawn chairs are welcome), the sound system is always good and the sprawling oaks provide some shade
  • The Festival is extremely well run
  • The beer is always cold and the food is tasty

Hope to see you at the 2021 Thomas Michael Riley Music Festival!

Sponsor's Party

To say thanks to the sponsors who help make this festival a success, Thomas Michael Riley had a fun sponsor's party on Thursday night at Cave Creek School, a one room school house built in 1881, just outside Fredericksburg. Chicken Express served delicious fried chicken and all the fixings - rolls, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy - and TMR provided beer and wine! Following dinner Thomas Michael Riley, Max and Heather Stalling, and Kenny Grimes entertained us for a couple hours. What a great time! You should consider becoming a sponsor for the next festival. In addition to the sponsor party, sponsors get recognized during the festival, have tables right in front of the music stage, and have a back stage area to enjoy beer and wine, the music, and mingling with the artists.

Heather Stalling and Max StallingThomas Michael RileyHeather Stalling and TMR

TMR SponsorsTMR SponsorsTMR Sponsors

Thomas Michael Riley's Texas Music Festival Line-up

Every year that we've been to the Festival, we've enjoyed the line-up and this year was no exception. This year's lineup included:

Friday's Lineup

  • Doug Rose, Dave Thomas, and Brett Watts
  • Travis and Cindy Jo
  • Alex Coba

Doug Rose, Dave Thomas, and Brett WattsTravis and Cindy JoAlex Coba

  • Blacktop Gypsy
  • The Hamiltons
  • Max and Heather Stalling

Blacktop GYPSYThe HamiltonsMax & Heather Stalling

  • Thomas Michael Riley

Thomas Michael Riley and young new singerTen Toes UpThomas Michael Riley and Kenny Grimes

Saturday's Lineup

  • James Lann and Colby Swift
  • Terry Rasor and Nate Kipp

James LannCoby SwiftTerry Rasor and Nate Kipp

  • Nathan Colt Young
  • Davin James
  • Dallas Moore

Nathan Colt YoungDavin JamesDallas Moore

  • Kevin Deal
  • Thomas Michael Riley
  • Jamie Richards

Kevin DealThomas Michael RileyJamie Richards

Sunday's Lineup

  • Colby Swift
  • Thomas Michael Riley and friends

Colby SwiftThomas Michael RileyThomas Michael Riley

Camping In Luckenbach

Part of what makes this festival fun is the dry camping just up a small hill (a two minute walk) from the music stage - it's called Thomas Michael Riley's "Red Neck Riviera!" There is a small fee for camping and plenty of room to spread out. Camping is the best way to truly enjoy this festival - you'll get to meet fellow music lovers and share a beer or some stories, pick around the campfire until 5 in the morning, and not have to worry about driving home! If you don't have a camper, you should rent one or you can stay in Fredericksburg which is loaded with quaint cabins, lots of B&Bs, and plenty of hotels.

Camping at Luckenbachcamping at LuckenbachCamping in Luckenbach

The best part about camping at the Festival is that after the Festival ends each evening, the picking and singing starts around the campground campfire and it typically lasts until four or five in the morning. There are usually 20 to 50 people, including several of the performing artists, who attend and take turns singing and playing. It's amazing how talented the vast majority of the singers and pickers are and how fantastic they all sound together with guitars, banjos, harmonicas, spoons, and more. Everybody's welcome - just bring a drink, a chair, and a good attitude!

Picking at the campfire at Thomas Michael Riley's FestivalPicking at the campfire at Thomas Michael Riley's FestivalPicking at the campfire at Thomas Michael Riley's Festival

Thomas Michael Riley Music Fans

In addition to great music, a perfect setting, and camping, the fans who attend Thomas Michael Riley's Festival are one of the reasons we keep coming back year after year. It's a great group of folks from all over Texas who love country music, good times, drinking, and dancing. They range from 2 to 82 and most are probably around 45 or so. The are friendly, outgoing, fun loving, and attentive to the music! It's impossible to go home without getting to know several new people that you look forward to seeing again!

Fans of Thomas Michael Riley's FestivalFans of Thomas Michael Riley's FestivalFans of Thomas Michael Riley's Festival

Thanks to COVID-19 restrictions, Luckenbach removed the outdoor dance floor that was in front of the stage. However, that didn't seem to stop the dancing!

Dancing at Thomas Michael Riley's FestivalTen Toes Up and Ten Toes Down danceDancing at Thomas Michael Riley's Festival

Click here to see more pictures of the fans at Thomas Michael Riley's Festival.

Chickin' Flickin' Golf

Chicken Poop BingoI mentioned that every year, TMR has some activity with the proceeds going to the winners and Cave Creek School. In the past, it's been "Chicken Sh_t Bingo" - fans place a bet, are given a number, and then hope that a chicken in a cage poops on your number! I've never seen so many people yelling and screaming and waiting anxiously for a chicken to take a poop!

This year, Thomas Michael Riley had "Chickin' Flickin' Golf." Teams of four each grab a rubber chicken and from the designated tee box they toss the chicken and try to hit a paper plate (the golf hole) several yards away. I think there where 5 holes and the lowest total score wins the pot with most of the proceeds going to Cave Creek School!

 

The Luckenbach Music Venue

If you've been to Luckenbach where "everybody's somebody," you know it's loaded with history and a great venue for cold beer, a burger, socializing, and great music almost every day of the week. Within the last three years Luckenbach has added new modern bathrooms (no more having to pee in a horse trough!), a new outdoor stage (the chicken and roosters that used to run wild and had a tendency to poop on your head from their perch high in the trees seem to have disappeared) which is where the TMR artists perform, and a new Crescent Moon Saloon beer barn. In addition to all of that, Luckenbach is home to a "feed lot" which serves great burgers, pulled pork sandwiches, fries, and lots more; a general store loaded with interesting stuff; a funky bar; a hat store; and one of the oldest dance halls in Texas - Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Robert Earl Kean, Pat Green, and just about every famous country music singer has played in the dance hall.

Feed Lot at LuckenbachLuckenbach Dance HallLuckenbach Saloon

See Ya Next Year

Our thanks to Thomas Michael Riley and Courtney who had to jump through hoops to make this festival happen thanks to COVID-19 restrictions! We also appreciate all the hard work from the staff and volunteers who make this festival fun and painless for all of us!

Shuttle service staff at TMR's FestivalTMR and CourtneyMC with the hook at TMR's Festival

Don't miss next year's Thomas Michael Riley Music Festival - see you there!

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