{"id":122668,"date":"2026-01-14T10:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122668\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:17:09","slug":"syndicate-smokedown-music-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122668\/","title":{"rendered":"Syndicate Smokedown &#038; Music Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Join us for the 2026 Syndicate Smokedown &amp; Music Festival, returning Saturday, April 18th in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards!<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate the festival\u2019s 5th anniversary with its biggest music lineup yet, featuring Whiskey Myers, Randy Rogers Band, Amanda Shires, Jason Scott &amp; The High Heat, Ellis Bullard, The Broken Spokes, and Weldon Henson \u2013 a powerhouse mix of Texas country, Red Dirt, Americana, and Southern rock.<\/p>\n<p>More than a typical music festival, Smokedown pairs top-tier live music with one of Texas\u2019 IBCA-sanctioned BBQ competitions, showcasing dozens of pitmasters from across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Smokedown is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit fundraiser, supporting scholarships and agricultural programs for 4-H and FFA youth across Texas. Every ticket sold directly benefits local students, youth exhibitors, and future leaders in agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now \u2013 including Music, BBQ Time, VIP, and Platinum passes \u2013 at www.SyndicateSmokedown.com.<\/p>\n<p>See you in the Stockyards on this spring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join us for the 2026 Syndicate Smokedown &amp; Music Festival, returning Saturday, April 18th in the historic Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[889,116,118,117,574],"class_list":["post-122668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-arts-and-culture","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-live-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}