{"id":75025,"date":"2025-12-03T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/75025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T23:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:17:07","slug":"39th-annual-old-settlers-music-festival-to-return-to-driftwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/75025\/","title":{"rendered":"39th annual Old Settler\u2019s Music Festival to return to Driftwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA weekend of Americana, roots, bluegrass and camping will take place one weekend in April at <a href=\"https:\/\/campbenmcculloch.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Ben McCulloch<\/a> in Driftwood.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/oldsettlersmusicfest.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Settler\u2019s Music Festival<\/a>, an Americana and roots music festival, will return for its 39th year in Driftwood.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the festival took place in Dale, just south of Austin. The move back to Camp Ben McCulloch &#8220;makes Old Settler\u2019s more accessible, financially sustainable and responsive to feedback,&#8221; according to the festival <a href=\"https:\/\/oldsettlersmusicfest.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Old Settler\u2019s is a volunteer-led nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing American roots music, founded in 1987. On April 17-19, festivalgoers can expect:<\/p>\n<p>Recreational vehicle-friendly camping with shaded areas, toilets and access to Onion CreekLate-night campfire jams, family activities, and a blend of Americana, folk, bluegrass and roots music<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Old Settler\u2019s Music Festival is family-friendly and includes activities for families in addition to live music. (Courtesy Ale Gutierrez)\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/12\/03\/398605.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\" width=\"1200\"\/>Old Settler\u2019s Music Festival is family-friendly and includes activities for families in addition to live music. (Courtesy Ale Gutierrez)Can&#8217;t wait?<\/p>\n<p>The artist lineup will be announced soon, according to a news release. Past performers have included Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile and Shakey Graves.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickettailor.com\/events\/oldsettlersmusicfestival\/1671517\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on sale now<\/a>. The festival offers a variety of packages including general admission, early entry upgrades, VIP in addition to parking and camping access.<\/p>\n<p>April 17-19$10-$199 (three-day admission), $49-$149 (early entry or VIP upgrades), $40-$1,199 (parking or camping upgrades)18301 FM 1826, Driftwood<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A weekend of Americana, roots, bluegrass and camping will take place one weekend in April at Camp Ben&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[22132,16922,132,134,133,37136,24347,2143,2172,34009,4170,37137,4178,574,278,2967,37135,37138,4522,27,69],"class_list":["post-75025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-americana","tag-artists","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bluegrass","tag-camping","tag-central-texas","tag-country-music","tag-driftwood","tag-dripping-springs","tag-folk-music","tag-hill-country","tag-live-music","tag-music","tag-music-festival","tag-old-settlers-music-festival","tag-roots-music","tag-south-austin","tag-texas","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75025","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=75025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}