This year, the Nocona Nights Dinner/Music series celebrated our 10th Anniversary. Beginning with an acoustic show by Brian Burns back in 2003, the series has evolved into one of the best music listening events in the North Texas area and has hosted a variety of Texas based musical acts including Gary P. Nunn, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Michael Hearne, Shake Russell, Max Stalling, the Quebe Sisters, Tommy Alverson, The Derailers, The Tejas Brothers, Larry Joe Taylor and a plethora of others. Interest in our series has become so great that, for the past three years, we have sold out all of our available seating (126 seats) to season ticket holders and had a waiting list of over 60 people this past season. This year, we put on seven regular season shows plus we sponsored a free street show during the recent Cruising Nocona Weekend with Josh Weathers performing. We ended our 10th year last Saturday with a performance by Michael Hearne & SXSW and a great Northern NM/S Colo band, The Rifters, performing.
We had our usual full house and even found space for a couple of extra people. Between the great meal of brisket, pork ribs, potato salad, slaw and beans and two great Southwestern Americana bands performing, a good time was had by all and was a great way to end our season. Plans for our 11th season are already underway and we already have secured next year's musical lineup with The Trisha's, Charla Corn, and 1100 Springs coming for the first time and Deryl Dodd, Paula Nelson, Gary P. Nunn, Max Stalling and Blacktop Gypsy returning after having been here before. Gary P. Nunn's show will be our annual Cowboy Christmas Ball in December, and will be held at the Veranda Inn which has a much larger venue than our normal venue, Daddy Sam's Saloon allowing us to have a dance and also be able to sell additional tickets to people who are not season ticket holders. Looking forward to our 11th season which begins in October.
This year, the Nocona Nights Dinner/Music series celebrated our 10th Anniversary. Beginning with an acoustic show by Brian Burns back in 2003, the series has evolved into one of the best music listening events in the North Texas area and has hosted a variety of Texas based musical acts including Gary P. Nunn, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Michael Hearne, Shake Russell, Max Stalling, the Quebe Sisters, Tommy Alverson, The Derailers, The Tejas Brothers, Larry Joe Taylor and a plethora of others. Interest in our series has become so great that, for the past three years, we have sold out all of our available seating (126 seats) to season ticket holders and had a waiting list of over 60 people this past season. This year, we put on seven regular season shows plus we sponsored a free street show during the recent Cruising Nocona Weekend with Josh Weathers performing. We ended our 10th year last Saturday with a performance by Michael Hearne & SXSW and a great Northern NM/S Colo band, The Rifters, performing.
We had our usual full house and even found space for a couple of extra people. Between the great meal of brisket, pork ribs, potato salad, slaw and beans and two great Southwestern Americana bands performing, a good time was had by all and was a great way to end our season. Plans for our 11th season are already underway and we already have secured next year's musical lineup with The Trisha's, Charla Corn, and 1100 Springs coming for the first time and Deryl Dodd, Paula Nelson, Gary P. Nunn, Max Stalling and Blacktop Gypsy returning after having been here before. Gary P. Nunn's show will be our annual Cowboy Christmas Ball in December, and will be held at the Veranda Inn which has a much larger venue than our normal venue, Daddy Sam's Saloon allowing us to have a dance and also be able to sell additional tickets to people who are not season ticket holders. Looking forward to our 11th season which begins in October.
