Apr 30, 2026 | ARTS + CULTURE
Several communities in the Upper East Side of Texas offer weekly outdoor live music events. As the Live Music Capital of Texas, Rockwall lives up to the title with two series, one at The Harbor next to Lake Ray Hubbard and the other on the downtown streets. Concert by...
Apr 30, 2026 | ARTS + CULTURE
Longview Native Performs Hometown Concert The 2026 Great Texas Balloon Race takes place June 12-14 at the Longview Convention Complex and features a hometown return by Sunny Sweeney headlining on Saturday June 13. The event includes dozens of hot air balloons and a...
Apr 30, 2026 | ARTS + CULTURE
New Album Features Duet with Miranda Lambert and Other East Texas Reflections Kacey Musgraves releases her sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, on May 1 with a return to Lost Highway Records. Musgraves produced the album alongside Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, and...
Apr 30, 2026 | ARTS + CULTURE
A Landmark Exhibition Developed with Caddo Artist Chase Kahwinhut Earles The Longview Museum of Fine Arts (LMFA) marks America’s 250th anniversary with a major regional exhibition elevating contemporary Indigenous voices from across the American South from May 23 to...
Apr 30, 2026 | ARTS + CULTURE
Americans by Upper East Side Texas Artists “Jaune et Noir,” Terry Crum, Tyler, Texas. Painting on worn cardboard “Willie,” Karen Musgraves, Mineola, Texas. Painting “Old Timer” JD Cole, Nacogdoches, Texas, Oil painting “Sugar,” by Ava Arnold, Longview, Texas. Acrylic...
Apr 30, 2026 | ARTS + CULTURE
A weekend of books, authors and literary adventures A new chapter begins when the 8th Annual Festival of Books returns to downtown Winnsboro on Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2. Hosted by Winnsboro Center for the Arts (WCA), this free event turns the streets of...
