Category: Entertainment
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Colin Brooks – Guitar Man
Red River’s connection to Texas music, Dallas and Austin in particular, has been well documented over the years. Ray Wylie Hubbard, Michael Martin Murphey, Steve Fromholz, Rusty Wier and the Original Cosmic Cowboy Bob Livingston paid dues in the mountains before becoming Lone Star music icons. That connection is still alive and well today. Colin…
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Mardi Gras in the Mountains
It’s on the schedule of special events for February 23-28, and it’s the grandest and most colorful of all winter celebrations. The 26th edition of Mardi Gras in the Mountains theme, “Nightmare On Main Street,” will continue the tradition of packing a winter’s worth of fun, food and frivolity into six days of party,…
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Beach Weeks & Pond Skim
Red River Ski Area goes tropical with Beach Weeks, its annual Spring Break celebration. Tank tops, Hawaiian shirts, hula skirts and even the occasional bikini can be seen flying down the slopes. There’s an abundance of activities including ski races, rail jams, torchlight parades and fireworks, live music, winter tubing, après-ski specials, beach parties,…
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Bobcat Pass Cowboy Evenings
Live music has been a part of the Bobcat Pass Cowboy Evening for 25 years. The summer of 2016 will find singer/songwriter Syd Masters in residence, performing traditional western music for delighted diners. Bobcat Pass wrangler and songster Michael Smith will also be entertaining beginning June 14, and running thru Labor Day weekend on…
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Rocking 3M
Michael Martin Murphey, America’s #1 selling singer of cowboy songs returns for the 4th season to the Rocking 3M Amphitheater for a show and chuckwagon style dinner at historic Bitter Creek Ranch. Murphey has 17 concerts scheduled from July 1 through September 3. In addition to the favorites, he will be singing songs from…
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Music in the Mountains
The Red River Community House has a wide variety of music concerts scheduled for its popular Music In The Mountains series! Country, rock n’ roll, bluegrass, gospel, folk, southwestern, cowboy music and Americana – you never know what type of concert might be going on every Sunday at 7 pm and admission is always…
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Fall Folk Festival
The annual Aspencade Arts & Crafts Festival on September 23-25 has always featured live music as a part of the harvestfest spirit. This year it will again be paired with the 2nd Annual Red River Folk Festival in Brandenburg Park. Last year’s festival included singer/songwriter James McMurtry, Max Gomez, Shannon McNally, and hONEyhoUSe, the incredible…
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Music on Hot Chili Nights
August 17-20 celebrates the 20th edition of “Hot Chili Days, Cool Mountain Nights” which will fill the town with the liveliest of music featuring Gulf Coast troubadour Larry Joe Taylor & Friends, as well as multiple cook-offs in downtown Brandenburg Park: CASI “Red River Red” cook-off, New Mexico State Green Chile Championship and the…
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Skijoring Comes to Red River
The name “Skijoring” is derived from the Norwegian word “skikjøring” which means ski driving. The practice of being pulled by a horse, dog or reindeer may be as old as snow itself, but historians believe that the first races were held in Scandinavia. Different forms of this sport are found around the world in countries…
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Songwriters’ Festival at ‘Lode
You are invited at the height of winter in the high country to warm your hands and thaw your soul around the cozy fires of creativity as the 5th Ever Red River Songwriters’ Festival is set for January 28-30. This year’s lineup of great songwriter/singers includes Jim Lauderdale (right), Steve Poltz, Dave Simonett,…