This calendar is updated regularly. To have your live music listed, e-mail details including contact phone number to MJFarmerHD@gmail.com. The Herald Democrat recommends calling the venues ahead for confirmation, door rates, or other information, and has provided the phone number, when available.
Now thru Sat, June 2
6th Annual Bluegrass Festival — (see daily schedules below), Melody Ranch, Tom Bean, Texas, 903-546-6893
Magnolia Festival — Thu, 8:30 p.m. Kenny Seratt; Friday 9 p.m. Dustin Perkins Band; Saturday 9 p.m., Chance Cody & Spur 503, Choctaw Casino, Event Center, Durant, Okla.
Thursday, May 31
Copper Canyon, Hanks & Company, Full Quiver — Melody Ranch Bluegrass Festival, Chrystal Opry House, Tom Bean, 903-546-6893
Kyle James Dunlap & Two Steps Back — 8:30 p.m., Hank’s Texas Grill, McKinney, 972-542-5144
Jerrod Medulla — 8 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
Matt Dunn — Happy’s Sports Bar, Aubrey, Texas
Kenny Seratt — 8:30 p.m., Magnolia Festival, Choctaw Casino, Event Center, Durant, Oklahoma
Scotty Thurman & The Perfect Trouble Band — Wormy Dog Saloon, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 405-601-6276
Friday, June 1
Mark Allan Davis — 7:30 p.m., Music on Main, Heritage Park, downtown Denison
Eleven Hundred Springs— Smitty’s Bar & Grill, Denison, Texas
Texas Rhythm Band — Loose Wheels, Texas, Denison, 903-464-9119
The New Old West — Cutter’s C&W Club, Denison, 903-464-9909
Isle of Metropolis — Rock Star Bar, Denison, Texas
Greg Guymon & Little Big Iron — 11 a.m. til 1 p.m., Team Bonner Chevrolet, Denison, 903-462-4275
IIIrd Generation, Hanks & Co., Melody Ranch Ramblers — Melody Ranch Bluegrass Festival, Chrystal Opry House, Tom Bean, 903-546-6893
Deryl Dodd, also Sean Franks — 8:30 p.m., Billy’s Bar & Grill, Westminster/Anna, Texas
Metal Shop — Hank’s Texas Grill, McKinney, 972-542-5144
Joseph & The Wayne Millers, also Bryan Adam Joyner, Damon McCullough — 8 p.m., Dawgs & Hawgs, E. Louisiana, McKinney
Dustin Perkins Band — 9 p.m., Magnolia Festival, Choctaw Casino, Event Center, Durant, Oklahoma
Mickey Gilley & band, Chris Rivers Band — 7 p.m. (grand opening) Choctaw Casino, Gilley’s, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Greg Guymon & Little Big Iron — 9 p.m., Choctaw Casino, Parrot Bar, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Hard Livin’ Band — 9:30 p.m., The River Bar & Grill, Choctaw Casino, Grant, Oklahoma, 580-326-8397
Tommy Katona Band — Cadillac Pizza Pub, McKinney, 972-547-3833
Charlie Shafter — Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton, 940-320-2000
Blue Twenty 2s — 9 p.m., Shuck n Jive, W. George Bush Hwy, Richardson, Texas
Michael Martin Murphey — 8 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
Scotty Thurman & The Perfect Trouble Band, also Brad Booker — Rockin’ P, Stephenville, Texas, 254-968-5626
Saturday, June 2
Rebel Download, Jared Thomas & The Vagabonds, up2eleven, Midnight Drive, Prophets & Outlaws, Bona Fide Blues, Chris Jamison — 9 a.m. beginning, through mid-afternoon, for the fire departments in Grayson County, Loose Wheels, Texas, Denison, 903-464-9119
Thunderwagon — 10 p.m., Rock Star Bar, Texoma Parkway, Denison, 903-463-1110
Wendy & The Boys — Loose Wheels, Texas, Denison, 903-464-9119
The New Old West — Cutter’s C&W Club, Denison, 903-464-9909
Merrol Ray & The Regulators — One Eyed Jack, Whitewright, Texas
Bryan Adam Joyner — Dawgs & Hawgs, McKinney, 972-542-9640
8 Tracks Band — Cadillac Pizza Pub, McKinney, 972-547-3833
Max Stalling — Hank’s Texas Grill, McKinney, 972-542-5144
Shady Grove Ramblers, Copper Canyon, and more — plus morning open bluegrass mic, Melody Ranch Bluegrass Festival, Chrystal Opry House, Tom Bean, 903-546-6893
Chance Cody & Spur 503 — 9 p.m., Magnolia Festival, Choctaw Casino, Event Center, Durant, Oklahoma
Gringo Kings — 9:30 p.m., The River Bar & Grill, Choctaw Casino, Grant, Oklahoma, 580-326-8397
Justin McBride — 8:30 p.m., Choctaw Casino, Gilley’s, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Greg Guymon & Little Big Iron — 9 p.m., Choctaw Casino, Parrot Bar, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Sting — WinStar Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma, 800-622-6317
The Lost Immigrants — Love Shack, Denton, Texas
Jamie Richards — Drunken Mule Saloon, Commerce, Texas, 903-886-3289
Dirty River Boys, also Hank Van Hawkins — 8 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
The Stone River Boys, also Greezy Wheels — Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton, 940-320-2000
D’Anson Brody — Poor David’s Pub, 1313 Lamar, Dallas, 214-565-1295
Scotty Thurman & The Perfect Trouble Band, Stoney LaRue, also Marina Rocks, Clint Levi, Chris Allbright — 106.9 Ranch Jam at The Remington, Corsicana, Texas
Sunday, June 3
Singing and Dancing with the Stars cast, Shall We Dance? — 1:30 p.m., Rialto Theater, Denison, 903-465-SHOW (7469)
Walt Wilkins, also Rob Baird — 4 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
Willy Kickit — 3 p.m., Sneaky Pete’s, Eagle Point Road, Lewisville, Texas
Sting — WinStar Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma, 800-622-6317
Scotty Thurman, Jim Nash, Cooper Wade, Jeff Grossman — Rockett Café, Waxahachie, Texas, 972-617-8634
Monday, June 4
Mark David Manders hosts songwriters swap — 7 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
Tuesday, June 5
Zane Williams — 7:30 p.m., Cadillac Pizza Pub, McKinney, Texas
Ed McGory hosts Songwriters Showcase — 7:30 p.m., Tavern on Main, Richardson, Texas
Brandon Bush Band, Lucas Cook, Songwriters Swap — 7:30 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
Jackson Eli trio — 9:30 p.m., Adair’s Saloon, Dallas, 214-939-9900
Wednesday, June 6
Dusty Smirl — Loose Wheels, Texas, Denison, 903-464-9119
Scotty Thurman, Brandon Gentry, Saille Branch — acoustic, Mudflaps, Whitesboro, Texas
Girls Night Out — 8 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
Mr. Troll hosts open mic — Poor David’s Pub, 1313 Lamar, Dallas, 214-565-1295 (PDPOpenMike@yahoo.com)
Music Ninjas (Tony Cook, Clay Wise, Alex Cantrell — Rock Star Bar, Denison, Texas, 903-819-7871
Open mic - 8 p.m., Hank’s Texas Grill, McKinney
Open jam - 7 p.m., Bumper Club, Sherman 903-893-3537
Open mic - 8:30 p.m., Steel Rose, Denison
Thursday, June 7
Jon Christopher Davis & Lone Star Attitude — Hot Summer Nights, Sherman city grounds gazebo, Sherman 903-957-0310; 888-893-1188
Freddie Lee Spears & Friends — 7 p.m., Loose Wheels Texas, Denison, Texas, 903-464-9119
Double Zero hosts open mic — Rock Star Bar, Denison, Texas, 903-819-7871
Jeff Hopson hosts open mic — Dawgs n Hawgs, McKinney, 972-542-9640
Call for performer — One Eyed Jack, Whitewright, Texas, 903-364-2200
Clint Black — 8 p.m., Choctaw Casino, CenterStage, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Open mic, host Buzz Andrews — Cadillac Pizza Pub, McKinney, 972-547-3833
Junior Brown — 7:30 p.m., Courtyard Theater, Plano Stages, Plano, Texas, 972-941-5612
Lone Star Underground — 8 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
Open jam and mic — Cadillac Pizza Pub, McKinney, Texas
Sons of Fathers — Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton, 940-320-2000
Dave Thomas Band — Twilight Tunes, Denton square, Texas
Friday, June 8
Robby White & The Tejas Gringos — Music on Main, Heritage Park, downtown Denison
Day Job Refugees — Loose Wheels, Texas, Denison, 903-464-9119
Clint Black — 8 p.m., Choctaw Casino, Event Center, Grant, Oklahoma, 580-326-8397
Oliver White Group — 9 p.m., Choctaw Casino, Parrot Bar, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Morris McCann Band — 9:30 p.m., The River Bar & Grill, Choctaw Casino, Grant, Oklahoma, 580-326-8397
Greg Guymon & Little Big Iron — Tick Fest, Stringtown, Okla.
Dale Watson — Hank’s Texas Grill, McKinney, 972-542-5144
Stratoblasters — Cadillac Pizza Pub, McKinney, 972-547-3833
Gary P. Nunn, also Byron Dowd — 8 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano, 972-422-6201
The Flatlanders — Granada Theater, Dallas, Texas
Stephanie Urbina Jones, Jon Inmon — 8 p.m., Poor David’s Pub, 1313 Lamar, Dallas, 214-565-1295
Scotty Thurman & The Perfect Trouble Band — Rockett Café, Waxahachie, Texas, 972-617-8634
Saturday, June 9
HTK — Loose Wheels, Texas, Denison, 903-464-9119
Morris McCann Band — 9:30 p.m., The River Bar & Grill, Choctaw Casino, Grant, Oklahoma, 580-326-8397
Jason Eady — 9:30 p.m., Choctaw Casino, Gilley’s, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Oliver White Group — 9 p.m., Choctaw Casino, Parrot Bar, Durant, Oklahoma, 580-931-8340
Texas Johnny Boy — Cadillac Pizza Pub, McKinney, 972-547-3833
Willy Kickit — Pelican’s Landing, Cedar Mills Marina, Gordonville, 903-523-4500
Bart Crow — Hank’s Texas Grill, McKinney, 972-542-5144
Darryl Lee Rush, Ned Van Go — 8 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano
Will Hoge, Josh Weathers, and Lincoln Durham — Hat Tricks, Lewisville, Texas
Robby White & The Tejas Gringos — Drunken Mule Saloon, Commerce, Texas, 903-886-3289
Scotty Thurman & The Perfect Trouble Band, Aubrey Lynn England, Tom McElvain, Whitney O’Neil, Town Walsh, Andy Serna, Saints Eleven, The Bois d’Arcs and more — 1 p.m., Perfect Trouble Fest, Muenster City Park, Muenster, Texas
Sunday, June 10
Rodney Crowell, also Jon Christopher Davis — 4 p.m., Love & War in Texas, Plano
Planning Way Ahead
Thur.-Sat., June 14-16
BamaJam — Thu: Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, Eric Church, and more; Fri: Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson, Casey James, and more; Sat: Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, Rosehill, and more. Enterprise, Alabama, bamajam2012.com, 615-340-9500
Saturday, June 16
Buckets & Boots — Robert Earl Keen, Charlie Robison, Cody Canada, Micky & The Motorcars, and more, (fundraiser for Palo Pinto County Fire Departments), Rocker b Ranch, 1125 Chaney Lane, Graford, Texas, 817-984-8532
