The Rock Room Concert Series is a songwriter series held in an intimate 55-seat Rock Room on the grounds of Westwood Country Club in west Austin. The Rock Room has high ceilings, rock walls, arched entries, chandeliers, and great sound - a tremendous songwriter room, with the intimacy of a house concert and the formality of a small theater, and with a full bar and plenty of parking.

Upcoming in The Rock Room:
May 12 @ 8PM: The Trishas($25) SOLD OUT
May 18 - Eliza Gilkyson ($25) SOLD OUT
June 8 - Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart (with Ashleigh Flynn)
July 6 - Owen Temple & Will Sexton (with Lincoln Durham)
August 31 - John Fullbright
September 28 - Mark Erelli
November 16 - Eric Brace & Peter Cooper

Advance tickets absolutely required - contact Steve Stagner at barbedwiremusic@earthlink.net for more information and purchase.


THE ROCK GARDEN


The Rock Garden is perhaps Austin's foremost house concert venue and has been called the best small, outdoor, acoustic music performance space in town. It is a private garden amphitheater that seats up to 150 people with a pergola/stage, high-end sound and beautiful views to Austin's northwest hills.

Musicians say:

"The Rock Garden is one of the most beautiful and comfortable stages I know of. I wish we were playing there tonight."
Walt Wilkins

"A beautiful place for songwriters to share their craft."
Sara Hickman

"I think we're in Eden, man."
Sam Baker

"I'll come back here any time. I'll come back next weekend."
Radney Foster

Upcoming in the Rock Garden - Butch Hancock


Barbed Wire Productions is the producer of the Telluride Americana Music Weekend, presented every summer in Telluride, Colorado's Sheridan Opera House. The Sheridan is a jewel - a restored, century-old theater with seating for 240 people. The 2012 event is scheduled for July 18-21, 2012.

Jessie Scott of MusicFog has called this mini-festival "summer camp for Americana music" and says it should be on everyone's radar screen next summer.. During the daytime - mountain biking, hiking, rafting, golf and other activities in cool temperatures at 9,000 feet. During the evenings - music. All in a majestic small town located in a box canyon in the high Rocky Mountains.

Artists from previous years include Joe Ely, The Band of Heathens, Jimmy LaFave, Slaid Cleaves, Shake Russell & Michael Hearne, Eric Bibb, Irene Kelley, Patty Larkin, Greg Trooper, Kevin Welch, Walt Wilkins, Jason Eady, Sam Baker, Shannon Whitworth, Rod Picott and Amanda Shires, The Greencards, Radney Foster, Bruce Robison, Charlie Robison, The Trishas, Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt, and others.

Click below for a video of highlights of the 2011 Festival.


Upcoming in Telluride

The 2012 Telluride Americana Music Fest will be held July 18-21 in the historic Sheridan Opera House. The tentative schedule is

Wednesday, July 18 (VIP Event)
Stuart & Camille French with Audrey Auld

Thursday, July 19 in The Sheridan Opera House
Brigitte DeMeyer
Ray Wylie Hubbard

Friday, July 20 in The Sheridan Opera House
Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack
Red Molly

Saturday, July 21 in The Sheridan Opera House
Walt Wilkins, Jason Eady, and Kevin Welch
Reckless Kelly

Reserved seating is available at www.sheridanoperahouse.com

For more information, including sponsorhip opportunities, visit the event website below.