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A music festival designed to make an entire town feel like the venue.
[ In motion · 2026 ]
[ THE SHORT VERSION ]
The Elgin Music Festival is a local-first, walkable celebration spread across stages, storefronts, sidewalks, and the spaces between them. I direct the festival as both a cultural event and a piece of civic design: a reason to discover an artist, a business, or a corner of town you had missed.
Rather than seal music inside a festival footprint, the event connects downtown venues, public spaces, local businesses, buskers, and audiences into one moving experience.
The program begins with the talent already here, then adds carefully chosen draws that widen the audience without flattening the town’s identity.
Youth participation, artist partnerships, repeatable systems, and year-over-year fundraising are meant to make the festival more durable than any one lineup.
At a glance
RoleFestival Director
PlaceElgin, Texas
2026 datesApril 9–11
FormatMulti-venue + public space
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