08/07/2025
Marshall supports the Texas Sounds International Country Music Awards Festival in so many ways. This post by the Greater Marshall Chamber of Commerce is a wonderful example of the energy that has grown around Texas Sounds. DON'T miss this event. Tickets: https://opnseo.com/2025
World renowned destination event and world-class music festival.
Save the Date for the Texas Sounds International Country Music Awards! October 2 – 5, 2025
Elite independent Country Music artists from around the world are nominated to perform and compete in this extended weekend festival in Marshall, Texas.
A world-class, world-famous event with an unparalleled story.
Experts said, “It is an impossible event. You cannot get successful career artists to come to Texas from other nations, other continents, and perform for no compensation while paying their own travel expenses.” Nevertheless, Texas Sounds International CMA Festival is now approaching its thirteenth annual production (October 2 – 5, 2025). Known worldwide, it has become a destination event for artists and audience alike.
Evolving from a 2012 summer festival, the first international act to participate was a band called “East Texas.” They advertised that they performed Western Swing and Rockabilly and were from the deep south. The surprise was that they were in the deep south… of Australia. When asked how they decided on the band’s name, they responded that “All Country Music started in East Texas.” We find that this exaggerated reputation is considered true by artists from many nations.
For three consecutive nights, Thursday through Saturday, eight to ten acts perform. It is a completely new lineup each night. Performances are judged by an industry panel. Awards are presented Sunday afternoon. Artists appreciate that this is not a popularity contest and that the judging is independent and impartial.
Thirty-eight nations have participated. Artists include many who hold number one songs in their home nations. Some have Gold and Platinum records, won Country Music Association awards, and been nominated for Grammy awards.
The difference between Texas Sounds International CMAs and other events is its focus on the tremendous influence Texas Country Music exerts worldwide.
Despite being an important, legitimate contest, with lasting influence on each nominee’s career, it builds friendships and collaborations that make the world smaller.
Every performer and audience member leaves with a greater appreciation of Texas Country Music and a better understanding of our world and our common life experiences, no matter where we live on this glorious globe.
Unique, world-famous, exciting, entertaining, and deeply inspirational, it’s a Texas thing!
Contact: Preston Taylor, VP
Memorial City Hall Performance Center East Texas Performing Arts, Inc
110 E. Houston St., Marshall, Texas [email protected] 925-497-3915 TexasSounds.org
