MUSIC

Because Saturday's Forecast is Cold & Wet Heartworn Highways is CANCELLED.We are tentatively rescheduling for Saturday, June 13th. Please check The Orange Show website for updates. If you have already purchased tickets, you will be notified via email to receive a refund.Our next Trophy Making workshop will take place Saturday April 11th at The Easter Orange Hunt, where we also hope to have the Men of Houston Morris Dancers perform.We are disappointed that we had to make the difficult choice to cancel both events. When the weather is great, The Orange Show is an amazing place to see a show. When it's not, it's not.


The Orange Show presents Heartworn Highways:  The Songs of Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley. Saturday, March 14th, Musicians Robert Ellis, Jon Hogan, John Evans, Carley Wolf and Matt Harlan take turns celebrating the lives and works of legendary Texas songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley at an evening concert benefitting Galveston’s Old Quarter Acoustic Café’s Hurricane Ike recovery efforts.

Close friends and musical kindred spirits, Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley each created a body of work that continues to inspire countless singer/songwriters to this day.  These five artists will interpret Townes and Blaze’s work in their own individual style, finally coming together for a finale honoring two Texas music legends:

Robert Ellis
Local troubadour Robert Ellis has made a name for himself play rootsy folk at every club from Beaumont to Austin and beyond.

Jon Hogan
Charismatic performer, and self-confessed “musical outsider artist” is a true orginal who melds New Folk melodies with gothic storytelling and a 1930s Progressive sensiblity into songs that are pure Americana.

John Evans
Currently immersed in Rootsbilly rock, John Evans musical past is steeped in the history of Texas singer/songwriters like Townes and Blaze. Expect him to put his own hard-edged twist on the old classics.

Matt Harlan (pictured)
First making his mark at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2003, Matt Harlan bounced around Austin and the Hill Country playing power chords in alt-country bands before dropping the pick to develop his own unique finger picking style and a hearty folk sound.

Carley Wolf
Austin singer-songwriter Carley Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist who sings songs of love and loss with the soul of a gypsy and the heart of a vaudeville performer.

Heartworn Highways marks the opening of The Orange Show monument for the 2009 season. As they have at every Orange Show season opener for the past 25 years, the Men of Houston Morris Dancers kick off the evening with a ceremonial blessing and traditional folk dancing from the British Isles.

Earlier in the afternoon, there will be a FREE trophy making workshop at The Orange Show from 1-4 pm. Guests are encouraged to come and create mini-folk art monuments using old discarded trophies and craft materials provided by the Orange Show staff.