Who’s played the backyard
Sixty-three artists and bands over ten years, A to Z — nobody’s the headliner here. The underlined names link to a show in the archive below.
Adam Wakefield Anthony Peebles Austin B Sweeney Ben Danaher Bob Charles Bud Luecke and Morning Casey James Chuck Cannon Courtney Patton Craig Wayne Boyd Dallas Burrow Daniel Neihoff David Adam Byrnes Drew Kennedy Eddie Heinzelman Eric Erdman Gabe Lee George Ensle Goldpine Granville Automatic Helene Cronin Hunter Tynan Davis Jade Marie Patek Jamie Kent Jamie Lin Wilson Jason Eady JD Graham John Baumann Josh Grider Kayla Ray Kevin Galloway King Margo Kristi Grider Kyle Hutton Levi Scribner Lucas Jagneaux & the Roadshow Mac Leaphart Mando Saenz The Marfa Lights Mark “Gumby” Williams Matt Hillyer Matt Kirk Matt Szlachetka Michael Hess Radney Foster Ray Scott Reed McBroom Sam Gay Sarah Aili Scott Byers Scott Sean White Scotty Alexander Season Ammons Sunny Sweeney Sylvia Kirk Templeton Thompson Texas Hill Tom Sless Topo Chico Cowboys Travis Marvin Warren Atwell Will Thompson Band The Woods
Plus the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk winners, seven years running.
Show by show
Shows in the backyard go back to 2016. Here’s every night since tickets moved online in 2018, newest first; the first seasons were booked by phone and word of mouth, so those names live in the list above. Browse the photos to see what a night looks like.
2026
- Thu, Oct 8Gabe Lee
- Sat, Jun 13Will Thompson Band
- Sun, May 24Kayla Ray
- Sat, May 9John Baumann
- Sat, Apr 25Wesley and Stacie Hanna
- Sun, Apr 12Ben Danaher
- Sun, Mar 29Sunny Sweeny with Chris Welch opening!
- Sat, Mar 21Jade Marie Patek
- Sat, Mar 7Ray Scott
2025
- Sun, Nov 16Kerrville New Folk Winner Tour 2025
- Sat, Oct 25Mac Leaphart returns to the Backyard and he’s bringing Cody Gentry!
- Sun, Oct 12The Return of GOLDPINE with their new album “Three”
- Sat, Sep 27Sophie Gault
- Sun, Sep 21Kristi and Josh Grider
- Sun, Sep 7George Ensle with Greg Whitfield
- Sat, Jun 28Kayla Ray …. LAST SHOW OF THE SEASON!
- Fri, Jun 13Austin B Sweeney
- Sat, May 31Amy LaVere and Will Sexton
- Sun, May 11Jason Eady and King Margo
- Fri, May 9Daniel Neihoff
- Sat, Apr 26Helene Cronin AND Scott Sean White
- Sat, Apr 5Season Ammons Band
2024
- Sun, Nov 17Kerrville New Folk Winner Tour
- Sun, Nov 10Ben Danaher
- Sat, Oct 26Matt Hillyer
- Sun, Oct 20The Woods
- Fri, Oct 11Chuck Cannon
- Sat, Jun 29Mac Leaphart with band
- Wed, Jun 12Gabe Lee
- Sat, Jun 1J D Graham
- Sat, May 18Sarah Peacock
- Sun, May 5Kerrville Folklife Festival New Folk Winners
- Sat, Apr 6Goldpine
- Sat, Mar 23Kimmie Rhodes with Gabriel Rhodes
- Sat, Mar 9Lucas Jagneaux and The Road Show
2023
- Sun, Nov 12Jade Marie Patek and Tom Sless
- Sat, Nov 4Donice Morace
- Sun, Oct 15Craig Wayne Boyd Season 7 “The Voice winner!
- Sat, Sep 30Scott Sean White
- Fri, Sep 29Matt Hillyer
- Sun, Sep 17Johnny Chops
- Sat, Jun 17Kayla Ray
- Fri, Jun 9Szlachetka and Sarah Aili
- Thu, May 25Goldpine
- Sat, May 13Will Thompson Band
- Sat, Apr 29Granville Automatic
- Sun, Mar 26Kerrville’ s Grassy Hill New Folk Winners
- Fri, Mar 10Mac Leaphart and Mando Saenz
- Sat, Mar 4Daniel Neihoff
2022
- Fri, Nov 11Season Finale! Dallas Burrow
- Fri, Nov 4Ray Scott
- Sun, Oct 23Ryan Culwell
- Sat, Oct 8Scott Sean White
- Sun, Sep 25Scotty Alexander
- Sat, Jun 25David Adam Byrnes
- Sat, Jun 4Helene Cronin is coming back!
- Sat, May 14Kayla Ray
- Fri, Apr 22Topo Chico Cowboys aka Josh Grider and Drew Kennedy
- Fri, Apr 1Season Ammons
- Sat, Mar 19Szlachetka and Mando Saenz
- Sun, Mar 13Texas Hill
2021
- Sat, Oct 30Granville Automatic closes the Season
- Sat, Oct 2Season Ammons
- Sat, Sep 18Ryan Culwell Opens the Season!
- Sat, Jun 19The Will Thompson Band
- Sat, Jun 5Travis Marvin
- Sat, May 8David Adam Byrnes
- Fri, Apr 23Josh Grider
- Sat, Mar 27TEXAS HILL
- Fri, Mar 26Helene Cronin and Scott Sean White
2020
- Sat, Oct 31Chuck Cannon
- Sun, Oct 18Ray Scott is Live in the Backyard again!
- Fri, Sep 25Daniel Neihof
- Fri, Aug 21Courtney Patton Live at The Bowman Backyard
- Fri, Jul 24David Adam Byrnes Live...Notice DATE CHANGE
- Sat, Apr 25Mark Currey
- Fri, Mar 6Ross Newell
- Fri, Mar 6Ross Newell
- Fri, Feb 28The Home Fires Sarah Morris and Vicky Emerson
2019
- Sat, Nov 2Sarah Aili & SZLACHETKA
- Fri, Oct 25GRANVILLE AUTOMATIC
- Sat, Oct 12Adam Carroll and Chris Carroll
- Fri, Oct 4David Adam Byrnes
- Fri, Sep 27Will Thompson
- Sat, Jun 15Granville Automatic RETURNS to close the season on the Backyard
- Sat, Jun 1Mac Leaphart is making another Appearance in Bowman BackYard
- Sun, May 5Cinco de Mayo PACHANGA with Travis Marvin
- Sat, Apr 27Soulful Sounds from HELENE CRONIN
- Sat, Apr 13KEVIN GALLOWAY yup formerly with Uncle Lucius ! Yup in the BACKYARD!!!!!
- Sat, Mar 30The Marfa Lights
- Sat, Mar 16Post SXSW New Nashville surprises feat., Jamie Kent hosting and Szlachetka
2018
- Sat, Nov 10Mac Leaphart
- Sat, Oct 27Szlachetka with FULL BAND
- Sat, Oct 13Tacos and Tunes with Travis Marvin
- Sat, Sep 22Tacos and Tunes with David Adam Byrnes
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