The Lone Star State Jam is an annual music festival

Music festival

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 held in Austin

Austin, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. The event is produced by 415 Productions, an Austin based company that coordinates and promotes many events in central Texas. Proceeds from the event go to The Young Texans Against Cancer. Ziegenbock is the presenting sponsor each year. Other sponsors include Southern Thread, The Quarters On Campus, Lone Star Music, Alpha Phi Sorority, and more. The show is hosted by Chris Mosser and Eric Raines of KVET-FM

FM broadcast band

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 in Austin.

The 2011 Lone Star State Jam will be held in Waterloo Park on Saturday April

April

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 16th, 2011. Headliners will be announced very soon. Performing artists include:



Eli Young Band


Kevin Fowler


Casey Donahew Band


Josh Abbott Band

Josh Abbott Band

Josh Abbott Band is an American Texas Country band from the state of Texas. It is composed of Josh Abbott , Preston Wait , Edward Villanueva , James Hertless and Caleb Keeter ....

Roger Creager

Roger Creager

Roger Creager is an award-winning Texas Country singer and songwriter.-Biography:Roger aspired to become a country music singer since he was six years old. He started learning how to play piano in the second grade, but didn't learn guitar until he was a student at Tuloso-Midway High School...

Brandon Rhyder

Brandon Rhyder

Brandon Rhyder is an American Texas Country/Red Dirt singer from Carthage, Texas.Rhyder graduated from the University of Texas at Tyler with a degree in industrial technology....

Kyle Park


Turnpike Troubadours


Curtis Grimes


The 2010 Lone Star State Jam was held at Waterloo Park on Saturday, April 24th, 2010. Artists that performed included:


The 2009 Lone Star State Jam was held on Saturday, April 25th 2009 at Waterloo Park in downtown Austin. Artists that performed at the event include:


The first Lone Star State Jam was held on Saturday, April 26th 2008 at Waterloo Park. Attendance at the event was over 6,000. Artists that performed in 2008 included:


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