Hickory Hill Summerfest at Music City Texas Theater

On Saturday, September 19, 2026, the restored stage at Music City Texas Theater in Linden hosted a mid-afternoon bluegrass matinee headlined by Hickory Hill, a Texas-based bluegrass band that has been picking together since 1979. The Summerfest show was the sort of relaxed, family-friendly afternoon that small-town theaters do best, a few hours of banjos and harmonies in a room built for exactly that.

The band

Hickory Hill has carried the traditional bluegrass sound for more than four decades, a band built on tight vocal harmonies, driving banjo, and fiddle work that stays true to the music's roots. A matinee slot like this one gives the band room to stretch out, and the audience at Music City Texas treated it like the event it was, filling the old theater for an afternoon of acoustic music.

The venue

Music City Texas Theater is a restored historic theater in Linden, a small Cass County town about 35 minutes southeast of the property. The theater anchors the region's live-music circuit, booking bluegrass, blues, classic rock, and country acts through the year with a loyal local crowd. If you missed this matinee, the venue is worth watching, and so is the rest of the area's fall calendar.

Getting there from the property

County Road 1070 to Linden is about 35 minutes on paved roads through the farm and timber country of Titus and Cass Counties. For anyone scouting the 8 acres, a day that pairs a property tour with a matinee in Linden is a good sample of the small-town rhythm this area offers.