Rock the River Fest - New Braunfels, TX

What a cool way to beat the Texas heat - listening to good music, then tubing the Guadalupe River with the bands!!

Festivities start Friday night, August 8, with an acoustic show featuring 3 or 4 artists. Saturday you go tubing with the bands. Tubes are provided but you should bring your own booze (please read the rules - no glass, no styrofoam, and there's a size limit on coolers).

Saturday night wraps everything up with the main event featuring lots of bands on two stages. Bands and artists include :

Green River Ordinance
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
Uncle Lucius
Jamestown Revival
The Wind and the Wave
Andrew Ripp
Hudson Moore
Penny and Sparrow
Friendly Savages
Emily Hearn

It's events like this one that make me glad I live in Texas. For more information about this unique event and to buy tickets, visit the website : RockTheRiverFest.virb.com

Free Press Summer Festival - Houston, May 31 - June 1

Lots of Texas festivals to choose from, so what's so great about this one?

For starters, this year's headliners include Jack White, Vampire Weekend, and Deftones. For some reason, Cage the Elephant is listed in a smaller font with the rest of the bands on the festival's website - I would used the bigger font. Whatever.

Dozens of other bands round out the musical festivities, but this festival is also about art, just not the "usual" type. The FPSF celebrates "interactive" art - from benches and bridges, to a see-saw that looks like a giant mustache giving "free mustache rides".

Over 80,000 people are expected to attend this year, making it one of Texas' largest festivals.

More info can be found at the festival's official website fpsf.com and tickets can be purchased at fpsf.frontgatetickets.com.