Let’s do an oldschool ’90s rock radio ‘shout out’ to any and everybody at Ripplefest Texas 2025 this weekend in Austin, Texas. If you’re seeing this and you’re there, I hope you’re having the time of your life (and hope it’s in between sets; put your phone down) and I have little doubt that you are. Stay hydrated and enjoy yourself.

Even as this year’s fest is underway, however, the event headed by Ryan Garney of Lick of My Spoon Productions (also vocals in High Desert Queen) throws down the first names for 2026 perhaps as an invite in advance. I haven’t looked to see if as of posting this the 100 tickets are gone, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if 100 people there now for 2025 decided to pick them up ahead of time for next year. You’ve already got Greenleaf, Kal-El, Freedom Hawk, High Desert Queen, Solace, Blue Beron, Borracho, Thunderhorse, Plaindrifter and Robots of the Ancient World. It is not lost on me that this is more than the entire lineups of some festivals.

And that’s okay too, mind you.

But it is obviously suitable that Ripplefest Texas 2026 should go big from the start, and it goes without saying that one looks forward to seeing how the lineup shakes out over the next however-many months before all is revealed.

Whatever else the next year brings, knowing it’s going to bring Greenleaf to US shores is heartwarming. Once again, if you’re at Ripplefest, enjoy. If you’re anywhere else, this might have you thinking of different plans for next year around this time. From social media:

RippleFest Texas 2026 Sept. 17-20, 2026 at The Far Out Lounge and Sagebrush.

Only 100 4 day passes available! Get yours now: www.lickofmyspoon.com

2026 First Bands Announced

Greenleaf
Freedom Hawk
High Desert Queen
Daily Thompson
Kal-El
Solace
Robots of the Ancient World
Thunder Horse
Borracho
Blue Heron
Plaindrifter

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Greenleaf, Live in Nantes, France, April 1, 2025