[2] The festival focuses on roots music, and presents performers from around the United States.
[8] In 1997 the festival, by then stretching over four days, featured Neal Coty and the Hackberry Ramblers.
Performers included Dave Alvin, NRBQ, Marcia Ball,[11] Brave Combo, James McMurtry, Bottle Rockets, Jon Dee Graham, Pat McLaughlin, Jimmy LaFave — plus up-and-coming artists like St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Warren Hood Band, Luke Winslow King, Sarah & the Tall Boys, Luella & the Sun and Lost and Nameless Orchestra.
The festival also included a Paladins reunion and some Tex-Mex fun with Mac Baca & Los TexManiacs.
The 2014 festival included a performance by Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys,[12] and in 2016 the singer/songwriter Jon Dee Graham took part.