Feb 18, 2018 | Blog & News, Entertainment
Earlier this year the City of Richardson released a star-studded first round of the 2016 musical lineup for the 24th annual Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival being held May 20-22 in Galatyn Park. The list included a nightly performance by Unforgettable Fire –...
Feb 18, 2018 | Blog & News, Entertainment
1. First instrument he learned to play was his grandmother’s banjolele, described as ukulele shaped like a banjo. He was seven years old when he taught himself and later recounts the memory in “Vaudeville Nanna and the Banjolele.” 2. By the age of 12 he formed a band...
Feb 18, 2018 | Blog & News, Student Art Contest
The Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival is more than rock bands, groovy vibes, and live concerts. Since 2003 the annual event also invites students in Kindergarten thru 6th grade to participate in an art contest. Last year more than 1,100 students returned a drawing...
Feb 14, 2018 | Art Guitar Program & Auction, Blog & News
The Wildflower! Art Guitar Program & Auction committee is currently offering this custom designed work of art titled “Bass to the Bone.” The instrument was originally donated by KidKraft, designed by Crystal Elisondo, and featured in the annual charity auction on...
Feb 14, 2018 | Blog & News, Entertainment
The Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival was honored to have Denny Dent perform in 1997. With three brushes in each hand Denny painted one of his legendary masterpieces, an ode to John Lennon. In the time it took to play a few music selections Denny has completed the...
Feb 14, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News
Authentic folk music creates stories that take you through a wide range of feelings and experiences. Richard Berman is a classic American folk storyteller and the Massachusetts based singer-songwriter a true craftsman of the art. When asked about his genre, Berman...
Feb 14, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News
“Music is something that has always been there,” says John Carroll. His mother is a church pianist, his father a drummer. When he was five years old John started piano lessons. But John says it wasn’t until high school that he took up the guitar and everything...
Feb 14, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News
Folk ballads are a great way to tell a story and Angela Easterling takes this craft to a new level with her angelic voice. Bluegrass and country were all around, but Angela didn’t listen to it while growing up because she preferred story telling musical theatre. It...
Feb 14, 2018 | Art Guitar Program & Auction, Blog & News
Hundreds of hours have been donated by local artists and organizations in an effort to create a unique piece of art to be auctioned in the 2015 Wildflower! Art Guitar Program & Auction. Electric and acoustic guitars are painted, chopped, molded, airbrushed,...
Feb 14, 2018 | Battle of the Bands, Blog & News
The 2015 Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival Battle of the Bands Qualifiers were held Friday, May 1, 2015 at The Door – Dallas. Five bands from around the DFW metroplex came out to compete for a chance to be one of just three bands selected to play at the finals on...
