Celebrating the WestSM in Lockhart, TX - June 19-21, 2026 (Friday to Sunday)

Enjoy cowboy & country music, Western swing from a 5-piece band, and cowboy poetry, along with fantastic Saturday and Sunday brunch opportunities, on the square in Lockhart, Texas.

Lockhart is the official "Barbecue Capital of Texas," so whether your tastes lean to brunch or barbecue, Lockhart has you covered!

Participating musicians are (clockwise from upper left in photo): Matt Robertson, Sam Platts and the Windmill Dance Hall Band, John Moore, and Pipp Gillette and Lloyd Wright.

Poets Dakota Robinson and Rusty Phillips (left to right in b&w photos) will also perform.

Tickets are on sale now. Purchase individual shows, or save with a weekend pass. All shows use reserved seating.

Need a place to stay? Check 49 rooms, condos, and homes in Lockhart.

Celebrating the WestSM Magazine

Celebrating the WestSM is our magazine highlighting places, people, events, stories, and art around the American West.

It also promotes the sponsors, performers, artists, and artisans of our Celebrating the WestSM Weekends.

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Touchdowns & Turnbuckles:
World Championship Athletes from West Texas State

by Bill Neeley and Justin Neeley

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In 1960, ex-Marine Joe Kerbel became the head coach at West Texas State in Canyon, Texas. This focused, determined, hard-nosed but softhearted ex-Marine changed WTSU (now West Texas A&M) forever.

His wide-ranging recruiting integrated WTSU and brought success on the football field, top-tier football talent went from WTSU to pro football, and connections with the Funk family in Amarillo created a conduit from the football field to the wrestling ring for many WT players.

This collection of mini biographies provides a view into collegiate football and pro wrestling. You can purchase a web book, and read it immediately on your phone.