Music Friendly

Lubbock Is A Certified
Texas Music Friendly

Official Designation

In August 2020, Lubbock, Texas was honored to be certified as a Texas Music Friendly Community by the Texas Music Office in the Office of the Governor.

Texas Music Friendly Communities

This program assists communities with “being on the map” in Texas as destinations for great music and great music venues as well as opportunities for recording artists.

The Texas Music Friendly certification encourages the upkeep of a directory of bands, musicians, venues and radio stations to allow for easy access of the “who and what” of a music community. It also promotes the creation of a music advisory committee made up of a diverse collection of experts. This committee is the creative momentum behind developing the programming for Lubbock music. For 2021, a series of professional development workshops on publishing, copyrighting, marketing, venue booking and creating a solid foundation for a music career will be offered.

Lubbock Cultural Arts Foundation Staff

Stacy Keith

Director

Dr. Jonny Verbeten

Arts Education Coordinator

Music Friendly Advisory Committee

Lubbock’s amazing steering committee for the music friendly certification consists of artists, venues, media and supporters of the arts in Lubbock. we are very proud of this diverse group of caring Lubbock citizens:

Josh Abbott

The Josh Abbott Band

Brandon Adams

Brandon Adams and the Sad Bastards

Cary Banks

Cary C. Banks Music, LLC

Jacqueline Bober

Director of Municipal Museums

David Cho

Conductor Lubbock Symphony Orchestra

Jeremy Couture

Musician/Lubbock Live Festival

Alan Crossland

Route 1 Acuff Studios

Cesar De Leon

Executive Director, Lubbock ISD Fine Arts

Scott Faris

Amusement Park Recording Studio

Joy Harris

Lubbock Musician

Mary Hogan

Program Director, LHUCA

Darryl Holland

The Cactus Theater

Jeff Hunsinger

CEO LEPAA

Melissa Key

Community Relations and Annual Giving Director LEPAA

Dr. Roger Landes

Senior Lecturer of Musicology Texas Tech University School of Music

Jenni Dale Lord

Musician/Songwriter Series

Stuart Moody

Chairperson of the Creative Arts Department and Associate Professor of Sound Technology South Plains College

Sandy Ogletree

The CH Foundation

Dr. Lauryn Salazar

Associate Professor of Musicology/Texas Tech University Mariachi Director

Dustin Six

The Blue Light Live

Dr. Christopher J. Smith

Professor of Musicology/Director of the Vernacular Music Center/Texas Tech University School of Music

Doug Stapp

Ralph’s Records

Dr. Andrew Stetson

Director Texas Tech University School of Music

Junior Vasquez

Musician/Lubbock Live Music Scene

Sharea Villanueva

LHUCA, Events and Marketing Coordinator

Brent Wheeler

Assistant Professor of Commercial Music South Plains College

Andy Wilkinson

Musician/Texas Tech University

Galen Wixson

President and CEO Lubbock Symphony Orchestra