Honoring Weston Busing, who passed away in 2020, the second annual WesFest rosters songwriters to benefit the LoveWeston scholarship fund at UT-Austin, in support of students battling cancer. Self-styled Texas Piano Man Robert Ellis headlines, slinging his mix of wry and poignant ballads, and is joined by Brody Price, the first artist on Ellis’ Niles City Records imprint with the intoxicatingly versatile new LP, Win a Trip to Palm Springs! Juliet McConkey stills with her powerful, personal songwriting behind debut Disappearing Girl, while Mayeux & Broussard stew the guitar-ripping Southern gumbo of last year’s Cosmo Oil Co. The day rounds out with the hard honky-tonk of Kathryn Legendre, James Steinle’s new country-rocking outfit Hobby Rancher, and Ben Ballinger’s subtle blue-collar sophistication.
Sat., Jan. 14, 5pm