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M. Shadows and the rest of the Huntington Beach metal band headline the motorsport facility’s last non-race-associated concert of the year.

It should never be doubted that what happens at a music festival can change lives. In 14 years of UtopiaFest, there have been multiple engagements and marriages, unforgettable performances, and innumerable friendships forged. The idealistic mini-fest now holds a season finale for its fall event in Burnet before returning to Utopia, Texas, for an eclipse-centered April retreat. Highlights from the upcoming weekend include: Trouble in the Streets and Wax Logic performing The Dark Side of the Moon at Thursday’s pre-party, Money Chicha and Tomar & the FCs performing Friday, and the Octopus Project playing during Saturday’s annular eclipse, then again at night before ultimate headliners !!! (aka Chk Chk Chk).

As the annular eclipse falls over Texas Saturday morning, the Kerrville Folk Festival family gathers for a fall celebration. A sound bath from the Brother Brothers accompanies the darkening, but songwriters hold the spotlight. Friday highlights iconoclast Kinky Friedman, freak-folk pioneer Michael Hurley, and Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson’s anti-folk. Saturday glows behind Twain aptly crooning “Solar Pilgrim,” Georgia Parker’s honky-tonk, and Portland’s Anna Tivel – before Daniel Fears, Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, and Sir Woman serenade the night. Sunday revives behind the ambient wash of Laraaji, locals McMercy Family Band and Lomelda, and North Texas teenage songwriting phenom Jack Barksdale.