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All of Arlington's a stage for new Ramblin' Roads Music Festival plugging in this fall

Tatiana Mayfield is one of the headliners.

Live music will fill the airwaves of Arlington when the first-ever Ramblin' Roads Music Festival takes over the city the first weekend of October.

The three-day palooza, October 1-3, will take place just about everywhere there's a stage in Arlington: Levitt Pavilion, Arlington Music Hall, Texas Live, and more than 15 more venues, big and small.

Fans of rock, jazz, blues, Americana, Tejano, and country will find a concert that suits their musical taste, organizers say in a release.

Taking the stage will be artists William Clark Green, Mike Ryan, Bobby Pulido, La Original Sonora Dinamita, Jamestown Revival, Monica Saldivar, Gene Watson, Grupo Control, Shaker Hymns, Dan Cavanaugh and Remy Le Boeuf, Big Ass Brass Band, Tatiana Mayfield, Grupo Feroz, Catie Offerman, Jesse Stratton, and more to be announced.

Special events will include a Sunday Gospel Brunch with The Franklin Imagine Group at The Sanford House; Jazz in the Park at Levitt Pavilion; and “Start the Journey” Youth Voice Competition at Arlington Music Hall.

Beyond concerts, there'll also be a classic car show, an urban artisan market, and numerous special events and promotions at Arlington-area bars and restaurants, including Maverick’s Sports Grill, Grease Monkey Burger Shop & Social House, J. Gilligan’s Bar & Grill, Create Arlington, Legal Draft Beer Co., Old School Pizza Tavern, Inclusion Coffee, Cartel Taco Bar, 4 Kahunas Tiki Lounge, Hooligan’s Pub, Hershey’s Palace, On Tap, Hurtado Barbecue, Growl Records, and Urban Alchemy.

All events will take place rain or shine, organizers say. Proceeds will benefit the continued renewal of downtown Arlington.

Tickets for single events, full-day passes, and all-weekend passes range from $45-$250. Special group ticket packages are also available. Children up to 6 years old are free with an adult ticket holder; kids 7-12 are required to purchase a single-day or three-day pass at half the price of a regular-priced ticket; and anyone age 13 and up is required to purchase a full-priced ticket.

Tickets are now on sale. For a complete schedule, tickets, and more information, visit the event website.

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Driver sentenced in Texas crash that killed Chicks founder Laura Lynch

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Laura Lynch was a founding member of The Chicks.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting his reckless driving caused a head-on collision in rural West Texas that killed Laura Lynch, a founding member of the country music group now known as The Chicks, prosecutors said.

Domenick Chavez, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with December 22, 2023, crash in Hudspeth County, according to a news release from El Paso County District James Montoya, who also oversees nearby Hudspeth County.

The release said Chavez was driving a truck westbound when he tried to pass four vehicles on a two-way undivided highway and collided head-on with Lynch's eastbound truck. Lynch, 65, of Dell City, was trapped in her vehicle and died. Prosecutors said Chavez was traveling between 106 mph (170 kph) and 114 mph (183 kph).

Prosecutors said alcohol wasn't a factor in the crash but that Chavez was driving on a suspended license, which had been revoked due to his failure to comply with DWI-related surcharges and penalties from convictions in 2014 and 2017.

Lynch, along with Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, formed The Dixie Chicks in Dallas in the late 1980s. Lynch and Macy eventually left the band and Natalie Maines joined the sisters. The trio hit commercial fame with their breakthrough album Wide Open Spaces in 1998 and have won 13 Grammys. In 2020, the band changed its name to The Chicks.

In a social media post after Lynch's death, The Chicks said Lynch had “infectious energy and humor” and was “instrumental" in the band's early success.

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