Antone’s 50th Anniversary celebrations reach new heights with the unveiling of the star-studded Allstar Jam lineup for the 2025 Austin Blues Festival. IAN MOORE, KAM FRANKLIN (of The Suffers) and friends are set to host the Saturday jam with special guests LIL’ ED WILLIAMS, JAKE ANDREWS, THE TEXAS HORNS, SOUL MAN SAM, RODD BLAND, EVE MONSEES and others.
Sunday’s jam will be hosted by JIMMIE VAUGHAN, GARY CLARK JR. AND FRIENDS, closing out the fest with special guests BIG BILL MORGANFIELD, DEREK O’BRIEN, LURRIE BELL, JOHN PRIMER, STEVE BELL, LARRY FULCHER, JOE SUBLETT and more surprises for an extraordinary weekend.
The festival’s highly anticipated Allstar Jam pays tribute to five decades of Antone’s musical heritage. It will capture the authentic spirit of blues and the enduring community Clifford Antone cultivated in Austin, Texas. The event will bring artists across generations together on one stage for the ultimate jam sessions fans will never forget.
We couldn’t be more thrilled to unveil the 50th Anniversary Allstar Jam lineups…this has been a dream of ours since the inception of Austin Blues Festival. Gary Clark Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan, Ian Moore and Kam Franklin – they’re all so great, and each night will bring to life the club’s rich history and point to where we are going,” Bridges added. The sets will bring the magic that happens when generations of killer musicians get together onstage, to a bigger stage and broader audience, at Austin’s Home of the Blues – Will Bridges, Co-Owner and Operator of Antone’s and Austin Blues Festival
Extending the commemoration of this milestone 50th year, “Austin City Limits” has also announced the lineup for Season 51, and Antone’s is set to take over the Monday, April 28, taping following the festival. This event will showcase a stellar slate of blues all-stars on the ACL Live stage for a one-of-a-kind evening of music, with lineup details to be announced soon.
The 2025 Austin Blues Festival takes place Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27, at Waterloo Park’s Moody Amphitheater with headliners Mavis Staples and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.
