For the first time in 72 years, country music legend Willie Nelson is set to return to his alma mater, over half a century since his two-year enrollment at Baylor in 1954.
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Concerts have become for the elite; long gone are the days when you could show up at the door, pay $50 and hope to storm the barricade. With artists like Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars smashing record sales, it has become increasingly difficult to attend concerts.
It is not out of the ordinary for the public to have beef with Ticketmaster. From inflated ticket prices to website crashes and dealing with scalpers, it feels like every time an A-list artist goes on tour, they find themselves in hot water. Noah Kahan has taken proactive measures to make the fans a priority for ticket sales.
The one-night-only performance blends live instrumentation, immersive sound design and curated lighting effects into what the pair calls an “audio-cinematic journey.”
Baylor announced the news Friday morning in an Instagram post on the Foster Pavilion page, along with a teaser to a special guest which is yet to be revealed.
Foster Pavilion was filled with the sounds of whining guitars, feisty fiddles, cowboy boot stomping and raucous cheers for Tucker Wetmore’s first arena performance at Foster Pavilion Thursday.
The rising artist, who is a CMA New Artist of the Year nominee, has won the hearts of millions with his smooth vocals and his small-town storytelling and since earned millions of streams across music platforms. This concert will be Wetmore’s first time headlining for an arena.
Latry’s visit to Waco is part of Baylor School of Music’s Showcase Series, where he will perform works by Guilmant and Bach before closing with a live improvisation on a surprise theme. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Jones Concert Hall, followed by a master class with Baylor students the next day. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public.
When he’s not leading a Roman university or lecturing on Thomas Aquinas, Fr. Thomas Joseph White plays banjo and resonator guitar in a bluegrass band made up entirely of Dominican friars.
Strings of all sounds, shapes and sizes filled Jones Concert Hall on Monday night for the first Baylor Symphony Orchestra concert of the fall semester. Conductor Jeffrey Grogan led the group in playing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, his first concert conducting the group.
Suddenly, high-pitched screams erupted, heads flipped toward the glowing stage and the crowd surged forward as the man himself stepped up to the mic and kicked off the night with “Never Get Tired (of Loving You).”
Attendees stood with arms raised in worship as Daigle sang hits throughout the night, such as “Look Up Child,” “Trust In You,” “Rescue” and her new single, “Let It Be a Hallelujah.” In between songs, she interacted with the crowd by signing a poster, shouting out a fan who brought her Super Bowl jersey and listening to the worship as she let the voices in the crowd cry out during choruses.
Baylor announced in April that one of the biggest names in Christian contemporary music, Lauren Daigle, will be coming to Baylor to perform at Foster Pavilion. Now, with only a day to go before the show, Daigle will soon become the second performer in a ten-show series that will take place at Foster Pavilion over the next two years.
The Center of Global Engagement is hosting an International Tailgate for the Saturday football game against Samford. International students will be able to experience an American football tradition by gathering together for food and games before the big game. More details and sign-ups for international student and scholar services’ events are sent out in the BU World Weekly newsletter each Monday.
This year, even the construction on I-35 isn’t enough to stop alumni parents from traveling to see both their students and their alma mater for Family Weekend starting this Saturday.
Now that it’s the second week into classes and students are settling in, there’s plenty of weekend fun to be had. Explore more of the Waco arts scene by seeing a play or attending a live music show, or immerse yourself in campus culture by attending a cookout. Adventure awaits!
Tucker Wetmore, an up-and-coming country artist who has toured with the likes of Luke Bryan and Kameron Marlowe, will be making a stop in Waco to perform at Foster Pavilion.
Between the uniqueness of the concert lineup and the energy in the stadium, the tone of the Cross Canadian Ragweed reunion show was truly unique, characterized by the loud energy and high spirits of the crowd.
A rising sensation in the modern country music genre, Ty Myers, will headline this year’s Howdy at the Hurd, put on by Pi Beta Phi. The free, students-only celebration will happen on Sept. 19 at 7:00 p.m.
In the modern era, but also decades past, some popular musicians find it acceptable to merely get up on stage and perform their songs as they appear on their records. These musical offenders can be found across every genre: pop singers and bands, country artists, classic rockers and others all indulge in this practice.
Golden hour set in as hundreds filed into the Foster Pavilion on Tuesday evening. Speckled among the crowd in the pit and the decks were t-shirts, sweatshirts and jerseys bearing the capitalized words “Child of God” and “Forrest Frank.”
As heavy winds blew throughout Waco, a bigger storm brewed in the parking lot of The Backyard, which was converted to a stage to hold the 3,000 fans who came to see 17-year-old country phenomenon, Ty Myers.
On April 25, Bowling for Soup and Two Tons of Steel will join forces with the City of Waco for the annual Brazos Nights concert series in Indian Spring Park.
If you crave songs that are just as much stories as they are catchy tunes, Tunesday is here to give you what you need. Enjoy these country and folk releases from familiar and strange faces alike.
One of Baylor’s longstanding traditions returned for another year of on-campus fun as students flocked to Fountain Mall to enjoy food, games, activities and a concert from artist Joshua Bassett.
Attractions, free food and spring weather filled Fountain Mall during the university’s annual Diadeloso event on Tuesday. The student and partner-staffed event sported state fair games, goat yoga and a concert at Waco Hall featuring Joshua Bassett.
Baylor University announced this morning that one of the biggest names in Christian contemporary music, Lauren Daigle, will be coming to Baylor to perform at Foster Pavilion in the fall. That makes Daigle the second of a ten-show series that will be taking place at Foster Pavilion over the next two years.
If you haven’t already filled up your schedule for next week with Diadeloso fun, here are some more to add to the calendar. Embrace the nostalgia by attending a show featuring one of the most iconic Y2K bands, Bowling for Soup, try rooftop yoga or indulge in some delicious dishes at the Texas Food Truck Showdown.
