Big Wy’s Brass Band was born 03/01/2014 at The Historic Scoot Inn in Austin, TX. The band was comprised of current West Lake High School students that played together in the jazz ensemble and marching band.

After most the band decided to attend The University of Texas at Austin they decided to keep the project going. In 2017, Big Wy’s made its first international debut at the IGA 2017 International Jazz Festival in Guatemala. IGA Jazz Fest was quickly followed by the band’s selection for the 2017 CR Promising Artists of The 21st Century Tour of Costa Rica. Over the course of the tour, Big Wy’s had the honor of playing for President Luis Guillermo Solís.

February 2018, their debut EP “The Portal To Funkville EP” was released. The new record led to many exciting developments throughout 2018 with the band performing along side the world-renowned Preservation Hall Jazz and Blue Lab Beats for SXSW18.

August 2019, the band was invited back to Costa Rica. During this tour the band had the privilege of performing at the US Ambassadors residence for 30 of Costa Rica’s Ambassadors to the world and UN. The band also performed for Vice President Marvin Rodríguez Cordero. 

April 2019 marked the release of “Lord Dope EP”. The new record led to many exciting developments with the band performing along side Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Ike Stubblefield, and Walter “Wolfman” Washington. The Austin Chronicle’s annual Austin Music Awards honored Big Wy’s Brass Band as “Best Horns” for 2019.

MATT BROWN

Matt Brown is a 33 y/o singer, songwriter, and Army veteran located right here in the middle of the Hill Country. Matt was raised in the farmlands of New York to the 90s greats of country music. Accompanied with a guitar, bringing his own twist and rasp to country music, he has released some originals to various platforms this year.

Oatmeal Sound Company

Oatmeal Sound Company is a songwriting duo comprised of Edward Billock and James Hodges. Although somewhat new to the central Texas area, the beginning was really 30 years ago when the two met in West Texas. The musical connection was immediate, and the songwriting began! Time and life happened, and their families were separated by miles and states—but never in heart. They finally made it back to the same zip code around Oatmeal Texas, and now, it’s original music being expressed in a classic Americana style. Our expression is always with gratitude, always from the heart, and decorated with a few tributes to classics of the past.

Sarah Hall

A classically trained harpist from the age of 6, Sarah has performed as a soloist and an accompanist, as well as with small and large ensembles, choirs, concert bands, ballets, and operas all across Texas.  She also works as a studio musician and can be heard on several soon-to-be-released songs by local Austin musicians, as well she is a member of the L.A.-based SSSHeartStrings. Sarah also teaches beginner harp in Central Texas.

Believing the harp has a place outside concert halls and should be accessible to everyone, Sarah enjoys playing in more intimate settings, covering everything from Billboard 100, Broadway, Pop, Classical, Celtic, and Jazz.

Oliver Steck

You might find OLIVER STECK dressed and working as the mascot at your school, serenading your table during dinner, or playing to thousands at the show you’ve gone to see. Oli Steck entertains at: streets & stadiums, recording studios & restaurants, festivals & feasts, homes & hospices, bars & businesses, weddings & funerals, schools & theaters, prisons & parades, airplanes & operas, and more. The world is a stage for Oliver, and we are all better off for it. Oliver Steck is a true original- just ask anyone who’s seen him perform. His incredible talent includes Piano and Keyboard, Trumpet, Accordion, as well as his spirited vocals.

Open Mic Show & Go

Artists and musicians can sign up for a 3-minute slot at the Main Stage from 6-8pm. You’ll have a chance to sing a song, play an instrument, talk about a piece of your artwork, recite a poem, or anything else related to music and the arts!

Dale Watson 

Dale Watson is a honky tonk hero and country music maverick, a true outlaw carrying on where Waylon Jennings left off. A member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame, he stands alongside Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Strait as one of the finest country singers and songwriters from the Lone Star State.

Dale signed with Red House Records in 2011 to release his 20th album called The Sun Sessions. Hailed as “one of the best country albums of the year” (Atlanta Journal Constitution), it was recorded at Memphis’ legendary Sun Studios with The Texas Two (bassist Chris Crepps and drummer Mike Bernal) in the stripped-down style of Johnny Cash’s earliest recordings. He followed this with El Rancho Azul, 14 fresh honky tonk originals about marriage, heartbreak and honkytonkin, which propelled Dale into the national spotlight with multiple appearances on late-night television and NPR.

Kendra Cofer

Kendra’s photography career officially began in January 2019, after leaving corporate America after 30 years as an executive in business development. Her love of the outdoors, nature and wildlife have come to life in her photography.

Beverly Dennis

Contemporary Landscape painter. Currently living in Leander. MFA University of Mississippi. Gallery contact Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Taught art at University of Mississippi, and Jones County Junior College until retired in 2007. Shown work in Texas Dallas, Ft Worth and Georgetown.

Ronda Hostetter

Ronda Hostetter is a passionate artist who paints what she loves. She grew up watching her mother, an artist, create beautiful watercolor landscapes and aspired to be like her. By using art to create a legacy, she enjoys painting sunsets, beaches, and landscapes. She loves creating memories.

Frank Mills

Writer, photographer, storyteller
Retired university professor, cultural studies
Founder of Urban Paradoxes, a urban future-visioning consortium – Retired

Susan Barnes

Liberty Hill Artist and Art teacher. Originally from Plainview, Texas now living and working in Liberty Hill since 1998. Nature designs and scenes along with family groups are the main focus of my most recent work. I am inspired by deep emotional connections to our beautiful local environment.

Hope House

Hope House, located right here in Liberty Hill, gives hope to many disabled children and adults who need a permanent place to live. The residents of Hope House have been hard at work creating many pieces of art to display during Whimsy & Wonder.

Charles Santora

Mr. Santora’s passion is to take photographs of city street scenes and architecture where he includes people going about their everyday lives. What may seem like a mundane human action or uninteresting scene to many of us, he sees as inspiring and beautiful and aims to bring it to life from a unique point of view.

Janus Lee

Janus Lee grew up following her sign-painting father around the Midwest at a time when giant hamburgers & effervescent glasses of beer were still painted by hand. Closer to the ground these days, Janus enjoys evoking Hopperesque scenes involving women & trains, aerialists, & mid-century memories.

Rebecca Moran

Rebecca Moran is a freelance photographer specializing in rodeos, farm and ranch, and western lifestyle photography. Rebecca’s love and passion lies in capturing the authenticity and genuine spirit of the people, land, and animals around her that make up this lifestyle.

Kimber Jones

Kimber is just a small town nurse who had the opportunity to take a mini retirement to do what she loves, PHOTOGRAPHY. She feels she’s more of a “whatev-grapher.” She takes photos of whatever she may like at that moment. Whether it be animals (her fave), people, landscapes or some random object on the ground.

Lisa Zinna

Lisa is a self-taught photographer specializing in creating color-crazy photo art where she gives a soul to otherwise neglected natural elements and common objects.