Graham Concert Association kicks off season in September

Next month, the Graham Concert Association will kick off its 77th season at Graham Memorial Auditorium. The nonprofit organization hosts six shows each season to provide performing arts for the Young County area.

Graham Concert Association Program Chair Brendan Weatherman said the organization started in 1944 with the mission of providing an outlet for the Graham and Young County community to enjoy performing arts locally. The organization has individual ticket purchases as well as season passes for $120 for adults and $25 for students. The performances chosen each year are based on local feedback and other factors, Weatherman said.

“We take in recommendations from the community throughout the season and from previous years. We look at prior seasons, and maybe some performers that were really successful and in high demand to return and then we try to mix in a little bit of (...) something new that might broaden somebody’s perspective on other types of music and genres and so forth, or just artists that may be from our home state and then try to promote a lot of Texas music artists as well,” he said. “So really, it’s just a variety. We don’t have just a single-area approach to it. It’s kind of a multi-faceted approach, but each year is going to encompass maybe something old and definitely something new.”

GCA 2022-2023 Schedule

• Sept. 20 - Asleep at the Wheel, Celebrating 50 Years Tour
• Oct. 11 - Howl at the Moon Dueling Pianos
• Nov. 13 - Radney Foster, Del Rio, TX 1959 Tour
• Dec. 6 - Prophets and Outlaws
• Jan. 31 - Rodney Crowell, Word for Word Tour
• Feb. 5 - Sean McConnell

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Aug. 17 edition of The Graham Leader.