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Celebrate The Marfa Drive with Bryan Jack live at the Cactus Café. After a packed room and 90+ tickets at his last Cactus show, he returns for another intimate night of songs, stories, and connection.

Rooted in the spirit of Texas troubadours like Guy Clark, and shaped by long drives through West Texas, The Marfa Drive is a record about movement, reflection, and finding your way back home. These songs were made for rooms like this — where every word lands and every note matters.

This show will feature a stripped-downset, bringing a warm, front-porch feel to one of Austin’s most iconic listening rooms.

If you’ve been to the Cactus, you know — it’s not just a show, it’s a shared experience.

Last time, the room filled up. It will again. 

B-side Quartet plays in trio to quintet formats, bringing fresh interpretations, eclectic songs, history, and storytelling — always true to jazz. Led by Austin drummer Kevin Witt, the group draws on the hard bop ethos while embracing modern ideas, pushing the music forward in meaningful ways. Their performances blend historical context with narrative, spoken word, and samples, offering audiences both depth and surprise.”

 

Discounted tickets available for UT students. Must present UT ID at door to redeem discounted tickets.

Jimmy George is a visual ink artist and seasoned musician with more than four decades of experience in writing, recording, and performing music. Since 1999, he has shared the stage with a diverse range of notable artists, including Tom Petty, Tim Reynolds (of the Dave Matthews Band), Bob Schneider, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Toots and the Maytals, and Carlos Santana. His performances have taken place at prominent venues across the United States and Canada, such as The Viper Room, Dallas Starplex, Austin City Limits, House of Blues, Fox Theater, Black Sparrow, Cactus Cafe, and the Bugle Boy.

In addition to his work as a performer, George is the owner and operator of The Roost Recording Studio, located in the Texas Hill Country near Austin. The studio is a full-service production facility specializing in recording, mixing, and mastering audio for commercial release.

Bonneville County Pine Box delivers a distinctive “mountain-roots” blend. The group marries the soul of traditional Texas Honky Tonk with the energy of raw bluegrass. High-octane and Americana-edged, this six-piece brings a vibrant presence to the regional music scene. Building on the success of their self-produced albums Fair and Always Gone, the band is celebrating their third release, Cracklin’ Fuego (2026). The new record captures the spirit of their legendary live shows—raucous affairs where every harmony hits home and every solo provides enough momentum to get the entire family moving. Grounded in authentic, foot-stomping experiences, the band continues to establish itself as a staple for high-energy performances.

Website: rootstockartists.com/bonneville

Video: https://youtu.be/OYMKjgOC27U?si=Vbt-aSuXQfvbN_U6&t=41

Pipe is a psychedelic rock band with driving drums, lush atmospheres, and dynamic songs.

Retro Cowgirl is a Texas-based rock band that combines heavy guitar riffs, lively drums, and powerful female vocals to create a modern take on the sounds of 70’s and early 2000’s rock music. The band is composed of lyricist and lead vocalist Lucky Steele, lead guitarist Luis Fiallos, rhythm guitarist Salvatore Sissa, bassist Gabe Jimenez and drummer Jonluca Biagini.

In their first year together, Retro Cowgirl had gained local attention and continued to grow their fan base with the support of sponsors and the music community. In 2022, the band was featured in Topo Chico’s #TopoPremiere campaign which led them to have their second music video sponsored by the brand. They played their first festival support for trending Tik Tok acts Hotel Ugly and Victor Internet at the Nomad Music Festival in San Antonio. In 2023, they played their first SXSW alongside Angel White and Jackie Venson. With their unique sound and undeniable stage presence, Retro Cowgirl is quickly making a name for themselves in the rock scene. They are “firing up the blues with a feminine twist” -Jia Chen, Texas Public Radio.

Marina Rocks, native Texan, was born in Austin during a summertime heat wave. She arrived in this world

smoking and she has never cooled off. Her mom bought Marina her first guitar. She played it till her little kid

fingers bled. And then she played it some more. Then her mom bought her a Marshall stack! Her

semi-autobiographical composition, “Shero”, reflects her deep feelings of

love and gratitude for a parent`s support of a daughter`s dream.

The indefatigable pursuit of the dream; the “beat of a different drummer… these are hallmarks of her strong work ethic. Just take a look at the face of the Godin guitar that she has beaten into submission. Giving up is not something that someone as determined as Marina does very often. It is simply not in her makeup.

  Marina is not merely a guitar slinger but is an award winning songwriter…writing epic songs that paint stories about life & love. Some say her songs are alternative Americana because of the grit & edge. 

Born and raised in Atlanta, Ga., Huey’s songwriting is deeply in southern folk music. Since playing in various groups for the past 8 years, most notably her own full band “Huey & The Heaven-sent”, she’s always called the ATL music scene home. “[She] brings some diversity to what people perceive southern music to be” says Atwood Magazine, following up the release of their second full-length LP “How to Keep Things Alive”. Heart-clenching and poignant lyrics, married with folk, sometimes even jazz, melodies, Huey’s songwriting reflects the emotions that she’s embedded in her music. Since becoming a solo artist, she’s developed a side of the folk genre that sounds like nobody else.

Texas native David Garza is a Grammy-winning artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose career spans multiple genres and expands into production, film composition, and session work. He is a rare creative force—equally at home writing intimate songs, shaping artists’ visions in the studio, and producing acclaimed albums.Starting his career as an artist, he had numerous DIY releases to his credit by the time he signed with Atlantic Records and issued 1998’s This Euphoria. That album and its 2001 follow-up, Overdub, earned him a more widespread international audience, which he continues to nurture as an independent artist, self-releasing new music up to the present day.In addition to his own releases, Garza has worked as a session musician with artists like John Legend, Iron & Wine, and Gaby Moreno among others. In 2020, he co-produced and designed the cover artwork for Fiona Apple’s Grammy-winning album Fetch the Bolt Cutters, going on to produce music for diverse acts ranging from Hanson to Midland to Ozomatli.

Other Voices: A Tribute to the Songs of Nanci Griffith returns for its 7th annual celebration at the Cactus Cafe—an evening honoring the extraordinary songwriting legacy of Nanci Griffith.

Curated and hosted by Austin songwriter Nichole Wagner, the show brings together a hand-picked lineup of some of Austin’s finest contemporary songwriters to reinterpret Nanci’s songs in their own voices. We believe songs stay alive when new voices sing them—and every year, this show proves it.

Lineup to be announced. Visit OtherVoices.NicholeWagnerMusic.com for more info

Inara George is a Los Angeles–based singer and songwriter whose voice and musicality move easily between pop, folk, and jazz. Best known as one half of The Bird and the Beewith Grammy-winning producer Greg Kurstin, and as a member of The Living Sisters, she has built a rich and varied career that spans acclaimed solo work, collaborations with Van Dyke Parks and Michael Andrews, and performances at venues ranging from the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall to beloved Los Angeles clubs like Largo and the Troubadour.Her latest release, Songs of Douglass and Littell, revisits music written years ago by her friends and longtime collaborators Philip Littell and Eliot Douglass. Thealbum offers a fresh interpretation of their work—one that veers into new territory for George as she dives more deeply into jazz-inspired phrasing, harmony, and mood than ever before. Yet these interpretations fit seamlessly within the arc of her broadercatalog, reflecting the same warmth, wit, and melodic imagination that define her earlier work. In performance, the musicfrom Songs of Douglass and Littellfeel like a natural extension of the voice and sensibility that have long been at the heart of hersound.

The Magnolia Brothers are an Americana duo who are best known for using their unique vocal harmonies in both original music and covers. In January of 2026, they were featured as official artists for The MusicFest in Steamboat Springs. Since 2023, the duo has been heavily involved with the Karbach Kickoff Concert for the Texas Bowl, having opened for Roger Creager (2023), Tyler Farr (2024), and Mike Ryan (2025). While attending Belmont University in Nashville, the Magnolia Brothers have played multiple sets at The Stage on Broadway, as well as The Row.

Michael Prysock is a singer-songwriter deeply affected by life in rural Arkansas. Through his music, Michael is a storyteller like no other, sharing the influences of his family then and now. He skips the clichéd heart songs of romance and moves purposefully to lyrics that convey the authenticity of living and raising sons of his own. Uniquely talented and masking a rare personal humility not often seen in today’s contemporary musical bravado, Michael is a spirited one-man-band, providing vocals, guitar and harmonica to a raw soundtrack of small-town life.

Michael and family call Austin, Texas home.

Guy Forsyth has played around the world, made 20 or so records, won many awards and helped define Austin music. Forsyth is simply a one-of-a-kind original. He not only writes and sings his own songs, but he enjoys telling the stories behind their inspiration. He is a modern American Songster. Not one song is the same, but they share the same care and craftsmanship. No matter the tune, no matter the rhythm, Forsyth’s music will bring a smile and make the body move. One could even argue that he was made for this lifestyle—one of endless music and lyrical storytelling.

Over the years, Forsyth’s music had been featured, both live and recorded in favored pubs and bars of Austin, to movies (Waking Life and Hands on a Hard Body, to name a couple). He has been on tour nationwide and internationally, from festivals to shared stage time with the big boys (BB King, Ray Charles, Ben Harper, and John Hammond to name a few). To top his accomplishments, he won the Austin Male Vocalist of the Year Award (2005).