VIPs get ready for the show during the 2023 Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival.  (Santana Wood/Tyler Morning Telegraph)

The lineup for the 10th annual Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival has been announced.

The festival, set for May 4 on the brick streets of downtown Tyler’s square, features some of the best barbecue in the state along with talented musicians.

This year’s music lineup includes headliner Randy Rogers Band, along with performers Pony Bradshaw, Treaty Oak Revival, Mark Chestnutt, Kolby Cooper, and Casey Donahew, according to a Monday morning announcement from KNUE and Radio Texas, LIVE! with Buddy Logan.

Participating barbecue vendors include Bar B Que Bandidas of Lubbock; BBQ and a Prayer of Canton; Brisket Love & BBQ of Lindale; Casey’s BBQ of Athens; Chopp’d Beef Boys of Dallas; Crossbuck BBQ of Farmers Branch; East Texas Rusk BBQ of Winnsboro; Ember’s Roadhouse BBQ of Edgewood; Harlem Road Texas BBQ of Richmond; Hill Barbecue of Lubbock; JW’s Barbecue of Jacksonville; LJ’s BBQ of Brenham;  Poke In Da Eye of Tyler/Chapel Hill; Poppy Q’s of Elgin; Reveille Barbecue Co. of Magnolia; Smoak House No. 587 of Palestine;  Smokey Joe’s BBQ of Dallas; Smokin’ MexiQ Tex-Mex BBQ of Wylie; Smoky B Barbecue of Athens; Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ of Tyler; Sunbird Barbecue of Longview; Tyler’s Barbecue of Amarillo; and Zek’s Craft BBQ of Huntsville. 

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at reddirtbbqfest.com.

The Red Dirt BBQ & Music Festival began in 2014. Since its inception, the festival has aimed to bring amazing barbecue and music to the brick streets of downtown Tyler.

Previous musical acts include Whiskey Myers, Turnpike Troubadours, Josh Abbott Band, Cody Johnson, Parker McCollum, Koe Wetzel, Robert Earl Keen, the late Charlie Robison and many more.

Headliner Randy Rogers Band also was the star of the show for the 2019 festival. The band has been together for more than 17 years, according to the band’s website.

“Just like any other relationship, you have to pick your battles and have respect for each other,” Rogers said on the band’s website. “None of us know how to do anything else. This is our livelihood. It’s how we take care of our families. Years ago when we were really struggling and wondering how we were going to make it, there were some deep and emotional conversations that we all had with each other about if this is really what we all wanted and the decision was made a long time ago. The answer was yes then and the answer is still yes now. It’s something we all believe in. This is our life’s work.”

The culmination of the band’s musical journey so far can be heard on their album “Hellbent.”

“Creatively we all bring something different to the table and you can hear it in the records,” Rogers said. “You can hear people’s personalities in the records.”

Tickets start at $67 for concert-only with an entry time of 3:45 p.m. The next level of tickets are general admission, which include samples from all barbecue joints and concert access along with 1 p.m. entry time. Those cost $92. VIP tickets are $192 and include an entry time of noon, samples from all barbecue joints, a festival T-shirt, two free drinks, and a private VIP area at the front of the stage.

For more information, visit www.reddirtbbqfest.com.