DALLAS — A music festival is coming back to the Deep Ellum neighborhood in Dallas.
And it's free to the public.
The Deep Ellum Block Party will be held Saturday, Nov. 23, and will be headlined by longtime Dallas band Polyphonic Spree and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan – and they won't be alone.
The Deep Ellum Foundation, which is hosting the event, said things will kick off at the "culturally immersive community bash" with We Them Grays at 3 p.m. with an all-Disney set. Following that performance will be Branoofunck.
Once the sun goes down, attendees are encouraged to pick up all-access wristbands at Trees' Beer Garden to enjoy the following bands/artists, who will be performing across 15 venues around Deep Ellum:
- Big Tuck
- Rosegarden Funeral Party
- Cure for Paranoia
- Cayuga All Stars
- FIT
- Van Damme
- Ultimatum
- CURL
- RC Williams
- King Clam
- Primo Danger
- Dezi5
- Children of Indigo
- Stone Mecca
- Phanatomelo
- Interment
- Skull Archer
According to The Deep Ellum Foundation, an official schedule for the block party will be released soon.
The heart of the block party will be along Elm Street, which will be blocked off through Deep Ellum.
"Playing the Deep Ellum Block Party, is definitely going to feel like returning home in a way," Polyphonic Spree's Tim DeLaughter said. "Many, many fond memories were made down there back in the day."
Some of the venues that will be hosting shows include Three Links, Elm Street Saloon, Trees, Reno's Chop Shop Saloon, Club Dada, Twilite, AllGood Cafe, Deep Ellum Art Co., CheapSteaks, Double Wide, The Free Man and more!
The event will also feature live mural creations, an artists market, antique cars and family-friendly activities.
"Deep Ellum’s history as the birthplace of Dallas’ music scene — from the bluesy licks of Blind Lemon Jefferson to the punk and indie sounds that define today’s landscape — will be front and center," a press release from the Deep Ellum Foundation said. "The Historic District’s story is inextricably intertwined with music, a major reason the neighborhood is known as “the soul of Dallas.”
The block party event follows up last year's Deep Ellum Music Festival, which featured Rev. Run and Doug E. Fresh, among others, in honor of Deep Ellum's 150th anniversary as a cultural district.