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Ubbi Dubbi Festival will be held at Panther Island Pavilion on April 27 & 28

Know before you head out to the festival grounds by checking out important festival information below.

HOURS

Day 1: Saturday, April 27th

• Parking lots open at 1:00 PM
• Box office open at 1:00 PM
• Gates open at 2:00 PM
• Event ends at 12:00 AM

Day 2: Sunday, April 28th

• Parking lots open at 2:00 PM
• Box office open at 2:00 PM
• Gates open at 3:00 PM
• Event ends at 12:00 AM

PARKING AND RIDE SHARE LOCATIONS

Main Lot Entrance (South Lot) is located at 395 West Purcey Street Fort Worth, Texas 76102

Secondary Lot Entrance (North Lot) is located at 920 Woodward Street Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Ride Share drop off area is located at 480 North Taylor Street Fort Worth, Texas 76102

CODE OF CONDUCT

• NO Re-entry/Ins & Outs.
• NO Refunds or Exchanges.
• NO Sitting on Designated Dance Floor Areas.
• NO Moshing, Crowd Surfing, or Stage Diving.
• NO Unauthorized/Unlicensed Vendors Allowed.
• NO Unauthorized Solicitations, Handbills, Sampling, Giveaways, etc.
• NO Camping.
• NO Tailgating.

ITEM POLICY

Few things are necessary to enjoy Ubbi Dubbi, but there are a couple of items that you shouldn’t leave home without.

Essentials –

• Your Ticket or Wristband.
• Your Valid Photo ID.
• Comfortable Clothing and Shoes.
• Smiles and Good Vibes.
• Festival Costumes Encouraged.

A larger list of acceptable and prohibited items can be found here.

HYDRATE

There will be 6 free water stations, so you can refill empty containers and keep up the party. Hydrating backpacks and reusable water bottles are allowed, but they must be empty, non-multi-pocket, and are subject to search upon entry.

REST & RECHARGE

Get plenty of rest and remember to eat plenty of food! Be sure to check out our food vendors.

Food Vendors:

• Backwoods BBQ
• Carolls Corn Crib
• Freddy’s Grill
• Fresh N Juicy
• Gepetto’s Pizza
• Shawarma Point
• Wokker

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Whether you need to cool down, re-hydrate with electrolytes, or could use some aspirin, band-aids, or earplugs; there will be medical personnel located on-site. Near every stage, look for First Aid stations marked with a red cross scattered around the festival grounds. You are welcome to visit for any health-related issues.

SUNSCREEN

Before you hit the festival grounds and leave the hotel room, apply a hefty amount of sunscreen to protect yourself and your crew from those harmful rays! Why damper your festival experience with a painful sunburn? Apply liberally and repeat.

RESPECT THE SPACE

Respect the place and our environment. Please do your part! Help pick up after yourself and others and do your part to keep the venue clean.

Join Visit Fort Worth and The Texas Music Office, Office of the Governor for Texas Sounds and Cities, Friday, April 26, 2019 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center.

 The conference is designed for organizations that want to boost their collaboration with musicians, music venues and the Texas music industry.

• Sounds & Cities Conference + Fortress Festival 2-day pass: $249
• Sounds & Cities Conference: $199

Register Now

Conference Schedule:

8:30AM
Arrival: Coffee Bar & Breakfast  

9:00AM
Music Friendly Cities Discussion & Showcase 
Hear from some of the first Texas Music Office music-friendly certified cities and learn about initiatives they’ve implemented to elevate their music scene.

Moderator: Brendon Anthony, Director, Texas Music Office

Panelists:
Tom Martens, Creative Director, Visit Fort Worth
Shannon Overby, Director, Conroe Convention & Visitors Bureau
Frank Jackson, Sr. VP of Sales & Marketing, Smith Music Group
Julie Glover, Economic Development Program Administrator, City of Denton

10:00AM
Build a Thriving Music Scene in Your City
Ted Talk alum and U.S. lead for Sound Diplomacy, Elizabeth Cawein shares ideas to build a thriving music scene.

Speaker: Elizabeth Cawein of Sound Diplomacy

10:45AM              
Bloody Mary Break by Black Eyed Distilling 

11:00AM              Funding & Development 
Financial industry experts share tips and resources for fundraising and building support for music program development. 

Moderator: Jamey Ice, Musician + Entrepreneur

Panelists:
Cindy Hames: President, Junior Achievement of Chisholm Trail
Erika Hersh: Regional Lending Manager, DFW People Fund
Jeffrey Chestnut: Jeff Chesnut, Public Finance and Economic Development Attorney, Underwood Law Firm

11:45AM              
Austin: Live Music Capital of the World
Learn from the individuals and organizations who are at the forefront of making Austin the Live Music Capital of the World.

Moderator: Tiffany Kerr, Director of Marketing, Visit Austin

Panelists:
Erica Shamaly, Director of the Austin Music Eco Dev Office
Nick Shuley: President, Austin Music Movement
Graham Weber: Artistic Director, House of Songs Austin

12:30PM             
Lunch 

1:30PM                 
Creating Opportunities for Musicians
Discussion on how to elevate local musicians while paving a path for career opportunities in your city and beyond.

Moderator:
Tony Green, Musician and Entertainment Entrepreneur

Panelists:
Kate Dussalt: Founder, HiFi House Omaha
Jamie Lou Connolly: House Manager and Public Relations, House of Songs Ozarks
Tyler Hale – Digital Music Editor & Content Producer, KCRW Los Angeles

2:15PM                 
House of Songs: A Conversation with Troy Campbell
House of Songs invites songwriters from around the world to share the universal language of music in collaborations designed to bridge cultures, build friendships and cultivate peace. Founder Troy Campbell shares the story behind this vision. 

Moderator: Mitch Whitten, EVP Marketing & Strategy, Visit Fort Worth
Troy Campbell: Founder, House of Songs

3:00PM                 
Break: Almas Popsicles & Treats and Tastings from Acre Distilling 

3:15PM                 
Making Places for Music 
Learn how cities are getting creative and creating community spaces for live music.

Moderator:
Sandra Doan, Director of Artistic Planning, Van Cliburn Foundation

Panelists:
Kat Orsak: Executive Director, The Lot Downtown Mansfield
Seong MacLaren: Director of Tourism & Downtown Development, City of Lindale
Shanna Cate, Director of Programming & Development, TRVA
Rebecca Reynolds, President Music Venue Alliance Austin

4:00PM                 
A Conversation with Brendon Anthony: Musician to Be Announced

4:45PM                 
Happy Hour with local brews from Wild Acre Brewing + Live Music

6:00PM                
KERA Art and Seek at the Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth Rising: Is the Indie Music Scene Achieving Liftoff?

Looking forward to the potential rescheduling of the Sabroso Festival at Panther Island Pavilion.

See event producer’s message: “Due to logistical reasons we are rescheduling the Sabroso Ft. Worth date for this coming fall. Your tickets will be honored at the soon to be announced rescheduled fall date.”

“Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival powered by Gringo Bandito will embark on its biggest year yet in 2019. ”

Check out what Music Mayhem Magazine has to say about Sabroso and mark your calendars for the Panther Island Pavilion stop on the nationwide tour taking place on April 14.

Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival was just announced to take place at Panther Island Pavilion on April 14! Join us for craft beer tastings, yummy food, live music and Lucha Libre!

Read the article written about the Sabroso Festival by clicking on the button below.

Crockett Row has a new Food Hall and in addition to that a new wall mural! Panther Island Pavilion was added to the mural along with other Fort Worth icons. We decided to take a look into the artist and the idea behind the creation of the mural.

Crockett Row had a local artist Eric Mancini paint the wall mural that can be found in between the Food Hall at Crockett Row and the parking garage.  Influenced by street art and graffiti, Eric developed his signature X and O pattern that has become his trademark.  He currently has work displayed in Denton,  Bishop Arts District, Deep Ellum and recently did some work for Texas Monthly.

They wanted to add a Fort Worth signature element to the piece.  Eric translated this by adding the blue wave signifying the Trinity River and adding the Fort Worth icons represented through the different logos found on the piece.

The mural will remain for the longevity of the piece.

2018 was a year for the books at Panther Island Pavilion. PIP hosted 52 events which brought in nearly 200,000 people. Read below some of the some of the highlights from the past year.

• Raising funds and awareness for worthy causes were the shining stars of 2018. Panther Island Pavilion served as the host venue for 16 various third-party walk, runs and rides. Over $2.2 million dollars were raised and more than 150 miles of the Trinity Trails were utilized for fundraising events such as March for Babies,  Jude Walk/Run, JDRF One Walk, and, Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
• This nationally acclaimed festival, Punk In Drublic Fest, was a new addition at Panther Island Pavilion. Featuring craft beer and bands such as NOFX, Badreligion, Mad Caddies and Punk Rocksteady. The event hosted a wide array of Punk fans who all seemed to have had a great time!
• Unexpected chilly weather didn’t keep people away from the Foam Wonderland Unity Tour event held at Panther Island Pavilion this past May. An estimated 6,500+ showed up for an epic show. Snails, Cookie Monsta Official b2b FuntCase, Riot Ten, Bonnie X Clyde and Blunts & Blondes brought a party for great music and a unifying experience!
• The Cody Johnson & Friends returned to Panther Island Pavilion for its third year, this time to a sold-out crowd of about 12,500 fans. The all-day country music festival also featured performances by fan favorites, Joe Nichols, Jon Wolfe and Randall King.
• New attractions spurred renewed excitement at the signature Panther Island Pavilion Event Fort Worth’s Fourth. The Lockheed Martin new paint by number wall paid homage to the USS Fort Worth(LSC-3) and its crew at Fort Worth’s Fourth Partnering with artisit, Jimmy Jenkins, the community was able to help finish the artwork and write letters to the crew.
• Named one of the “Top Five Cities for Fourth of July Celebration” by Travel Market Report, Fort Worth’s Fourth was one for the books! This year’s firework show ended up on the National Weather Service Radar.
• Summer brought more music, tube and tan time! Seven years rocking the river banks, Rockin’ the River, the all-day Saturday event brought in around 13,000 people. The summer tubing and music series showcased 30 Texas Country, Rock and Blues bands and six fireworks shows throughout the summer.
• PROST y’all! This year’s Oktoberfest Fort Worth was kicked off by the inaugural Fort Wurst Corporate Night held on the Wednesday prior to the festival opening on Thursday September 27. This three-day German Festival ended on Saturday, September 29. The festival was full of authentic German food, beer, entertainment and vendors!
• First-ever Loud and Heavy Fest featuring Fort Worth’s very own Cody Jinks was hosted at Panther Island Pavilion! This all day festival brought out around 7,500 spectators. The day was full of music split between two stages from Ward Davis, Sunny Sweeny, Paul Cauthen, Colter Wall, Nikki Lane, Whitey Morgan, The Sword, Whiskey Myers, Corrosion of Conformity, with Cody Jinks closing out the night.
• Recreation on the river was bigger than ever in 2018 with Backwoods Paddlesports at the hub. The retailer operated 9 months (March-November) of the year for their 6th season! It was the best year for rental with over 6,400 kayak, canoe and stand-up paddleboard rentals in the Trinity River at Panther Island Pavilion. Customers also had the opportunity to help clean the Trinity and collected 260 bags of trash during their time on the river.
• Bike sharing on Panther Island Pavilion has made it easier than ever to hop on and off at the venue and the trails for an outdoor, emission-free adventure. Averaging more than 7 per day, ocer 2,300 bikes were checked out at the Taylor Circle station ranking it as the 6^th best performing location in 2018!

Diverse backgrounds and cultures were celebrated with various interests and causes supported at Panther Island Pavilion. The friendships formed, music shared and distance covered has never been stronger. Cheers to another great year!

The German tradition of Oktoberfest has spread like wildfire across the world and the Fort Worth edition, which brings a mouth-watering slice of Germany to Texas, is celebrated with as much fervour as anywhere. The star of the show is inevitably the authentic German food and craft beers, which can be eaten and imbibed in traditional pop-up biergartens dotted throughout the festival venue. There’s also live music, dancing, Dachshund races, clothing and souvenirs, and plenty more.

A Festival of Mischief was a great time to be had out at Panther Island Pavilion this past weekend on November 3 and 4. It was a festival full of magical creatures, potion classes taught by the very own Professor Snape, wands and shopping in the magical alley!

Panther Island Pavilion was excited to host Walk to End Alzheimer’s this past Saturday morning. Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s helped raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event had participants of all ages and abilities that helped reclaim the future for millions. They raised $361,076 at this year’s walk! You can click here to donate and help them reach their online goal of $400,000.

Friday, October 12, 2018 – Fall Fandango kicked off at The Shack at Panther Island Pavilion. It was a great night full of music from William Clark Green, Flatland Cavalry, and Kody West.