Writers, musicians, performers, translators, and other creatives from Texas and around the world will gather in Dallas this July. With readings, installations, community dialogue, and live music, the Deep Vellum Music & Literature Festival will showcase global voices in the heart of Dallas.

SECURE YOUR FESTIVAL PASS

Based in the Deep Ellum cultural district in Dallas, Texas, this festival will expand well beyond the Deep Vellum bookstore, engaging major cultural venues across the neighborhood to celebrate the area’s rich music history and its ongoing drive to uplift the arts. Stages and venues include: Sons of Hermann Hall, Ruins, Undermain Theatre, Life in Deep Ellum, Kettle Art Gallery, Deep Ellum Art Co., AllGood Cafe, Poets Books, TRG, Deep Ellum Community Center, and Deep Vellum Books.

If you are not able to make it to the festival this year, but want to support the community programming work done by Deep Vellum, you can make a tax-deductible donation here.

get Your Festival Pass

Weekend Festival Pass

Access to all events throughout the weekend.

Buy: $40

Access all festival events throughout the weekend, including the Friday Night Kickoff event at Ruins, the Saturday Night Headliner Show at Sons of Hermann Hall, and all Daytime Festival Events.*

Friday+ Pass

Friday Night Kickoff
Voices on Latin American Translation

Buy: $15

Access to the Friday Night Kickoff event at Ruins, sponsored by the Southwest Review, featuring a panel on Latin American literature in translation with Carmen Boullosa, Rodrigo Hasbún, and Robin Myers, followed by music performances by Ceci Ceci and Cayuga All-Stars.

This pass also comes with access to all writer panels, readings, and music performances at venues throughout Deep Ellum during the day on Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12.*

This pass does not include access to the Saturday Night Headliner Show with Hanif Abdurraqib and Jamila Woods at Sons of Hermann Hall on July 11.

Saturday+ Pass

Saturday Night Headliner Show
Hanif Abdurraqib + Jamila Woods

Buy: $30

Access to the Saturday Night Headliner Show with Hanif Abdurraqib, Jamila Woods, Lawrence Burney, and DAMOYEE at Sons of Hermann Hall.

This pass also comes with access to all writer panels, readings, and music performances at venues throughout Deep Ellum during the day on Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12.*

This pass does not include access to the Friday Night Kickoff event at Ruins on July 10.

Day Pass

Daytime Festival Events

RSVP: Free with registration

Access to writer panels, readings, and music performances at venues throughout Deep Ellum during the day on Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12.*

This pass does not include access to the Friday Night Kickoff event at Ruins, nor the Saturday Night Headliner Show with Hanif Abdurraqib and Jamila Woods at Sons of Hermann Hall.

*Some venues might reach capacity during peak times. If a venue reaches capacity, patrons will be let in on a one in/one out basis.

lineup

HEADLINERS

Hanif Abdurraqib · Jamila Woods

MUSIC

Damoyee · D-CLAIM · Cayuga All Stars · Ceci Ceci · Frances Moth · Kirk Thurmond · Mayhill · Mollie Danel · Sam Cormier · Team Effort

LITERATURE

Uchenna Awoke · Yu-Mei Balasingamchow · Quan Barry · Carmen Boullosa · Lawrence Burney · Sean Thor Conroe · Afsheen Farhadi · Rodrigo Hasbún · Oksana Lutsyshyna · Karan Mahajan · David Marquis · Robin Myers · Mike Nagel · Maria Reva · Harold Rogers · Ito Romo · Ethan Rutherford · Kyle Seibel · Mary Helen Specht · Alex Temblador · Sophia Terazawa · Adam Voith · LaToya Watkins · Sasha West

DALLAS POETS

Aaron Brown · Alissa Park · April Sojourner Truth Walker · Charles Wuest · Greg Brownderville · Hannah Mosing · JD Debris · Katie Condon · LyriK Hunter · LA Johnson · Lauren Brazeal Garza · Lisa Huffaker · Matt Baker · Mike Soto · Myca Williamson · Naisha Randhar · Pierre Minar · R Flowers Rivera · Reverie Koniecki · Sebastian Paramo