Denton Rock Lottery 23 - Live at Dan's Silverleaf

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DENTON ROCK LOTTERY 23 – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2026

BENEFITTING DENTON’S FREEFORM RADIO STATION KUZU 92.9FM

Announcing a huge line-up of musicians celebrating the 23rd version of the beloved live music institution born in Denton, Texas. RL23 features an all-new group of performers ready to mark another year of experimentation and collaboration. A one day/night of chance-driven madness all benefitting local freeform radio station KUZU 92.9FM .

IVAN BELTRAN - ONLY EVER

ALEX BHORE - SLIPS

CHRISSS BREIT - GLI33I

ASWAD BRYANT - DESTROYSION

BLAKE COUTEE - HEN AND THE COCKS

ALEXI DOLLAR - LAUGHING MATTER

REBEKAH ELIZABETH - THE LARRY BYRDS

ZEKE FOREVER

FRITZ - UVER

CORY GRAVES - VANDOLIERS

JOSHUA GRAVES - YELLOWBELLY

AARON HEATH - CHEMICAL SPELL

MIGUEL JAQUEZ - GOODBYE HORSES

HAYDEN KIRKBY - ORCANAUT

JUDY MITCHELL - RECORD SETTER

LUCA BUONGIORNO NARDELLI - FIVE POINT PALM EXPLODING HEART TECHNIQUE

NIIN - NIP SLIP

NUNU - PHANTOMELO

ZACH PALMER - SMOTHERED

JOE PEREZ - DUST CONGRESS

DANIEL RYAN

ZéLEE SHARNéE - AETHYRIEM

AARON SHIPLEY - ALL THE TIRED HORSES

MELANIE LITTLE SMITH - WENEPA

RYAN VEITH - BULLETSBETWEENTONGUES

The ROCK LOTTERY concept is simple, but effective. Twenty-five musicians meet at 10:00AM at the evening’s performance venue. These volunteers are organized into five bands through a lottery-based chance selection. The five different groups are then released to practice at different locations. The musicians have twelve hours to create a band name and three to five songs (with a one-cover-song limit.) The bands then return to the venue by 10:00PM and perform what they have created in front of a waiting audience.

Morning selection hosted by Scott Porter with DJ YO CISCO KIDD, and breakfast by Chef Suzanne Johnson.

Evening event hosted by Chelsey Danielle with music by DJ SPINN MO.

Evening event features live screen printing of same day RL23 band t-shirts by PAN ECTOR.

DAN’S SILVERLEAF 103 INDUSTRIAL STREET DENTON, TEXAS (940) 320-2000

Morning admission at 9:30AM. Morning admission is $25.00 (includes entry for selection ceremony and breakfast).

Evening doors at 8:00PM. Evening event starts at 9:30PM. Evening general admission is $20.00.

Event organized and musicians selected by Meredith Buie, Katie Rose Crosswhite, Charlie DeBolt, Bryan Denny, Charlie Hunter, Stefanie Lazcano, Graham Rainer, and Lily Taylor. Production assistance by Martin Iles.

BENEFITTING CHARITY

KUZU is a freeform, community-supported low-powered FM radio station broadcasting from the heart of Denton. With over 60 volunteer producers that provide unique programming, KUZU provides a designated public arena for artistic expression, music, debate, discussion, announcements, and other public affairs and services.

ROCK LOTTERY HISTORY

Instigated by Denton’s Good/Bad Art Collective in 1997 as a fundraiser for the hybrid arts group, the ROCK LOTTERY has since become an annual event raising money for local charities. For thirty years and over 500 participating North Texas musicians, three legendary North Texas venues (The Argo, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, and Dan’s Silverleaf), multiple event organizers, and countless volunteers, the ROCK LOTTERY aims to inspire experimentation, collaboration, and community.

Beyond Denton, the ROCK LOTTERY concept has been imitated across the United States. In addition to spawning official sister events in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Seattle, the RL premise has been emulated around the world with events in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, Louisville, Ottawa ON, San Francisco, Washington DC, Victoria BC and Jeonju, South Korea.

In its thirty year history, the four cities hosting an official ROCK LOTTERY have featured over 1K musicians and raised over 80K for charities as diverse as The Arts Corps, CASA, Daniel's Music Foundation, Denton County African American Museum, DMAC, Feel the Music, Friends of the Family, Harmony Program, KEXP, KUZU, Parkland Health Plus, Rockaway Renegades: Sandy Relief, Save Fry Street, The Vera Project and more.

Musicians who have volunteered their time and talent over the last thirty years come from a variety of acclaimed national and international acts including Baptist Generals, David Bazan, Bedhead, Bowling for Soup, Brave Combo, Brutal Juice, Built to Spill, centro-matic, Corn Mo, The Dap-Kings, S. English, Father John Misty, Hagfish, Head and The Heart, Lenny Kaye, King Crimson, Lift to Experience, Sarah Jaffe, Damien Jurado, Midlake, Ministry, Mudhoney, Murder City Devils, My Morning Jacket, Oneida, Parquet Courts, Pinkish Black, Polyphonic Spree, Psychedelic Furs, The Rapture, The Roots, Riverboat Gamblers, Slobberbone, THEESatisfaction, Swans, They Might Be Giants, Toadies, True Widow, Mike Watt, Reggie Watts, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs among many others.

FOR MORE INFO: ROCKLOTTERY.COM

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