Overview

35 Denton is a walkable 3-day music festival that takes place every March in the heart of the burgeoning arts cooridor of Downtown Denton, Texas. Previous headliners include: Flaming Lips, Neon Indian, The Zombies, Midlake, The Black Angels, Mavis Staples, Neon Indian, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Local Natives, Portugal. The Man, The Jesus and Mary Chain, !!!, The Mountain Goats, Bun-B, Devin the Dude, Dr. Dog, Big Boi (from Outkast), Reggie Watts, Miami Horror, Best Coast, and A Place to Bury Strangers, along with hundreds of the best artists from North Texas' world-renowned music community. Winner, Best Festival – Dallas Music Observer Awards, 2012 & 2013 Winner, Best Annual Festival Dallas Festival – D Magazine, 2012 Voted Best Rain or Shine Festival – Dallas Observer, 2012 Winner, Best Promotional Event – Texas Downtown Association, 2011 "Austin has seen its profile swell leaving some artists disenchanted by commercialism and higher rents...the cooler kids have decamped to Denton, a sub-cultural oasis..." - New York Times, 2008 "If you're looking to discover great, local music the good old fashioned way, then for three days, Denton is the place to be." D Magazine, 2015 "Denton is a close-knit music community...and one that demands close attention, the sort fostered by the set-up 35 Denton offers." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2015 "The only downside to going [to 35 Denton] now is that you'll probably end up talking about how charmingly small the whole thing used to be." - Huffington Post, 2014.