Dia De Los Toadies is an annual music festival organized by perennial headlining act

Toadies Toadies are an American rock band formed in 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song " Possum Kingdom". The band's classic lineup consisted of Vaden Todd Lewis (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Lisa Umbarger (bass guitar), Darrel Herb ...

. First held in August 2008 at

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, the festival has subsequently been held in

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, and at Panther Island Pavilion in

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. The ninth annual festival was held on June 11, 2016 in New Braunfels. The annual festival has been described as "the Willie's Picnic of a new generation."

History

The Toadies, a Texas-based

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band, saw nationwide exposure in 1994 with the release of their platinum-selling debut album, Rubberneck and multiple singles including the Billboard-charting Possum Kingdom, a reference to

near

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

. However, sales of the band's subsequent album were lackluster, and the band broke up in 2001. After a seven-year hiatus, the band reunited in 2008 to release a new album,

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, and play a new tour in support of the album. While organizing the new album and tour, the band learned that there was high demand for them to play at Texas music festivals. Citing

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as their inspiration, the Toadies chose instead to organize their own festival, staging the "first annual" Dia De Los Toadies on the shore of Possum Kingdom Lake on August 31, 2008. The Toadies chose the name Dia De Los Toadies because it was not location-specific, permitting the band to move the festival to other locations in subsequent years. The festival annually features a number of Texas-based musical acts, and exclusively featured bands from Texas in its first four years. Toadies frontman

Vaden Todd Lewis Vaden Danger Todd Lewis (born September 3, 1965) is an American musician best known as the vocalist and guitarist for Toadies, an alternative rock band from Fort Worth, Texas. Lewis was also the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Dallas-based ...

has commented that "the idea has been to highlight Texas bands." Texas performers featured at Dia De Los Toadies have included

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, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears,

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, and

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. Dia De Los Toadies had a reported attendance of over 5,000 people in its first year. In its second year, Dia De Los Toadies moved to Rough Creek Lodge in Glen Rose for another one-day event on August 29, 2009. In 2010 the festival grew to a two-day event, and from 2010 to 2012 was held at the WhiteWater Amphiteater, a 5,500-person waterfront venue in New Braunfels. In 2013, the festival moved to Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth. On January 27, 2016, the Toadies announced that the ninth annual Dia De Los Toadies would be held on June 11, 2016 in New Braunfels, Texas. The Toadies and

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were initially announced as headlining acts for the 2016 event. The complete lineup will also include Texas artists Purple, Emily Wolfe, and the Golden Meanies, plus Colorado-based

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, who opened for the Toadies during most stops on the Toadies' 2015 ''Heretics'' tour.

Lineups

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