Strings & Things: Fall festivals and Oktoberfests dominate the live music scene

  • Ryan Thomas Holley is performing at the Round Rock Arts Fest on Friday. He began playing guitar at the age of 12 shortly before moving to the Texas Hill Country from Tulsa in 1990. Today, he is lead vocal and rhythm guitar for DepartureATX playing covers of the hits of Journey, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Van Halen, Toto, The Eagles and many more.
    Ryan Thomas Holley is performing at the Round Rock Arts Fest on Friday. He began playing guitar at the age of 12 shortly before moving to the Texas Hill Country from Tulsa in 1990. Today, he is lead vocal and rhythm guitar for DepartureATX playing covers of the hits of Journey, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Van Halen, Toto, The Eagles and many more.

    Williamson County is home to a multitude of live music genres from rock and country to classical and symphonic.

    This week, come and enjoy the tunes, rhythms and sounds at the Round Rock Arts Fest, as well as the Round Rock Pumpkin Festival, which starts this week and runs through November 1.

    The Round Rock Arts Fest is a free, three-day family event with live music performances, food vendors, visual…