Take your lunch break and treat yourself to some of Austin’s favorite food vendors as we celebrate the reopening of Wooldridge Square with a live music performance by Dale Watson!

Born in Alabama, raised outside Houston, based in Austin, Dale Watson came to country music early and naturally. His truck-driving father moonlighted as a country singer, and his older brothers had bands as well. Dale remembers receiving his first guitar at age 7 and starting to write songs shortly after. During his formative years in Pasadena, TX, Dale began playing the local honky-tonks while still in high school.

The kind of country Watson loved had fallen from favor when he moved to Nashville in 1981 to launch his career. He fared a little better after relocating to Los Angeles. Yet he ultimately decided that Texas was the natural habitat for his brand of music, and he quickly won a popular following after moving to Austin in the mid-‘90’s.