WADE BOWEN TO PERFORM AT PBR GAMBLER DAYS PRESENTED BY TECOVAS

Texas Country Music Singer-Songwriter to Perform Live on Saturday, August 24 as Part of Ford Fan Fest

AUSTIN, TX (July 25, 2024) – The Austin Gamblers in partnership with the Texas Music Scene, announced today that Texas-based country music artist, Wade Bowen, will perform for fans at PBR Gambler Days presented by Tecovas at Moody Center. Fans can catch his live performance on Saturday, August 24 as part of the Ford Fan Fest on the Texas Music Scene Stage right outside of the Moody Center.

“Wade Bowen’s approach to his music is rooted in tradition, but also stands on the creative cutting edge, just like the PBR Teams series and the Austin Gamblers” said Austin Gamblers CEO, J.J. Gottsch. “Alongside the Texas Music Scene, we are aiming to breathe new life into old traditions and I can’t wait to have Gambler Nation to see him perform live.”

A philanthropist at heart, Bowen founded the Bowen Family Foundation, which has helped children and families in and around central Texas by raising more than $6 million for beneficiaries including March of Dimes Waco, CASA of McLennan and Hill Counties, City of West Disaster Relief, Boys & Girls Clubs of Waco, Inspiración, The Mentoring Alliance, and more.

“Performing in Austin is always a treat,” said Bowen. “I’m thankful to work with the Austin Gamblers ahead of their homestead and look forward to cheering on the two-time champions!”

The Texas Music Scene is a half hour 4-segment weekly live music television series featuring the best of alt-country, Americana, folk and songwriter-driven roots music. Airing 52 times annually in over 20 million households, each episode features three to four different bands or solo artists with live performances and compelling on-camera conversations. The beloved series has 14 seasons, 22 National Telly Awards, 3 People’s Choice Awards, and 3 Lone Star Emmy Nominations.

“Partnering with the Austin Gamblers allows us to bring the authentic sounds of Texas music right into the heart of downtown Austin” said Executive Producer of the Texas Music Scene, Tony Gates. “When we thought about this opportunity, the first artist that came to mind was Wade Bowen. His music has been a fixture of this series dating back to our first season, and now he’ll be performing live at the Gambler Days.”, and Dalton Kasel, who is currently ranked No. 3 in the elite 2024 Unleash The Beast standings.

The Austin Gamblers will host their third-annual homestand, PBR Gambler Days presented by Tecovas, in Austin, Texas, at Moody Center on Aug. 23-25. Ford Fan Fest begins at 5p.m. CT on Friday, August 23, 5p.m. CT on Saturday, August 24, and 11a.m. CT on Sunday, August 25.

Tickets for the event are on sale now, and start at $26 (taxes and fees not included) and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com, PBR.com and MoodyCenterATX.com, or by calling PBR customer service at 1-800-732-1727.

Three-day ticket packages are available, offering fans a 15% discount on select price levels.

For more information on Austin Gamblers, visit www.austingamblers.com, @AustinGamblers on Facebook, @Austin_Gamblers on Twitter, @austin_gamblers on Instagram, @austin_gamblers on TikTok, and @austin_gamblers on YouTube.

About the Austin Gamblers: The Austin Gamblers, regular season champions in the 2022 and 2023 PBR Camping World Team Series, are based in Austin, Texas, where the team’s third-annual PBR Gambler Days homestand will be held at the Moody Center on August 23-25, 2024. The team is coached by PBR legend and World Champion Michael Gaffney. The team’s Assistant Coach is Brazilian native and PBR’s first World Champion and first three-time World Champion Adriano Moraes, who also serves as Director of Brazil Operations. Under the leadership of JJ Gottsch as CEO, the Austin Gamblers are owned by Egon and Abby Durban. Both originally from Texas, Egon is Co-CEO of Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, and serves on the board of directors of Dell Technologies, whose founder, Michael Dell, is also a minority investor in the Gamblers.

About PBR Team Series: The PBR Camping World Team Series is an elite league featuring the world’s top bull riders competing on teams in five-on-five games leading to a Team Championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. During the 2024 season, the league’s third, each of the 10 teams – Austin Gamblers of Austin, TX; Arizona Ridge Riders of Glendale, AZ; Carolina Cowboys of Greensboro, NC; Florida Freedom of Sunrise, FL; Kansas City Outlaws of Kansas City, MO; Nashville Stampede of Nashville, TN; New York Mavericks of Brooklyn, NY; OK; Oklahoma Wildcatters of Oklahoma City, OK; Missouri Thunder of Springfield, MO; and Texas Rattlers of Fort Worth, TX– will host a homestand. Neutral-site games to be announced are planned as well.

PBR Teams, launched in July 2022, builds on the existing structure of professional bull riding with the same basic rules for judging and scoring qualified 8-second bull rides. In events staged in a tournament-style format, all teams compete in head-to-head matchups against a different opponent each day. Each game features five riders per team squaring off against another team. Full team rosters are comprised of seven riders on the Protected Roster and five Reserve riders. The team with the highest aggregate score of qualified rides among its riders is declared the winner of each game. All PBR Teams events are carried on either the CBS Television Network, streaming live on Paramount+, CBS Sports Network, or RidePass on Pluto TV.

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