DENTON ROCK LOTTERY 22 - Live at Dan's Silverleaf
DENTON ROCK LOTTERY 22 – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025
BENEFITTING DENTON’S FREEFORM RADIO STATION KUZU 92.9FM
Announcing a huge line-up of musicians celebrating the 22nd version of the beloved live music institution born in Denton, Texas. RL22 features an all-new group of performers ready to mark another year of experimentation and collaboration. A one day/night of chance-driven madness all benefitting local freeform radio station KUZU 92.9FM.
AMARI ALEXANDER - HONIN
GERARD BENDIKS - BUNK AS PITCH
CORBIN CHILDS - ELLA MINNOW
BRET CROW - THE BRET CROW SHOW
ANGEL DRAKE - ADDICTED TO ACID
LOUISE FRISTENSKY - FERAL SYNTHESIST
ALLIE GUEST - NIP SLIP
ZAKK GILMORE - NEXTTOJACKIEKENNEDY
PRINCESS HAULTAINE III - PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
ROBYN HARRIS
ZACK HAYGOOD - SUPERHERO/SUPERVILLAIN
DAVE HUFF - DUST CONGRESS
JERRY ANGEL IRWIN - PIQUE
TAYLOR IVEY - SMOTHERED
DREW KEE - UPSETTING
SCOTT KRAKOWSKI - OBLONG CASSIDY & HIS SPACE HORSE
LEAH DE LEON - TOTALLY CHERRY
DANIELLE LONGUEVILLE - CLASS ACTION
LIAM MCCABE - BULLETSBETWEENTONGUES
HUNTER MOERING - FIT
GEORGE REAGAN - HAGFISH
RILEY ROGERS - THE INFAMISTS
SMUT - MAY MAY GRAVES & THE GRAVE DANCERS
SINCLAIRE WADE - SAM CORMIER
CAMELLA WEEDON - ASSISTED LIVING
The ROCK LOTTERY concept is simple, but effective. Twenty-five musicians meet at 10:00AM at the evening’s performance venue. These volunteers are organized into five bands through a lottery-based chance selection. The five different groups are then released to practice at different locations. The musicians have twelve hours to create a band name and three to five songs (with a one-cover-song limit.) The bands then return to the venue by 10:00PM and perform what they have created in front of a waiting audience.
Morning selection ceremony hosted by Scott Porter with DJ YO CISCO KIDD, and breakfast by The Chestnut Tree.
Evening event hosted by Naomi Kliewer with music by DJ YALCY MAILLIW.
Evening event features live screen printing of same day RL22 band t-shirts by Pan Ector.
DAN’S SILVERLEAF 103 INDUSTRIAL STREET DENTON, TEXAS (940) 320-2000
Morning admission at 9:30AM. Morning admission is $25.00 (includes entry for selection ceremony and breakfast).
Evening doors at 8:00PM. Evening event starts at 9:30PM. Evening general admission is $20.00.
Event organized and musicians selected by Meredith Buie, Katie Rose Crosswhite, Charlie DeBolt, Bryan Denny, Charlie Hunter, Stefanie Lazcano, Graham Rainer, and Lily Taylor. Production assistance by Martin Iles.
BENEFITTING CHARITY
KUZU is a freeform, community-supported low-powered FM radio station broadcasting from the heart of Denton. With over 60 volunteer producers that provide unique programming, KUZU provides a designated public arena for artistic expression, music, debate, discussion, announcements, and other public affairs and services.
ROCK LOTTERY HISTORY
Instigated by Denton’s Good/Bad Art Collective in 1997 as a fundraiser for the hybrid arts group, the ROCK LOTTERY has since become an annual event raising money for local charities. For twenty-six years and over 500 participating North Texas musicians, three legendary North Texas venues (The Argo, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, and Dan’s Silverleaf), multiple event organizers, and countless volunteers, the ROCK LOTTERY aims to inspire experimentation, collaboration, and community.
Beyond Denton, the ROCK LOTTERY concept has been imitated across the United States. In addition to spawning official sister events in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Seattle, the RL premise has been emulated around the world with events in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, Louisville, Ottawa ON, San Francisco, Washington DC, Victoria BC and Jeonju, South Korea.
In its twenty-eight-year history, the four cities hosting an official ROCK LOTTERY have featured over 1K musicians and raised over 70K for charities as diverse as The Arts Corps, CASA, Daniel’s Music Foundation, Denton County African American Museum, DMAC, Feel the Music, Friends of the Family, Harmony Program, KEXP, KUZU, Parkland HealthPlus, Rockaway Renegades: Sandy Relief, Save Fry Street, The Vera Project and more.
Musicians who have volunteered their time and talent over the last twenty-six years come from a variety of acclaimed national and international acts including Baptist Generals, David Bazan, Bedhead, Brave Combo, Brutal Juice, Built to Spill, centro-matic, Corn Mo, The Dap-Kings, Father John Misty, Head and The Heart, Lenny Kaye, King Crimson, Lift to Experience, Sarah Jaffe, Damien Jurado, Midlake, Ministry, Mudhoney, Murder City Devils, My Morning Jacket, Oneida, Parquet Courts, Pinkish Black, The Polyphonic Spree, The Psychedelic Furs, The Rapture, The Roots, The Riverboat Gamblers, Slobberbone, THEE Satisfaction, Swans, They Might Be Giants, Toadies, True Widow, Mike Watt, Reggie Watts, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs among many others.
