Official City Release
Dallas Sounds Amplified’s 2025 Artists to perform at Club Dada
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Overview
The Dallas Music Office, a division of Visit Dallas, will present a Dallas Sounds Amplified Artist Showcase on May 28, 2025, at Club Dada in Deep Ellum, featuring 17 local artists as part of the launch of the city's 2025 busking program.
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Journalist
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe Dallas Music Office is a division of Visit Dallas, a not-for-profit contracted by the City of Dallas, meaning public funds indirectly support this cultural programming initiative. The program's stated goal of achieving Music Friendly City status raises a verifiable question about whether that designation is formal, awarded by a specific body, or self-applied marketing language.
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LowLow significance — routine or procedural itemDallas residents interested in live music can attend the showcase on May 28 at Club Dada in Deep Ellum, and those in downtown areas should expect busking performances at public spaces throughout the city from March through December 2025.
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Open source →DALLAS, May 15, 2025 – The Dallas Music Office, a division of Visit Dallas, is excited to announce a special Dallas Sounds Amplified Artist Showcase in collaboration with Spune and Mullen & Mullen Music Project on May 28 at Club Dada in Deep Ellum. The event marks the launch of Dallas’ 2025 busking program, designed to transform the city’s downtown public spaces into vibrant cultural hubs.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m., followed by performances from a talented lineup of local artists starting at 6 p.m. Each of the seventeen artists will perform for 15 minutes, offering a preview of the diverse music the busking program will bring to Dallas.
Featured Artists:
• Carly Tate
• Sam Cormier
• Gracen Wynn
• MKN Coffee:
• Dev Wulf
• Luke Herbert
• Carson Lewis
• Alexandra
• Leslie Austin
• The Blue Line
• Going Places
• Caleb Dean
• McKenzie Brown
• Erfan Ebadipour
• William Fitzgerald
• Katherine Paterson
• Wang Taylor
“Since moving to Dallas last year, the Dallas Music Office has helped me connect with other artists and the community,” said Carly Tate. “I am truly blessed to get to be a part of the Dallas Sounds Amplified program and to have been so warmly embraced by this city.”
The busking initiative officially launched in January 2025, with auditions opening for musicians to perform across the city from March to December. Modeled after NYC’s MUNY program, this initiative aims to establish and reinforce Dallas as a "Music Friendly City."