UTPB host Aaron Watson for FREE community concert to celebrate 50th anniversary & homecoming

UTPB

The weekend kicks-off on Friday, October 27 at 7:00 pm with our annual homecoming parade around campus. Then we’ll welcome Texas country music star Aaron Watson to the Kirk field for a FREE community concert starting at 7:30 pm. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs to enjoy the show. There will be food trucks on site along with beer for sale. No outside food or drinks are allowed. After the concert, we’ll light a bonfire and have a fireworks show! 

Full Moon Party – Die De Los Muertos

Black Tulip 4651 N. Grandview Ave, Odessa, TX, United States

Family friendly event located in Black Tulip’s parking lot. Come take pictures with our Calavera Catrinas and place a candle to remember your loved ones on our ofrenda! Come support local artists. Cash bar provided by Cork & Pig tavern. Local Artisans, Live Music, Vendors, Drinks and Food Trucks! A night of fun under the Full Moon.

Temptations and the Four Tops

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

The Temptations, often referred to as American Music Royalty, are world-renowned superstars of entertainment, revered for their phenomenal catalog of music and prolific career. The group celebrated their 60th Anniversary through 2022. To mark this milestone, The Temptations released a brand-new album, Temptations 60, with nearly all-original songs in January of 2022. Dr. Otis Williams, the sole surviving, original member of The Temptations, turned 80 on October 30th of 2021.

MC MAGIC, BABY BASH AND LIL ROB

The Ector Theatre 500 N. Texas, Odessa, TX, United States

Costumes Highly Encouraged VIP Meet And Greet (100 Cap) Includes 1 GA Standing Pit Ticket Early Entry 1 Hour Prior to GA Doors Concert Tee Draw String Bag Picture With Mc Magic and Lil Rob Standing Pit Includes  1 General Admission Standing Pit Ticket In Front Of The Stage *This is Not a Seated Ticket* Orchestra, Rear Orchestra And Balcony Seating Includes  1 Reserved Seat Of Your Choice Contact The Ector Theatre at 432-653-1246 for additional information.

David Adam Byrnes

Double Bar Saloon 621 W. Wall Street, Midland, TX, United States

Originally from Arkansas, David Adam Byrnes now calls Texas home. A modern day troubadour, he tours the country and performs over 120 dates per year. He has shared the stage with: Easton Corbin, Cody Johnson, Joe Nichols and Dylan Scott to just name a few. He has released 7 singles to Texas Country Radio and all 7 songs have hit the #1 spot on the Texas Regional Radio Report as published by Billboard (a feat that has not been accomplished by any other artist in the charts history). To compliment his success at country radio he tours the USA playing over 125 shows per year. His newest album, "Keep Up With A Cowgirl" debuted Top 5 on iTunes Country Music Charts and received rave reviews with Taste of Country Music calling Byrnes: "one of the lone star state's most intriguing artists at the moment". Wide Open Country labeled the new music as one of it's, "most anticipated albums of 2022". 2023 is shaping up to be the young artists' biggest year yet with another new 16 track album set to come out in the Fall.

Cassatt String Quartet in the Basin with Trombonist David Jackson – FREE ADMISSION

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Program: Zhou Long Song of the Ch'in for String Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet Op.18, no. 1 H.T. Burleigh Till I Wake for Trombone and Piano Daniella Candillari Extremely Close for Trombone and Piano Intermission Adolphus Hailstork Monuments for Trombone and String Quartet (World premiere written for David Jackson) Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel String Quartet in E-flat Major with trombonist David Jackson and pianist Shari Santorelli

Johnny Cash – The Official Concert Experience – CANCELED

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Bringing songs and stories from the “Man in Black” to the stage in a way that audiences haven’t seen or heard before. With video of Johnny from episodes of The Johnny Cash TV Show projected on a screen above the stage, a live band and singers will accompany him in perfect sync. This concert experience will showcase iconic performances from the TV show and highlight the spirit of the legend by revisiting some of his memorable words and anecdotes. Cash will perform some of his biggest hits, including “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Ring of Fire, “And “I Walk the Line,” and share stories of people he met along the way whose causes he championed–the working man from all walks of life. Plus, onstage male and female singers will split vocal duties performing their own takes on Cash hits. The music never stops in this concert event!

Odessa College Halloween Party

Odessa College 201 W. Univeristy Ave., Odessa, TX, United States

Odessa College Halloween Party 2023 Wranglers! Join us for our 2023 Halloween Party taking place on Tuesday, October 31 from 4-7pm at our newly opened downtown campus (222 E. 4th Street)! There will be free food for students, a FREE shuttle from main campus to the downtown campus, a DJ, a 360 photo booth, a costume contest, games and activities, candy, and so much more! This event will be taking place in conjunction with Downtown Odessa's Treats in the Streets event.  

UTPB Dia De Los Muertos Concert

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Mariachi - Raffles - Food Trucks - Ballet Folklórico - Live Music - Community Altar Free Admission from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM to Lobby Exhibitions Closing Show at 7:30 PM CLOSING PERFORMANCE 7:30 PM FEATURING THE UTPB MARIACHI, ORCHESTRA & BALLET FOLKLORICO TICKETS ARE $10.00 GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW SEATING