Upcoming Events

2019 Annual Peanut Festival

2019 Grapeland Peanut Festival Parade

2019 Peanut Queen Coronation Tickets on sale beginning October 1, 2019 at Platt Heating & Air in downtown Grapeland.

The piney woods of East Texas is rich with blues history of enduring legacy.  Considered the westernmost region of the Deep South, it is the birthplace of artists including Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mance Lipscomb, T-Bone Walker and Lightnin’ Hopkins.  Leadbelly, although born just over the state line in Louisiana, moved to East Texas at the age of 5. A younger generation of legendary Texas bluesmen including Albert Collins and Freddie King also hail from East Texas.  Today, Benny Turner carries…