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DURANT, Okla. (August 5, 2025)- Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant will host the second annual Choctaw Music Fest from Thursday, Oct. 9 to Sunday, Oct.12, with rising star Ella Langley kicking off the big weekend.

The first annual Choctaw Music Fest was held in 2024 with Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney and Foreigner taking the main stage at the three-time Academy of Country Music award winning Choctaw Grand Theater.

This year, there will be a new stage at Prizm bar inside the Sky Tower and poolside concerts at the OASIS patio stage. The Academy of Country Music (ACM) Singer Songwriter event will also return to the Gilley’s stage.

Ella Langley

Langley, who took home four Academy of Country Music awards in 2024, will hit the stage at 8 p.m. on Thursday. The “You Look Like You Love Me” singer rose to fame last year with the release of albums “hungover” and “still hungover,” which featured hit song “weren’t for the wind.” Tickets start at $153 and can be purchased here.

Keith Urban

Country mainstay Keith Urban returns to the three-time ACM award winning Grand Theater on Friday night at 8 p.m. Urban has been making hit songs since 1996, including “Somebody Like You” and “Blue Ain’t Your Color.” His most recent release is the 2024 album “HIGH.”

Tickets for Urban’s show start at $135 and can be purchased here.

Cage the Elephant

Saturday and Sunday feature rock and alternative bands, with two-time GRAMMY award winning band Cage the Elephant kicking things off. The band, which was formed in 2006, won Best Rock Album of the Year in 2017 for “Tell Me I’m Pretty,” and again in 2020 for “Social Cues.”

They’ll take the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday night. Tickets start at $88 and can be purchased here.

Breaking Benjamin with Three Days Grace

Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace will close out the festival on Sunday at 7 p.m. Breaking Benjamin released their first album in 2001, but their breakout hit came in 2005 with “The Diary of Jane” from their album “Phobia.”

Around the same time, Three Days Grace was launching their career with their 2003 self-title album featuring their most-streamed song “I Hate Everything About You.”

Tickets for Sunday’s show start at $160 and can be purchased here.

Free Entertainment at Gilley’s, Guy’s and Pop-up Stages

Gilley’s and Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen + Bar will have free shows all weekend long, and there will also be a few free shows at the Prizm bar stage and OASIS patio stage.

Thursday, Oct. 9

• Gilley’s
  • 9:30 p.m.: DJ
  • 10:30 p.m.: Bailey Rae
  • 12 a.m.: DJ
• Guy’s
  • 10 p.m.: Greg Guymon Trio

Friday, Oct. 10

• Gilley’s
  • 9:30 p.m.: DJ
  • 10:30 p.m.: Alex Lambert
  • 12 a.m.: DJ
• Guy’s
  • 10 p.m.: Paul Renna

Saturday, Oct. 11

• Gilley’s
  • 5:30 p.m.: AC/TC
  • 9:30 p.m.: Rock cover band
• Guy’s
  • 10 p.m.: Sawyer Guymon Trio
• Prizm
  • 12 p.m.: Kerosene Drifters Trio
  • 5:30 p.m.: Stoney Musgrave & Michael O’Neal

Sunday, Oct. 12

• Gilley’s
  • 12 p.m.: Joe Baker Trio
  • 12:45 p.m.: Tanner Legg Duo
  • 1:30 p.m.: Aaron Gibson
  • 2:30 p.m.: Dustin Perkins Trio
  • 3:30 p.m.: Bailey Rae
  • 4:30 p.m.: Todd Mankin and Chris Stuart
  • 9 p.m.: DJ
• Prizm
  • 12 p.m.: Tyler Rogers
  • 2 p.m.: Travis Parker
  • 4 p.m.: Freddy Bozas
• OASIS
  • 12 p.m.: Connor Harris
  • 2 p.m.: Clay Edwards
  • 4 p.m.: Jayson Starkey

ACM Singer-Songwriter Event

For the second year in a row, the Choctaw Music Festival will include a free ACM singer-songwriter event. Aaron Ritiere and Jon Decious, who have written for Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert and more, will stop by to tell the stories behind the music and sing some of their biggest hits. The event will be at Gilley’s on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 12-2 p.m.

Must-Have Merch

Stop by Gilley’s or Bordeaux to grab a commemorative Choctaw Music Fest shirt or koozie.

About Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Okla.

Located an hour north of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant is a AAA Four Diamond casino resort, entertainment and convention destination in southeastern Oklahoma. The casino has more than 7,400 slot machines, table games, a poker room, and a large non-smoking casino.  The resort offers more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and convention space and seats more than 3,000 at the Academy of Country Music (ACM) award-winning Grand Theater. The resort also includes more than 1,600 luxurious rooms and suites, 20 restaurants, 21 bars and lounges, six retail stores, two fitness centers, a spa, and two outdoor pools and a water park. The family-friendly District offers guests 20 bowling lanes, a 6-screen premier movie theater, 70 arcade games and dining options. Additionally, guests can enjoy the Choctaw RV Park located across from the casino. For more information, visit choctawcasinos.com.

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