Wade Bowen & Friends Raise $500,000 For Texas Nonprofits

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Pictured (L to R): Laura Houle, William Clark Green, John Michael Whitby, Sean Sankey, Nick Gardner, Josh Abbott, Lee Roy Parnell, Wade Bowen, Deana Carter, Jamie Lin Wilson, Geoff Queen, Todd Laningham, Caleb Jones). Photo: Todd Purify

Wade Bowen recently celebrated the return of his annual charity concert, “Bowen Musicfest,” and raised more than $500,000 to benefit local nonprofits in Texas.

Taking place at Baylor University’s McClane Stadium Touchdown Alley, Bowen performed alongside some of his friends. Performing alongside the popular singer-songwriter were ACM New Male Artist of the Year and fellow Texan Parker McCollum, multi-Platinum songstress Deana Carter, reigning ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year winner Lainey Wilson, and Grammy Award-winning band Shenandoah. The event closed with the ever-popular “Wade Bowen & Friends All-Star Jam” featuring Carter, Josh Abbott, William Clark Green, Casey Donahew, Stoney LaRue, Jamie Lin Wilson, Lee Roy Parnell and Randy Rogers, plus surprise guests Cledus T. Judd, William Beckmann and Cody Jinks.

“When we launched our annual ‘Bowen Musicfest’ and Bowen Classic golf tournament, I never dreamed that we’d still be at it twenty years and millions of dollars later,” shares Bowen. “I’m so proud of the way my family, friends and hometown continue to step up with hearts and hands to help make Waco a better place. At the Bowen Family Foundation, we believe that Music Heals and I can’t wait to see the good we can do for the community with the funds raised thanks to this incredible group of musicians.”

To date, the annual “Bowen Musicfest” has allowed the Bowen Family Foundation to help children and families in and around Waco by raising a total of more than $6 million for beneficiaries including March of Dimes Waco, CASA of McLennan & Hill Counties, City of West Disaster Relief, Boys & Girls Clubs of Waco, Inspiración, The Mentoring Alliance and more.

Bowen just released his six-song EP, Where Phones Don’t Work, which continues to impress fans and critics alike.

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