Hear live music while cheering your favorite marathoner: Photo by Benjamin Hager
Like it or not, the streets of Dallas, White Rock Lake, Woodrow Wilson High School and J.L. Long (to name a few posts) Sunday beginning at about 8 a.m. will be awake, alive with the sounds of runners, spectators and live music. Also, overnight Saturday, watch a marathon-themed light show on Reunion Tower. Want to watch the race? Here are some of the best places from which to do so.
A complete list of band locations along the course:
- Mile 1 – City Hall – Dallas Kiyari Taiko drum band
- Mile 3 – Cochran and Caddo Streets – The Ackermans
- Mile 3.75 – West Village – Texas Rangers Mile
- Mile 7 – U.S.-75 and McCommas Boulevard – Director’s Shrine Band
- Mile 8 – Granada Theater – The Catdaddies
- Mile 8.5 – Stan’s Blue Note – The Others
- Mile 9 – Lower Greenville – Dallas Mavericks Mile
- Mile 9 – The Bohemian Cafe – Factory Seconds
- Mile 9.5 – Monterrey Restaurant – Brendyn Kyle Band
- Mile 10/23 (marathon only) – Swiss Avenue and Skillman Street – Phil Looney Band
- Mile 10.5/22 (marathon only) – The Ginger Man Lakewood – Alis & Paul
- Mile 12.5 (marathon only) – W. Shore Drive and Pasadena Avenue – The Barcus Brothers
- Mile 13/17.5 (marathon only) – White Rock Lake Trail and White Rock Road – Ross Unit
- Mile 13 (marathon only) – Tee Pee Hill – Julie the Chick Singer
- Mile 15 (marathon only) – W. Lawther Drive and Hillgreen Drive – Drums Not Guns
- Mile 18.5 (marathon only) – Santa Fe Trail at E. Grand Avenue – Kumassi Drum Band
- Mile 20.5 (marathon only) – Woodrow Wilson High School – Jordan Stoltz
- Mile 24.5 (marathon)/11.5 (half marathon) – Columbia Avenue and Carroll Avenue – Fantasia
