Houston's Up & Comers

Julia Cole is a 19-year-old singer/songwriter from Houston, and the winner of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s inaugural Rodeo Rockstar youth division competition in 2012. Cole is currently attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., to pursue a degree in economics and creative enterprise, and to also expand her music career. Before she left for college, Julia also won the Houston Texans National Anthem contest and The Woodlands Idol singling competition. Throughout her career, she has been invited to perform the national anthem at two Houston Texans games, the RotaryNASA National Awards Ceremony, the Houston marathon, and since moving to Nashville, has sung at Vanderbilt basketball and baseball games. 

Cole has played at many different venues around Music City, and is currently ranked No. 6 on ReverbNation's singer/songwriter charts for the Nashville area. She recently released her first single and music video titled, “Evergreen,” which is available for viewing on YouTube, and is now working on recording a full EP.

Band Members:

• Kim Fillion
• Larry Cooper
• Wil Woodward
• Kenny Braun
• James Hoover

The Mavens play around Houston and Austin, Texas, with a variety of deep tracks from the '60s, '70s, '80s, including rock, rhythm and blues, and soul music. You will hear music from idols such as Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Freddie King, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.

With dynamic stage presence, powerful vocals and the audacity of an old-pro, 13-year-old Dillon Havins is turning heads and making a name for himself in the Houston music scene. In 2012, Dillon made it to the Las Vegas round of America's Got Talent and placed third in the 2012 Old Settler's Music Festival Youth Talent Competition in Austin, Texas. Dillon performs a variety material with his adult backup band, Dillon Havins & Friends.