With the 2026 Harvest Moon hovering in a cloudless sky, the setting was perfect for music lovers across the country on Saturday, September 26. Whether it was Farm Aid 2026 with a Virginia crowd wearing T-shirts, gimme caps and blue jeans, or the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s black-tie gala at the Meyerson Symphony Center, kicking off North Texas’ fall social season, the night was tailor-made for music aficionados of all stripes.
While the Farm Aid crowd waited in Virginia Beach for an appearance by a braided, short-bearded Willie Nelson, the elegantly dressed men in custom-made tuxedos and ladies with billowing trains in Dallas lined up for photos and cocktails before the seated supper took place in the Meyerson’s Linda and Mitch Hart lobby…