As a big Texas music fan, Mark Joeckel has managed to get close to his idols by working behind the scenes in the industry.
“I've just always been the festival guy, special events guy, general manager over at Arlington Music Hall before the pandemic hit,” he says. “So my background has always been special events. We do the West Main Street Festival over there that's in its eighth year this year.
Joeckel is also an avid supporter of the visual arts. And even at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, he was inspired to open Create Arlington, an art gallery with 14 studio workspaces he rents to local “You know, I'm just a huge Texas musician fan,” Joeckel says. “And it was a good way to get people out that maybe aren't art gallery folks but love their favorite Texas musicians. So it was kind of a combo deal of celebrating Texas music and art but a good way to get out a bunch of music fans who might typically not come to one of our gallery exhibits but they're Texas music fans. And so, our opening reception, we had about 300 people. It was very well attended.
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