Long-running, genre defying Austin Music Hall of Fame act the Hickoids are set to make a “Sasquatch Stroll” of the Western U.S. in August 2025.

Hickoids are a Central Texas band that trace their roots to the early 80s Austin punk scene that spawned greats such as Scratch Acid, The Offenders and Butthole Surfers. From their cowpunk beginnings the band has morphed into something that contemporary listeners will recognize as “roadhouse punk.”

The band combines a flair for showmanship, a never lost irreverent attitude and musical adeptness that allows them to fold a lot of different Southern American roots styles into a sound that is uniquely their own. Hickoids are equally at home at a festival, in a blues club, a country bar or the punkest of punk dives and since reforming in the mid/late 2000s the band has played 800 shows in at least half the 50 U.S. states, Canada and ten European countries.

They’ve shared the stage with everyone from Nine Inch Nails to The Old 97s, The Flaming Lips to The Flamin’ Groovies, Roky Erickson to Lucinda Williams and whole lot of folks in between.

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Big Violet blends rock, country, blues, and Americana to create original music in a high desert style all their own.