Concerts to Benefit Sonora Flood Victims Set for San Angelo and Christoval

SAN ANGELO, TX -- A concert to benefit the victims of the Sonora Flood has been scheduled for the River Stage in San Angelo.

According to the Sonora Flood Relief Facebook page, Doug Supernaw will headline the concert Friday, Oct. 12 and 100 percent of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to flood relief efforts.  

Tickets for the benefit concert are $15 in advance and $20 at the event.  Other music acts are expected to participate and will be announced later. Tickets are available at stubwire.com. The concert begins at 6 p.m.

Doug Supernaw has released four studio albums: Red and Rio Grande (1993), Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Mind (1994), You Still Got Me (1995), and Fadin' Renegade(1999), as well as two compilation albums, 1997's The Encore Collection, and 2017's "Greatest Hits".

Supernaw is a native Texan and his website is dougsupernaw.com.  

There is another benefit concert planned the next day in Christoval.  According to the Facebook page, on Saturday, Oct. 13 the Judson Cole band will headline a benefit concert at Cooper’s BBQ beginning at 6 p.m.  There will be a silent auction and other bands include Clete Bradley & the Mood, Rita Capuchina and John Evan Garcia.

The event is BYOB and Cooper’s BBQ will be open.  Tickets are $25 at the door and there is a $25 cooler fee.  Children 12 and under will be admitted free.

The San Angelo Area Foundation has a fund set up for Sonora Flood Relief and The Bank and Trust is also accepting donations.  

As we reported earlier, the devastating flooding began Friday morning Sept. 21 as a cold front and moisture from the remnants of a Pacific tropical system collided over West Texas dumping heavy rainfall over vast areas of the center of the state.  The slow moving line of thunderstorms seemed to stall out over Sutton County deluging the normally dry watershed of the Dry Devils River. The rain fell on already saturated ground and had only one place to go; down the riverbed through Sonora.