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Drink Up!
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston During Kaitlin Butts’ performance of “Wild Juanita’s Cactus Juice,” she told the crowd they needed to drink every time she sang the word “cactus.”
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Lukas’ ‘American Romance’
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Lukas Nelson performed his own set, playing songs off his album ‘American Romance,’ and also joined his father Willie Nelson for the night’s finale.
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In Luck
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Fans make their way into the Luck Reunion, where four letters greet them upon their arrival.
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Green Onions
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Booker T. Jones, who famously fronted the MG’s, delivered a set full of R&B classics.
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Can He Get an Amen?
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston The Texas songwriter Alex Amen poses backstage at Luck Reunion.
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Let’s Do This
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Kaitlin Butts and her band take a moment of solidarity before going onstage.
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Sainthood
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston St. Vincent’s intro to “Girls in Cages” — following a battle with an uncooperative microphone in which she briefly considered breaking the stand — was one of the festival highlights.
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The Day’s Schedule
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston At Luck, the day’s schedule is displayed the old-fashioned way: on a board in the center of the grounds.
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Butts Backstage
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Kaitlin Butts poses backstage at the 2026 Luck Reunion.
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Alex Amen
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Alex Amen performs a solo set at the Luck Reunion.
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Chapel View
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Fans found any spot available to take in sets at the chapel stage, an intimate church on the ranch.
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Robert Lester Folsom
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Decked out in a Georgia Bulldogs cap with a four-piece band behind him, Robert Lester Folsom blended psychedelic stylings with pure Americana during his set.
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He Likes Trains
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Fred Eaglesmith, the Canada-born roots-rocker, played to a full house under a tent on the festival’s Revival Stage, powering through his standards such as “I Like Trains” and “Dangerous.”
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The Chapel
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Fans at Luck Reunion often use the chapel as a meet-up point.
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“If You Know Me”
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Hudson Freeman, who broke out with his song “If You Know Me,” was a Luck highlight.
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Fort Worth Blues
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Fort Worth, Texas, blues singer Marcel — as in Brandon Marcel — delivered a powerful performance at Luck. “I’m asking you all to be present with me today,” he said to the crowd.
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Turtles, All the Way Down
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Dave Simonett and Trampled by Turtles were among the most anticipated bands to play on this year’s lineup.
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Folsom’s Blues
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Late in his set, Robert Lester Folsom took a sip from a can of beer before joking, “Don’t tell my mama, she don’t like me drinking.”
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