Single-day wristbands for the acclaimed Old Settler's Music Festival will go on sale Tuesday, December 21, exclusively at the Old Settler's Music Festival. The 24th annual festival will be held, rain or shine, Thursday, April 14, Sunday, April 17, 2011, with an outstanding lineup of award-winning roots-music, bluegrass and Americana artists including The Avett Brothers, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien, Jake Shimabukuro, Langhorne Slim, Green Mountain Grass, Elliott Brood and Emmitt-Nershi Band.

They are among more than 30 acts that will perform on four stages at the Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch on FM 1826, in the Texas Hill Country just south of Austin, Texas.

Festival-goers that purchase early-bird single-day wristbands now for $50 for Friday or Saturday - only at www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org - will enjoy a limited-time savings of $10. Early-bird single-day wristbands will increase to $55 and then to $60 at the gate.

Available since November 15 are the 4-day wristband with campground access (Thursday-Sunday), 3-day wristband with campground access (Friday-Sunday), 3-day no-camping wristband and the all-inclusive Platinum Pass. Children 12 and younger will be admitted to the Festival free. Camping access will certainly sell out.

Superb roots-music and Americana performances on multiple stages and a singular Texas Hill Country campground experience have brought audiences to Old Settler's Music Festival for 24 years. Many attendees return year after year for amazing shows by award-winning artists such as Patty Griffin, Peter Rowan, Buddy Miller, Travelin' McCourys, Michelle Shocked, Bruce Hornsby, Yonder Mountain String Band, Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Bela Fleck, and Vassar Clements and local favorites Joe Ely, Alejandro Escovedo, The Belleville Outfit, Sarah Jarosz and 7 Walkers.

For more information, visit www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org