Deep Vellum’s inaugural Music and Literature Festival continues through Sunday across Deep Ellum, with free daytime programming and a paid Saturday night headliner program featuring Hanif Abdurraqib and Jamila Woods. The festival is scheduled for July 10-12, 2026.
The festival runs July 10-12. For people deciding whether to attend its remaining events, the key variables are the day, venue and admission type: daytime programming is free with registration, while the Saturday evening program requires a pass. The full weekend pass is already sold out.
Deep Vellum has also announced four lineup withdrawals. Carmen Boullosa, Samantha Schnee, Karan Mahajan and Mayhill will no longer attend, so visitors should check the organizer’s current listings rather than relying on an earlier version of the lineup.
Saturday evening at Sons of Hermann Hall
The clearest paid option remaining on the published schedule is the Saturday headliner program at Sons of Hermann Hall. It begins at 6 p.m. and features Hanif Abdurraqib and Jamila Woods, with Lawrence Burney and DAMOYEE.
The organizer lists a Saturday-plus pass at $30. The full weekend pass is sold out, making the Saturday option the relevant listed pass for someone who did not buy weekend admission in advance. Deep Vellum’s main festival page is the source for current pass availability and should be checked before making plans.
The practical distinction matters: registration for free daytime programming does not mean admission to the paid Saturday evening headliner program. Visitors interested in both should handle the free registration and the paid pass as separate parts of their plan.
How to plan the free daytime schedule
Daytime festival programming is free with registration. Deep Vellum publishes a venue-level schedule for both Saturday and Sunday, allowing visitors to choose events by location instead of treating the festival as a single gathering at one address.
Because events are spread across Deep Ellum, attendees should start with the organizer’s detailed festival schedule. It lists readings, panels, performances and activations by venue. That is the most useful page for building a route through the neighborhood and checking which programs fit together.
A workable approach is to choose a priority event first, note its venue and start time, and then look for nearby or nonoverlapping programs. That reduces the chance of selecting two events that begin at the same time or assuming every program takes place at Sons of Hermann Hall.
Registration is still part of the free-programming process. “Free” describes the admission price, not an absence of registration, so visitors should complete the organizer’s stated registration step before heading to a daytime event.
What remains available Sunday
Sunday remains part of the July 10-12 festival, and the organizer has published a venue-level Sunday schedule. Daytime programs remain in the free-with-registration category described on the festival page.
Anyone attending only Sunday does not need to treat the sold-out full weekend pass as the end of the available festival. The useful path is to review Sunday’s individual listings, select a venue and time, and complete the free registration required for daytime access.
The supplied festival information does not identify a separate Sunday pass price. Readers should use the official schedule and registration links for the event they want rather than assuming that the $30 Saturday-plus pass applies to Sunday programming.
Four announced lineup changes
Deep Vellum says Carmen Boullosa, Samantha Schnee, Karan Mahajan and Mayhill will no longer attend. Those are announced withdrawals, not tentative appearances, and they should be removed from any personal itinerary made from older promotional material.
The withdrawals do not change the organizer’s confirmation of the Saturday program featuring Abdurraqib, Woods, Burney and DAMOYEE. Still, the changes are a reason to consult the current official pages shortly before leaving.
Parking and public transportation
Deep Vellum links visitors to neighborhood parking and public-transportation information. Since the programming is distributed among Deep Ellum venues, transportation planning should be based on the specific first and final stops in a visitor’s schedule.
The organizer’s transportation links are preferable to assuming that parking information for one venue applies throughout the festival. Visitors using public transportation can likewise compare the neighborhood information with the venues and times on their selected schedule.
At-a-glance planning checklist
- Dates: The inaugural festival runs July 10-12 across Deep Ellum.
- Free access: Daytime programming is free with registration.
- Saturday night: The Sons of Hermann Hall headliner program begins at 6 p.m.
- Listed paid option: The Saturday-plus pass is $30.
- Sold out: The full weekend pass is no longer available.
- Lineup withdrawals: Carmen Boullosa, Samantha Schnee, Karan Mahajan and Mayhill will not attend.
The central planning point is that the festival still has more than one route in: registered free daytime programming, a listed paid Saturday evening option and a published Sunday schedule. Checking the current venue-level listings will give visitors the clearest answer about where to go and when.
