Downtown in Ruston in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Lincoln Parish musicians
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Honors Lincoln Parish Music Venues

— Northeast Louisiana Music Trail —

Lincoln Parish Musicians & Music Venues Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Molly McCullar

1. Lincoln Parish Musicians & Music Venues Marker

Inscription.
The Northeast Louisiana Music Trail honors Lincoln Parish musicians:
Judge McGee, D.K. Harrell Charlie Lewis - Judge & Jury, Joe Woods & Wildwood Express, Monty Russell, Bruce Gay, Howard Shaft, Elephant 6 Collective, John Simoneaux, Lightnin' Bugs, Daniel Gilbert - The Spectres, Jim & Jane Ball, The Residents?, The Houck Family, Kix Brooks, Fred Beavers, Mat Dauzat, Rusty Dreads, Lawrence Gibbs, Russtown Band, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, The Grambling Tigers Marching Band & many more…

The Northeast Louisiana Music Trail honors Lincoln Parish venues:
Sundown Tavern, Dixie Theater Lurline's Spot, Railroad Park, Rabb's, Grambling U - Stadium & Auditorium, Trenton St. Cafe, The Dawg House, Chicken Ranch Records, KLPI, KRUS & KXKZ Roadhouse Radio Stations, Eddie Haymaker's Guitar Store, LA. Tech U. - Howard Auditorium & Memorial Gym, Rendevous Lounge, Americana Studios, Ruston's LA. Peach Fest, Vienna Town Hall & the Dubach LA. Chicken Fest…
★ Thank you Bruce Van Zandt.

Erected 2025 by Northeast Louisiana Music Trail. (Marker Number 25.)

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Location. 32° 31.733′ N, 92° 38.291′ W. Marker is in Ruston, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of North Vienna Street and East Park Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Vienna Street. On the corner of E. Park St. & N. Vienna St. in front of Railroad Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ruston LA 71270, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: V. S. & P. Railroad Depot (about

Lincoln Parish Musicians & Music Venues Marker Side 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Molly McCullar

2. Lincoln Parish Musicians & Music Venues Marker Side 2

300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Pierian Rose Garden (about 300 feet away); First Presbyterian Church (about 700 feet away); West Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Captain Gerald McCallum (approx. 0.3 miles away); Kidd-Davis House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lincoln High School (approx. 1.3 miles away); Louisiana Chautauqua (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ruston.

Photographed by Molly McCullar

3. Lincoln Parish Musicians & Music Venues Marker

Lincoln Parish musicians / Honors Lincoln Parish Music Venues Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, July 4, 2026

4. Lincoln Parish musicians / Honors Lincoln Parish Music Venues Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2026, by Molly McCullar of West Monroe, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 98 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 6, 2026, by Molly McCullar of West Monroe, Louisiana. 4. submitted on July 7, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Lincoln Parish musicians⎯⎯⎯Honors Lincoln Parish Music Venues

— Northeast Louisiana Music Trail —

Lincoln Parish musicians
⎯⎯⎯
Honors Lincoln Parish Music Venues