Jimmy Dean Festival to welcome country chart-topper Neal McCoy

PLAINVIEW, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Longtime country musician and Texas native Neal McCoy will headline the annual Jimmy Dean Festival, slated for Sept. 5, 2025, at The Venue at Sunset Pointe in Plainview.

Owner of three platinum albums, Neal McCoy broke through the country music scene in 1993 with back-to-back No. 1 hit singles “No Doubt About It” and “Wink” off the platinum-certified album No Doubt About It. His commercial success continued into the late 1990s with two more platinum albums and one gold album, as well as six more Top Ten hits. His seventh Top Ten hit, “Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On,” came in 2005 from his self-released album That’s Life.

A new studio album, XII, arrived in 2012, co-produced by Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. In 2013, Neal released Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride, his longtime friend and mentor. In 2015, he released the Big Band Standards CD You Don’t Know Me, then Neal McCoy’s Favorite Hits in 2017 that included 10 Hits and two new songs.

Neal has been on 17 USO Tours around the world, one of his proudest achievements. He is also the recipient of multiple humanitarian awards from The Academy of Country Music, The Country Radio Broadcasters and The Masonic Grand Lodge. In 2016, Neal made a move to continue his patriotic values by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance “live” on his Facebook page every morning, reaching millions of viewers all over the country and around the world and passing 3,000 days in a row. Neal still maintains a busy touring schedule through the year.

An active philanthropist, Neal also supports his own charity organization: East Texas Angel Network, committed to the enhancement of the lives of children living with terminal or life-threatening diseases. He hosts a yearly golf tournament, and a fall auction/dinner and concert over two days to support the foundation. It has been going strong since 1995 and has raised more than $14 million for more than 500 hundred East Texas families.

The Jimmy Dean Music Festival is a fundraiser for the Plainview Lions Club in celebration of the birthday of hometown hero Jimmy Dean, country music icon and sausage company namesake. Profits are distributed late in the summer to various local nonprofits working to better the community.

The event goes from 6-10 p.m., including a steak dinner by Weekends, opening music by Jake Hooker and the Outsiders, plenty of boot-scooting and raffle items. Table sponsorships for $1,500 are currently on sale, which includes eight seats in a preferred location in the venue, promotion on the table and event screens. Individual tickets are $125 per person in available general seating. All seats include a meal and dessert. A beer and wine cash bar will also be available as well.

For tickets or sponsorship information, visit www.jimmydeanfestival.com.