Editing Denton, Texas (section)

===Music===
{{See also|Musicians from Denton, Texas}}

Denton's [[independent music]] scene has emerged alongside its academic music establishments, including the [[University of North Texas College of Music]].<ref name="handbook-unt">{{cite web |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xmu01 |publisher=Handbook of Texas Online | title=University of North Texas College of Music |access-date=2009-10-19}}</ref> The city's live music venues are largely supported by Denton's college-town atmosphere, although show attendance is bolstered by area residents.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Signs of Life 2008: Best Music Scene – Denton, Texas |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/signs-of-life-2008-best-music-scene---denton-texas.html |date=2008-11-21 |magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |first=Dave |last=Sims |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304124141/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/signs-of-life-2008-best-music-scene---denton-texas.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 1976 the Denton Community Band and Jazz Ensemble has provided performance opportunities at local concerts and holiday festivals for the many talented amateur musicians incubated in Denton's rich environment of music education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://dentoncommunityband.net/index.cfm?action=about |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=www.dentoncommunityband.net}}</ref>  The ''[[Dallas Observer]]'' features a column on Denton's music scene.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-04-10/music/denton-music-deserves-our-attention/ |title=Dallas Music – Denton Music Deserves Our Attention |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |access-date=2009-10-02 |date=2008-05-09 |last=Freedman |first=Pete |archive-date=September 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906191944/http://dallasobserver.com/2008-04-10/music/denton-music-deserves-our-attention/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007 and 2008, Denton's music scene received feature attention from ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Pop Matters]]'', and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/travel/11cultured.html|title=An Indie Scene That Comes With a Texas Twang in Denton|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2009-01-22 |date=2008-05-11 |last=Beehner |first=Lionel}}</ref> ''[[Paste Magazine]]'' named Denton's music scene the best in the nation in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/signs-of-life-2008-best-music-scene---denton-texas.html|title=Signs of Life 2008: Best Music Scene – Denton, Texas|access-date=2009-01-22|author=Lionel Beehner|work=The New York Times|archive-date=March 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304124141/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/signs-of-life-2008-best-music-scene---denton-texas.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' listed Denton as Texas's top emerging cultural hot spot, calling Denton "practically an indie band factory at this point".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/18/texas-music-scenes-other-than-sxsw_n_4979126.html |title=Forget SXSW, Here Are 8 Emerging Cultural Hot Spots You Need To Visit In Texas|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=2014-03-18|last1=Rao|first1=Mallika}}</ref>

The city-sponsored [[Denton Arts and Jazz Festival]] attracts over 200,000 people each year for live music, food, crafts, and recreation at Civic Center Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dentonjazzfest.com/ |title=Denton Arts & Jazz Festival |publisher=City of Denton |access-date=2009-09-18}}</ref> With hopes to create a live music event like [[South by Southwest]], Denton held the first North by 35 Music Festival, later renamed [[35 Denton]], in March 2009. The festival ceased in 2017 after running annually for several years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/entertainment/stories/DRC_nx35_0131.cd8d9f21.html |title=Prestige builds for NX35 |date=2010-01-30 |access-date=2010-02-11 |newspaper=Denton Record-Chronicle |last=Breeding |first=Lucinda |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112191425/http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/entertainment/stories/DRC_nx35_0131.cd8d9f21.html |archive-date=2012-01-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2011/07/the-road-to-35-the-meaning-and-reasons-behind-a-festivals-various-name-changes/ |title=The Road to 35: The Meaning and Reasons Behind A Festival's Various Name-Changes &#124; FrontRow |publisher=Frontrow.dmagazine.com |date=2011-07-20 |access-date=2012-08-13}}</ref> The city has also hosted the annual film and music festival [[Thin Line Fest]] annually since 2007. It is Texas's longest-running documentary film festival and attracts thousands of tourists over a few days each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.thinline.us/about |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=www.thinline.us}}</ref>