Editing El Paso, Texas (section)

===Music festivals===
The annual El Paso Downtown Street Festival is held during the last weekend of June in downtown El Paso near the El Paso Convention Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://klaq.com/events-el-paso/el-paso-downtown-street-festival-2013/28-june-2013-judson-f-williams-convention-center/|title=El Paso Downtown Street Festival | access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> It is the oldest musical festival in the city and brings local, regional, and nationally known acts.

The annual Neon Desert Music Festival is a two-day event usually held on the last Saturday and Sunday of May on five stages in downtown El Paso, stretching from San Jacinto Plaza to Cleveland Square.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neondesertmusicfestival.com/|title=Neon Desert Music Festival | access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> The festival brings over 30 acts from the worlds of indie rock, Latin, and electronic dance music.

The outdoor concert series, started in 1983, is held annually at the [[Chamizal National Memorial]] and draws over 60,000 attendees. It features local and international performers with wide-ranging musical genres: Classical, Country, Tejano, rock and others. The evening concerts are showcased every Sunday afternoon and start in early June and end in the middle of August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad/summerprograms.asp|title=Music Under the Stars|access-date=August 26, 2013|archive-date=August 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825091112/http://www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad/summerprograms.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The only El Paso musical festival not held downtown, instead it is held at Ascarate Park. The Sun City Music Festival is a two-day event dubbed as the largest electronic dance music festival in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://suncitymusicfestival.com/|title=Sun City Music Festival 2015 in El Paso, Texas|work=Sun City Music Festival 2015|access-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref>

The Texas Showdown Festival is an annual event celebrating musicians and tattoo artists under one roof.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texastattooshowdownfestival.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624080214/http://texastattooshowdownfestival.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2012|title=Texas Showdown Festival|access-date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> Dubbed as the world's largest tattoo and musical festival, the event is held usually the last weekend of July at the El Paso County Coliseum.