Entertainment for everyone

Grab your boots and get ready for a night full of great music and good memories — Aaron Watson will be headlining our 2026 Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska. High energy meets Texas charm, as the performer best known for singles like “Freight Train” and “Outta Style” plans to show those of us in The Beef State a good time.

For over 20 years now, Aaron Watson has traveled the land as country’s ultimate underdog troubadour – a truly independent artist with the spirit of the American frontier in his veins, and a self-made empire to match.

Working without corporate backers, he has nonetheless reached the Top 10 of Billboard’s Country Album chart five separate times – an impressive feat by any standard – and that includes his triumphant 2015 set, The Underdog, which landed at Number One. Matching sold-out shows across the country with homegrown hits, he’s followed suit at country radio, making history in 2017 with “Outta Style” and “Run Wild Horses.” But despite the success, the Texas native remains a fighter punching far above his weight, constantly defending his right to be in the ring. And with his new album, Unwanted Man, he reminds all who care to listen that it’s just fine by him.

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Gunnar Latham was born into a church-going and country music-loving family in San Marcos, Texas. Growing up around horses and cattle most of his life, Gunnar’s first love was rodeo. He participated in steer wrestling, team roping, and tie-down in high school, college, and even professionally. Gunnar also discovered a passion for performing and singing at an early age. First in his father’s church, then around the horse trailers after rodeos, and eventually in the honky-tonks of central Texas.

Purchase the Trail Boss ticket to get to experience Gunnar’s music first hand.