Diamond Stone

Diamond Stoners,

What an amazing weekend. It went by incredibly fast. You all make it so easy to
put this thing together, and are truly some of the kindest, supportive, and helpful fest goers a coordinator could hope for.

Thank you to the amazing and talented musical acts who played the festival this year. Everyone was kind, professional and put everything they could into their performance. That’s all I can really ask. I’m so grateful.

This festival would not be possible without our sponsors. We’d like to thank Ozarka Natural Spring Water, A&B Distributors, Tour Tahlequah, Akins Store, and Too Fond Of Books for being some of the best sponsors a festival could ask for this year. Please support the groups that support our festival.

Thank you to Michael Mangum (Mangum P.I. -Productions Incorporated), Isaac Koehn, the crew from Tulsa Theater, Tom Matlock, Brad Duniphin, Trevor Lindley, and Phoenix Haynes for making sure our production went off with no complications.

An extra special thank you to the Cherokee County Sheriff Dept., Northeastern Health System, and the Illinois River Fire & Rescue for keeping us safe and secure this year.

Thank you to Marty Henning for keeping the bar up and running. It’s a job that requires long hours and more stress than most realize.

A special shout out to our food trucks that worked their tails off feeding us throughout the week: ChickHoovenSwine BBQ Catering, Drake’s Kitchen, Tiki Treats, Frybread Factory, LLC, Big O Sausages LLCs, LakeRat Bbq, and Lola’s Lemons.

We were delighted to have so many unique vendors with us this year! Thank please tag your favorite vendor in this post.

Thank you to Sunbelt Rentals, Springwater Fencing, and Greg’s Plumbing for providing the vital components to the infrastructure of our festival.

Thank you to Erin Peddy and Karen Tye for running our front gate and box office this year. Check in was smooth and painless, and you made my job really easy. I appreciate it.

Diamondhead Resort’s staff worked their butts off to make sure this fest was ready to go . Big thanks to Jana Deaton and all the office girls for running the store all week. Thanks to all the Diamondhead guys who took care care of floating, equipment operation, setup, trash, yard work, and every single other aspect that went into making this resort a premier destination on the Illinois River.

The Kelley family are the reason Diamond Stone exists. Barbara, Chris, and Kevin have worked hard throughout the year to make this event possible.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible that we are forgetting. I am trying to catch up on sleep, so if I left you off this list, I’m so sorry.

Most of all, thank you Diamond Stoners. Festivals with you all are magical. Maybe some of it is the water. But I really think it’s the people. Without your continued support, we wouldn’t have a festival. At the end of the day, this is YOUR FESTIVAL.

Thank you so much for making this festival so special. It was truly a joy to see so many happy faces, so many new memories created, and so many legacies honored.

Great weekend at Diamond Stone with some great friends! Even got to bring the family along!

The Great Divide are burning up the stage at Diamond Stone!

Diamond Stoners are family, and we support our own. Thank you all for making this festival special.

If you all are looking for a deal, this must be the place.

Brandon Bethel is wrapping things up at the gravel bar in a big, big way before we kick things off at the main stage.

It’s hot out here, and important to stay hydrated. Thanks to our friends at Ozarka we have had free water to offer everyone this weekend. We love our water, much like our musicians, that are produced right here in Oklahoma.

We are so thankful to our exclusive adult beverage sponsor A&B Distributors. These folks have kept us in stock of $1 VIP beer and all the other beverage options all week long. Please enjoy responsibly!

The Driveway Drinkers are sound checking and sounding beautiful this morning. They’ll be kicking things off at the gravel bar in about 30 minutes. Come get a mimosa or Bloody Mary to start the last day, the right way.

Tiki Treats has your breakfast needs covered this morning. Go see them in the fest grounds.

Good morning Diamond Stoners!

I hope all of you are ready for the last day. It’s gonna be a good one!

Tiki Treats is serving up all kinds of delicious breakfast items for you all this morning!

Who has tickets to Diamond Stone next weekend??

More info at diamondstonefestival.com

RC Edwards on the Diamond Stone stage this evening. Safe to say, no music festivals would be happening out here without him. Up next, The Band of Heathens bring the house down.

Happy Day 2 (or 3) Diamond Stoners! Thanks for having such a good time last night. We can’t wait to do it again today.

The talented Amber Watson and Maddie K. will be kicking off things at the Gravel bar this afternoon. Single day tickets and ga still available online!

This guys having a great time. We hope you are too. Hösty kicks off the after party in 30 minutes. We will see you there!

Come on down to Diamondstone, John Fulbright live!!!

Kyle Nix bringing the heat while we cool down.

Diamond Stone Music Festival has officially started!

If y’all love local music, get ya butt over to the River! The loaded lineup goes through Saturday!

We have one electric RV site that has become available. DM if you’d like it.

The Noonies are kicking things off at the gravel bar! See you all there.

Gates are open and we are floating this morning! Short trip only! That’s the right option anyway, I promise.

That was an awesome pre party last night folks. We are feeling fresh and ready to go into day 1. We will see you all out there!

Throwin’ down BIG TIME in Oklahoma this weekend!
See y’all Saturday at Diamond Stone 👊🏽

Bookstore show is going strong! Thanks so much to our mystery musicians RC Edwards and Lance Roark.

Hey folks! A friendly reminder that we can only guarantee tickets purchased through the resort or our ticketing sites. Please, please verify your tickets, and do not purchase through an off site source.

Happy Pre Party Day Diamond Stoners! Gates open at 10am today! Please be patient with us as we check you all in. We are just as excited to see y’all as you are to see us.

The Bookstore show is sold out. If you did manage to score a ticket for it, and want to take a shuttle, we will be leaving at 3pm from the office.

Pre party music at the gravel bar starts at 5pm. We are just about sold out. We will see you there!

We will be floating on Thursday and Friday of the festival this year. As always, the six mile float is the right option.

We will start seeing you early birds arrive at 10am tomorrow. You must have a pre party pass to show up early.

Please also to remember to observe all of Diamondhead Resort’s rules. One of the biggest is NO outside boats, kayaks, rafts, or canoes.

The second biggest rule is to have a damn good time. See you out there.

Three days until we are all back together!

Knocking it out of the park as usual.

@diamondstonemusicfest for the win!

While our RV electric sites are sold out, there are a few primitive RV sites remaining! Friendly reminder that if you are bringing an RV, and do not have an electric site reserved, you need to have a primitive RV pass.

Huge shoutout and thank you to our VIP food options this year! Akins Store, Buffalo Wild Wings, and ChickHoovenSwine BBQ Catering will be offering up all kinds of delicious food on their respective nights at 7pm. Just another good reason to secure a VIP ticket before they sell out. We have about ten left.

Set Times (Updated)!

Here is a sneak peak at our Epiphone guitar design made possible by the awesome folks at The Graphic Guitar Guys! We have a limited amount of these for sale on the festival ticket site, and will be auctioning off two on Saturday. The proceeds from the two guitars will go straight to the Red Dirt Relief Fund and Marines of Tahlequah.

Fifteen more days until Oklahoma Music Legend Rc Edwards and his crew grace the Diamond Stone stage. Here’s an old video that’s out of this world.

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Rhodes Printing will be handling our D stone merch this year. We will have shirts, hats, posters, Koozies, and decals available! Here’s a sneak peak at the shirts! If you’ve purchased a VIP ticket, your shirt and poster are on us this year!

Wow Diamond Stoners! You really outdid yourself this year.

Diamond Stone 2022 is officially in the books. We are still in the festival recovery process, but we wanted to go ahead and thank everyone we can for making this year truly magical.

The Kelley family are the reason Diamond Stone is a reality, and not simply a dream. Kevin, Barbara, and Chris, and Jim Henning work tirelessly throughout the year to make this event possible. I’m honestly not sure how they do it, but I’m sure glad they do.

This festival would not be possible without our sponsors. We’d like to thank Budweiser, Jim Beam, Liquid Death, Buffalo Apparel, Tahlequah Tourism, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bud Spot, Primetime Buds, Too Fond of Books, and Yellow House Dispensary for being the best sponsors a festival could ask for this year. Please support the groups that support our independent community.

First, thank you to the amazing and talented musical acts who played the festival this year. Everyone of you, new and returning, brought an amazing atmosphere to our event. I hope many of you are returning for years to come.

Thank you to Michael Mangum, Jayson Milligan, Toni McDowell, Toucan Productions, Brad Dunapin, Brooke Arthur, and Chris Augerhole for making sure our production went off without a hitch. It looked and sounded beautiful, and we hope you all are involved for many years to come.

Thank you to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department, Northeastern Health Systems, and the Illinois River Fire Department for keeping us safe and secure this year.

A special shout out to our food trucks that worked their tails off feeding us throughout the week: Chick Hooven Swine, Drakes Food Kitchen, Rock and Roll Outlaw Concessions, Frosty Floats Sno Shack, Deb’s Pineapple Whip, and Amy’s Eats and Treats. Each and everyone of you brought your A game to the table, and we hope to have many of you all back next year.

We were delighted to have so many unique vendors with us this year! Thank please tag your favorite vendor in this post, so we can invite them all back next year.

Thank you to Sunbelt Rentals, Springwater Fencing, Greg’s Plumbing, and Tahlequah Transit for providing vital components to the infrastructure of our festival.

Thank you to Judy Dickerson, Katelyn Anderson, and Julie for being the best gate workers money can buy, at half the cost.

Diamondhead Resort’s workers provide so much necessary labor that sometimes goes unnoticed. Thank you for handling the store, floating, equipment operation, setup, trash, yard work, and every single other aspect that goes into making this resort the premier destination on the Illinois River.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible that we are forgetting. We are still trying to catch up on sleep, and it may take a few days to fully recover.

Most of all, thank you Diamond Stoners. Without your continued support, we wouldn’t have a festival. At the end of the day, this is YOUR FESTIVAL. We are eager to continue providing the best production possible for many years to come.

Diamond Stone Music Festival will return. The planned dates are September 14-16. Mark your calendars.

Happy final day of festival Diamond Stoners! What an amazing crowd you all have been this week. We are truly blessed by all of our patrons, staff, crew, and talent.

Bufffalo Apparel will be selling Diamond Stone merch all day long. They are located at the main fest entrance.

Mike McClure kicks things off at the main stage around four. Morgan Wade closes out around 10:30!

We love the wonderful fest photos coming from Day 1.

VIP! Make sure to pick up your shirts and posters from Buffalo Apparel today! They have some really cool merch waiting for you all.

Diamond Stoners,

Thank you for a most excellent night one. You all are the reason we have a festival year after year, and we are so appreciative of the strong, unwavering loyalty you all have shown Diamondhead Resort.

Last night there was significant confusion concerning some of the safety rules established in regards to driving while the main stage is going. For the confusion, we sincerely apologize, and will attempt to clarify these procedures.

For everyone’s safety, automobiles are not allowed to be driven around the main stage or campgrounds (with the exception of necessary musicians, staff, and crew), outside of emergency situations, between the hours of 5pm to midnight today, and 4pm and 11pm on Sunday.

As always, handicap attendants with placards or ids will be allowed close access to the event stage. We will also work to accommodate all attendants as much as possible. This includes escorts to campsites from the parking when possible. This can take a significant amount of time, so please be patient with us.

We once again apologize for the confusion this new rule has caused, but significant results were already noticeable during last nights’ event. We appreciate All of our attendants’ patience and positive attitudes, and look forward to two more wonderful nights of music.

Here’s a friendly reminder that our festival is a no drive zone from 5pm to 12am. Cars incoming will be required to park in the designated parking lot.