The Rust Band — Dallas’s Premier High-Energy Rock Cover Band

Looking for a crowd-engaging live band for your venue, festival, corporate event, or city celebration?
Based in Dallas, Texas, The Rust Band delivers a polished, high-impact live music experience built to energize audiences across DFW and beyond.

From classic rock favorites to crowd-driven anthem sets, The Rust Band combines professional musicianship, strong stage presence, and proven audience engagement to create memorable live events.

Performance Highlights

  • High-energy live rock performances
  • Multi-generation appeal with recognizable hit music
  • Professional turnkey production capabilities
  • Experienced musicians with reliable event execution
  • Audience-focused entertainment ideal for public and private events

Ideal For

  • Corporate events & holiday parties
  • Community festivals & city events
  • Charity galas & fundraising events
  • Restaurant & venue entertainment
  • Outdoor concerts & seasonal activations
  • Private celebrations & special events

Media / PR Positioning Opportunities

The Rust Band is especially well-positioned for:

  • Community event partnerships
  • Festival promotions
  • Lifestyle & entertainment media coverage
  • Podcast appearances
  • Local television & radio features
  • Event calendar placements
  • Music + community impact storytelling
  • FIFA 2026 entertainment/event tie-ins throughout DFW

Upcoming and Past Shows

Previous events

Rust plays on the water to kick off Spring Break with a full concert. 3 sets of music. Make a weekend of it! Come visit the historic Grandbury TX and rent a lake house!

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Meet up wth your college friends, rock out, watch great tunes, good times, before the holidays. Great beer, drinks, food, and amazing service. Always a blast.

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Lost Oak Winery, Hosting The Rust Band, Live Concert from 6 pm to 9 pm

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Lost Oak Winery, 8101 County Rd 802, Burleson, TX 76028

Rust plays on the main stage from 6 to 9 pm. 3 Full Sets. Bring friends and enjoy a perfect Saturday night together. Enjoy great wine and great music.

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Rust Saturday night at Lucy's Yard! Bring your dog, grab a beer, and a lawn chair. Great food and drinks. Nice weather!

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Rust Summer Concert Series - Friday, July 25th. 4 Sets, Including our Parade Award Winning #1 Float! We will play some of our 4th of July songs: American Woman, American Girl, American Band, R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A. and Rockin' In the Free World. And FREE BIRD is Available Upon Request ($50 tip required).

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4th of July Parade. Rust will be on top of a Float! And then putting a concert for the city. Listen to music that made America.

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Halloween dress-up party, rock out, have fun, and sing along. Playing all night until last call!

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Live Recordings - Damn Close to the Originals! Short Clips

Band Members

Wayne Hutton - "must see" guitar Guru, owns 47 guitars. Prodigy since he was 14. 

Larry "Pound Town" Pettit - impressing fans since college with his thunder and techniques. Day Job - ER Surgeon.

Erin Leigh - Award winning vocalist, bringing high-energy performances from Tennesse to Texas

Blake Jackson - Guitar

Blake is all about sound. He loves a clean sound and can rock riffs and rip leads like Pearl Jam. Always perfect in any live music setting that seems to be his "happy place". Day Job - Harman JBL Sales Executive. No wonder he crushes the guitar!

"Metal Bryce" Finnerty

Bryce loves bass because that is the missing link in many bands. I learned off fast high energy bass masters and entertainers. I've played on 5 studio albums. Day Job - Pond Engineer. Seriously.  

Band Wives

We love crowd participation

Come up and sing, fight for your right to party, take a mic and sing along. We love the crowd to join in the fun. Always welcoming the audience to join the band!!

Set List - Over 3 Hours of Music

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

Alice in Chains - Man in the Box 

Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right        

blink-182 - All The Small Things   

Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive, - Run Away     

Boston – Foreplay, - Long Time   

Bush - Machine Head       

Cheap Trick - Surrender   

Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whisky, - You Should Probably Leave, Midnight Train to Memphis

Creed - Higher        

Cult - Fire Woman   

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me

Eddy and the Cruisers - Garden of Eden        

Five Finger Death Punch - Blue On Black       

Foo Fighters - Everlong 

Foreigner - Double Vision 

Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mon 

Godsmack - Keep Away 

Hootie and the Blowfish - Hold My Hand        

Jeff Healey Band - Hoochie Coochie Man   

Jimmy Eat World - The Middle     

Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Coming, - Living After Midnight        

Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way         

Journey - Stone In Love, - Lovin Touchin Squeezing, - Any Way You Want It, - Don’t Stop Believing    

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird      

Kiss - Rock n Roll All Night          

Lit - My Own Worst Enemy          

Nickelback - Saturday Nights All Right, Figured You Out

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train!     

Pearl Jam - Alive 

Poison - Talk Dirty to Me, - Every Rose Has Its Thorn 

Romantics - That’s What I Like About You!       

Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome

Stone Temple Pilots - Sexy Type Thing, - Plush

Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever, Free-for-All

Theory of a Deadman - Bad Girlfriend  

Tom Petty – Breakdown, - Refugee, - Running Down a Dream        

Van Halen – Eruption, - You Really Got Me, - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love          

Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music      

ZZ Top - Tush  

3 Doors Down - When I’m Gone

Custom Set Lists

  • We can tailor the music to your audience! 
  • Let’s discuss the party or event you want and your favorite songs

Booking Information - Contact The Rust Band. Call 972.896.4350. or Email [email protected]. We will get right back to you today!