🐎 Where the Culture Rides
Trail Rides
You can't separate Southern Soul from the trail ride. Across the South, horseback riding, zydeco and soul, line dancing, barbecue, and all-day-and-night partying come together into weekend ecosystems all their own. And Southern Soul is the soundtrack. Stars like Jeter Jones and Tonio Armani were built on this circuit.
The Calendar
Trail Ride Season
March-May
Season Kickoff
As the weather warms, rides ramp up across the South. Spring is when the circuit comes back to life.
Juneteenth (Mid-June)
The Biggest Weekend
Juneteenth is trail-ride high holy days. Rides and cookouts light up Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi all weekend.
Father's Day Weekend
Family Rides
One of the most popular weekends of the year for big family-and-friends rides and all-day jams.
July 4th Weekend
Independence Rides
Fireworks, horses, barbecue, and Southern Soul: the summer's loudest stretch of rides.
Memorial & Labor Day
Summer Bookends
The long weekends that open and close peak season, packed with rides across every Deep South state.
The Map
Where They Ride
Louisiana
Opelousas · Baton Rouge · Lafayette
The heartland. Where zydeco, trail rides, and Southern Soul all braid together, and where much of the trail-ride sound is made.
Texas
Houston · Dallas · East TX
Massive trail-ride and rodeo crossover culture. Some of the biggest rides in the country roll through here.
Mississippi
The Delta · Jackson
Cookout-and-ride country, deeply tied to the Delta blues roots the whole genre grew from.
Georgia & Alabama
Atlanta · Birmingham · Montgomery
A fast-growing ride scene, increasingly tied into the big Southern Soul festivals and package tours.
The Carolinas
SC · NC
An emerging circuit riding the wave of the Carolinas' Southern Soul surge.
Press Play
The Trail Ride Soundtrack
Trail Ride
Jeter JonesCowgirl Trailride
Tonio ArmaniEvery Cowgirl Need A Horse To Ride
Breeze MrDo2MuchMy Sidepiece
Pokey BearPromoters: get your ride seen.
Putting on a trail ride? List it here free and reach Southern Soul fans across the South. Self-serve posting with flyer upload is coming next. For now, send us the details and we'll get you up.