Linden is synonymous with music in East Texas. From the early days of Scott Joplin, T--Bone Walker, and The Cass County Boys, there has always been a song in the air of this Piney Woods town. Young people grew up listening to Country & Western, Jazz, and Blues played by native sons. This legacy was later augmented with Rock n' Roll. Musicians like Don Henley, Richard and Mike Bowden, Jerry Surratt (as "The Four Speeds"), and others, honed their skills at the American Legion Hall. The Legion Hall was "the" place to be on Friday or Saturday nights in East Texas. Bands from all over the area vied to "book" the Legion Hall for a concert or a dance. There was music literally 52 weeks a year!

The Legion Hall was artfully renovated and reopened in May 2003 as the Music City Texas Theater. Musical guests have included:

County’s

Ray Benson & Asleep at the Wheel, Marty Stuart, T. Graham Brown, Junior Brown, The Bellamy Brothers, Tommy Cash, Jason Allen, John Anderson, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Gene Watson, Eddie Raven, Hal Ketchum, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Jason Allen, Jamie Richards, Dean Strickland, Rebecca and the Slackers, and The Rodney Whatley Band;

Western’s:

Michael Martin Murphey, Riders in the Sky, and Mike Siler:

Cajun’: Jo-El Sonnier, two time U.S. finger style guitar picking Champion Don Ross;classical Jazz harpist Joanna Jordan;

Rock’s:

Don Henley, Jackson Browne, AC/DC tribute band Back n Black, The Terms, The Guppies From Outer Space, The Artimus Pyle Band (of Lynard Skynard), and Freddie & the Falcons;

Americana's: Chasing Rita, and the O'Byrne Family;

Bluegrass’:

Hickory Hill, The Masat Family, Lone Star Bluegrass Band, Tennessee Valley Authority, Cadillac Sky,The Byron Berline Band, Beatlegras, Bowles Creek Gospel Bluegrass Band, and Blue River;

Honkey Tonk’s:

Tommy Alverson,

Blue's:

Keb' Moe', Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Bluebirds, Dee Dee Williams, Gary "Whitey Johnson" Nicholson, Kirby Kelley, Coyote Blue, Diddley Squat Band, Bugs Henderson, Bobbie Oliver & Jam City Revue, Betty Lewis & the Executives, The Kesler Brothers,  AJ & the Two Tone Blues Band, Duffy Bishop Band, Wes Jeans, Dan Sanchez & the Kings of Pleasure, Howard Starling & the Groove Yard Band, Tyler Dow Bryant, Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy, K. M. Williams, Howell & Caskey, Bugs Henderson & the Shuffle Kings, Kayla Reeves, Almond & Johnson, Pocket Change, Big Red & the Soul Benders, The Blues Specialists, Stephen Bruton, Marcia Ball, Delbert McClinton, Malford Milligan, TuTu Jones, Dorothy "Miss Blues" Ellis, Elliott Fikes and the Ezekiel Experience, and Matt "Mojo" Tedder;

Celtic's: Glen Road, Beyond the Pale, and Brothers 3;

Christian & Gospel Music's:, The Cass County Mass Choir, and the Southern Harmony Boys;

Singer/songwriters: 

Dana Cooper,Gray Gregson, Doug Haywood, Jeff Gilkinson, Guy Clark, Jr., Stayton Bonner and Sweden's Annika Fehling and Eva Hillered . 

Future 2009 presentations include:

March - The Lonely Hearts;

May - Robert Earl Keene, The Wolf Tribe - Danny Johnson, Rick Derringer & Pat Travers;

June - Brandon Rhyder, T-Bone Walker Blues Fest: Jimmie Vaughan, David "Honeyboy" Edwards,   Bugs Henderson, Guitar Shorty,  Gary “Whitey Johnson” Nicholson, Wes Jeans, TuTu Jones,  Bernie Pearl, Danny Johnson & Rick Derringer, 19 th Street Red, Joe Jonas Band, The Bluebirds, Bobbie Oliver & Jam City Revue, Betty Lewis & the Executives, Kayla Reeves, Marquise Knox, Colton O'Neill Band and The Blooze Bros; August - Hickory Hill Bluegrass Band;

October - The Bellamy Brothers