Aiden Logsdon

Aiden Logsdon was born and raised in Canyon, Texas. After graduating high school in 2019, he started playing music professionally and moved to Levelland to study commercial music at South Plains College. However, it was difficult for him to balance school and music, so he pursued his music career. His inspiration for pursuing music started when he was a part of his high school’s FFA program. 

“My ag teacher found out that I played guitar a little bit, and she started pushing me to play music and do the talent competition through FFA,” Logsdon said.

Logsdon was halfway through high school when he first heard about Cotton Fest and the lineup was enough to grab his attention. As soon as he moved for college and had the opportunity to go, he took it and has not missed the festival since. That goal of going every year took a turn when he was asked to be a performer.

“It all just felt like a fever dream,” Logsdon said. “It felt like it happened way too fast.”

Logsdon described how his goal is to put himself on the biggest stage he can put himself on every weekend, and how he’s never been in it for the money, but for the love of the game.

Haydon Wiginton

Haydon Wiginton is originally from Midlothian, Texas. He is currently enrolled at Texas Tech University with a degree in sports management and an active football player for the Red Raiders. Wiginton originally played at Oklahoma State University, but transferred after Coach Joey McGuire was hired, a former neighbor from home and the man who encouraged him to play music. 

“Coach McGuire kind of made me start getting back into music when I got here to Tech,” Wiginton said. “He surprised me out of nowhere my first fall here and said, ‘hey, you’re playing in front of the whole team at Cooks’.”

After that performance, Wiginton kept up his passion for music and started pursuing it further. He started singing covers, which then progressed into him writing original songs and recording them. Wiginton attended Cotton Fest for two years in a row with his friends to enjoy their love for country music, then was later asked to be a performer.

“Right after that second Cotton Fest that I went to, I released ‘Talk Funny’, then next spring, or that next winter, they asked me to play,” Wiginton said. “I was fired up, one of the coolest things that’s ever happened to me, for sure.”

Additional reporting and photos by McKenna Marchant, Chloe Jones, and Jill Reding