Marc Rebillet Announced as Jambaloo Music Prize Headliner

Loop Daddy is coming home to help celebrate a burgeoning artist with a $20k cash prize.

Published on Mar. 10, 2026

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Marc Rebillet, a viral sensation known as Loop Daddy, is returning to Dallas to perform at the Jambaloo Music Prize celebration on June 6. The event is part of a free music festival that awards a $20,000 cash prize and a recording deal to a local artist who has released an album in the last year. The three finalists will open for Rebillet, with the winner announced before his set begins.

Why it matters

This event represents a full-circle moment for the Jambaloo Music Prize, which was created to invest in the local music ecosystem in Dallas. Rebillet's return to headline and reinvest in the Dallas music scene is a powerful example of how that investment can compound over time.

The details

All proceeds from the Jambaloo Music Prize event will go to Amplified Minds, a non-profit dedicated to providing mental health resources for local musicians, and the advisory board for the Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where Rebillet is an alum. Since performing his first live stage show in Deep Ellum in 2017, Rebillet has launched a successful international touring career, but his return to Dallas is as much for pleasure as it is purpose, and is less about his show as it is about giving back to the local music scene.

  • The Jambaloo Music Prize celebration will take place on June 6, 2026.
  • Submissions for the prize have closed, but voting opens on March 10, 2026.

The players

Marc Rebillet

Also known as Loop Daddy, he is a viral sensation and electronic musician who is returning to Dallas to headline the Jambaloo Music Prize celebration.

Joe Morrison

The co-founder of Jambaloo, who said this event is the kind of "full-circle moment JAMBALOO was built to create."

Amplified Minds

A non-profit dedicated to providing mental health resources for local musicians, which will receive proceeds from the Jambaloo Music Prize event.

Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts

The premier school for the artistically inclined in Dallas, whose advisory board will receive proceeds from the Jambaloo Music Prize event. Rebillet is an alum of this school.

Mullen and Mullen Music Project

A limb of a local injury law firm that produces the Jambaloo music festival, which has grown in size in only its second year.

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What they’re saying

“This is exactly the kind of full-circle moment JAMBALOO was built to create. When a community invests in its music ecosystem — its schools, its venues, its artists — that investment compounds over time. Marc's return to headline and reinvest in Dallas is a powerful example of that cycle in action.”

— Joe Morrison, Co-founder of Jambaloo (Press release)

What’s next

The three finalists for the Jambaloo Music Prize will perform as openers, with the winner announced right before Rebillet's set begins on June 6.

The takeaway

The Jambaloo Music Prize event represents a powerful example of how investing in a local music ecosystem can compound over time, as demonstrated by Marc Rebillet's return to Dallas to headline the event and give back to the community that helped launch his career.