Houston: Bob Schneider at The Heights Theater
September 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Bob Schneider brings his genre-hopping songwriting to The Heights Theater in Houston on September 18, with the show starting at 7 PM and Love & Chaos opening. The Austin-based singer-songwriter has spent decades building one of the most eclectic catalogs in Texas music, moving freely between rock, folk, funk, and hip-hop-inflected wordplay without settling into any single lane.
Schneider first gained a following fronting bands like Joe Rockhead and The Scabs before launching a prolific solo career that has produced more than a dozen albums. He’s won the Austin Music Awards’ “Musician of the Year” title more times than any other artist in the poll’s history, and his long-running residency at Austin’s Saxon Pub has become a local institution in its own right. Beyond music, Schneider is an accomplished visual artist whose paintings and collages have been exhibited alongside his musical career.
Love & Chaos opens the night, warming up the room ahead of Schneider’s famously loose, genre-agnostic live set, which regularly swings from tender acoustic ballads to full-band funk workouts within a single show. The Heights Theater, a restored 1920s movie house in Houston’s Heights neighborhood, offers an intimate setting well suited to Schneider’s unpredictable, audience-driven approach to a setlist.
Schneider’s catalog spans radio hits like “40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)” alongside deep, rarely-played material he’ll pull out depending on the night’s mood, making every performance a little different. Houston fans can also browse The Heights Theater’s full concert calendar on Texas Music Map for more upcoming shows at the venue.
The show begins at 7 PM. The Heights Theater is located at 339 W 19th Street in Houston’s Heights neighborhood, with limited on-site parking and several nearby lots; arriving early is recommended given the venue’s compact size. Schneider tends to take requests from the crowd between songs, so longtime fans in the room often help shape the back half of the set.