Dallas: Uncle Lucius at Granada Theater
September 17 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$53
Uncle Lucius brings its Austin-bred blend of Southern rock, soul, and outlaw country to the Granada Theater in Dallas on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Tickets start at $53.
The band’s story starts in 2002, when a 25-year-old Kevin Galloway left a banking career in East Texas for Austin, where he began playing open-mike nights around town. He eventually crossed paths with bassist Hal Vorpahl, who grew up on Willie Nelson records before picking up bass guitar himself. The two started writing together, and within a year they’d added guitarist Mike Carpenter, a veteran of the Austin scene steeped in classic rock. Formally founded in 2005, the group built its name the old-fashioned way: touring relentlessly and building a loyal following on the strength of its live show, a jam-friendly mix of groove and grit that made Uncle Lucius a fixture of the Austin independent music scene.
Uncle Lucius and the Texas Dance Hall Circuit
The band cut its teeth in the same circuit of Texas dance halls and honky-tonks that built acts like the ones who’ve packed Gruene Hall in New Braunfels for generations, and that dance-hall discipline still shows in how tightly the band locks in live. Uncle Lucius released its debut album, “Something They Ain’t,” in 2006, followed by “Pick Your Head Up” in 2009 and “And You Are Me” in 2012, recorded between Austin and Nashville.
The band went on hiatus in 2018 before returning with a new tour in late 2022 and the album “Like It’s The Last One Left” in 2023, bringing longtime members Galloway, Carpenter, Josh Greco, and Jon Grossman back together with newer additions Drew Scherger and Doug Strahan. That reunion energy has carried into their live shows ever since, and Dallas fans should expect a set built on the same groove-heavy, soulful rock that made the band’s name in the first place.
Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. The Granada Theater sits at 3524 Greenville Ave. in Lower Greenville, one of Dallas’s most walkable live-music strips, with plenty of bars and restaurants nearby for dinner before the show.