• Fort Worth: The Red Clay Strays at Dickies Arena (Oct. 8)

    Dickies Arena 1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, TX, United States

    The Red Clay Strays play a second straight night at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on October 8, 2026, following their October 7 show at the same venue. Doors open around 6:30 p.m., with tickets starting at $59. The two-night stand underscores how quickly the Mobile, Alabama band has become one of the most in-demand […]

    $59
  • Houston: Candlebox at White Oak Music Hall

    White Oak Music Hall 2915 N Main St, Houston, TX, United States

    Candlebox brings its 1990s rock catalog to White Oak Music Hall’s Downstairs room in Houston on October 8, with the show starting at 7 PM. Formed in Seattle in 1990, the band rode the era’s grunge and post-grunge wave to multi-platinum success with its self-titled 1993 debut, built around radio staples that still anchor classic-rock […]

  • The Woodlands: Brad Paisley at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

    The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 2005 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, TX, United States

    Brad Paisley brings his blend of virtuosic guitar work and country storytelling to The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on October 8, tickets starting at $40. A West Virginia native who broke through in 1999 with his debut single “Who Needs Pictures,” Paisley has spent over two decades as one of country music’s […]

    $40
  • Dallas: Ryan Beatty at the Majestic Theatre

    Majestic Theatre Dallas 1925 Elm St, Dallas, TX, United States

    Singer-songwriter Ryan Beatty brings his “Arms Over Amor” North American Tour to the Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas on Thursday, October 8, with tickets starting at $46. Beatty first came up as a teenage YouTube-era pop artist before reinventing himself as a genuinely acclaimed indie songwriter, co-writing and contributing vocals to Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” and […]

    $46
  • Dallas: Jahnavi Harrison at The Kessler Theater

    The Kessler Theater 1230 W Davis St, Dallas, TX, United States

    British kirtan musician Jahnavi Harrison brings devotional music to The Kessler Theater on October 8.

  • Houston: Drowning Pool and Saliva at Warehouse Live

    Warehouse Live Midtown 2600 Travis St, Houston, TX, United States

    Drowning Pool and Saliva bring a double bill of early-2000s hard rock to Warehouse Live in Houston on October 9, with doors at 6:30 PM. Both bands broke through during rock radio’s post-grunge, nu-metal-adjacent boom, and each still tours regularly behind the hits that made them staples of that era. Drowning Pool, formed in Dallas […]

  • Dallas: The SteelDrivers at The Kessler Theater

    The Kessler Theater 1230 W Davis St, Dallas, TX, United States

    Nashville bluegrass band The SteelDrivers celebrate their 20th anniversary at The Kessler Theater on October 9.

  • Tanya Tucker: Seminole’s Child Star

    Today is the birthday of Tanya Tucker. She is 68 today. Tanya Denise Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas on October 10, 1958. Seminole sits in Gaines County, in the flat far West Texas oil-and-farming country near the New Mexico border. Her father Beau Tucker moved the family constantly, chasing opportunity, and Tanya was performing […]

  • Tanya Tucker: Seminole’s Child Star

    Today is the birthday of Tanya Tucker. She is 68 today. Tanya Denise Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas on October 10, 1958. Seminole sits in Gaines County, flat far-West Texas oil country near the New Mexico border. Her father Beau Tucker moved the family constantly. Tanya was performing in local talent shows across the […]

  • Ivory Joe Hunter: Kirbyville’s Restless Songwriter

    Today is the birthday of Ivory Joe Hunter. He would be 112 today. Ivory Joe Hunter came from Kirbyville, Texas, a tiny logging town in the Piney Woods. His father played guitar, and his mother sang spirituals in church. Hunter absorbed both, then blended them into something entirely his own. He wrote songs the way […]