Dallas Dead Summit Salutes Bob Weir at Longhorn Ballroom Bob Weir and Longhorn Ballroom come together this August, as the Dallas Dead Summit stages an all-star tribute to the Grateful Dead co-founder. The show gathers regional and touring musicians who built their reputations on Grateful Dead-style improvisation. Because the lineup rotates through the night, no […]
Jon Wolfe brings his Texas honky-tonk sound to John T. Floore's Country Store in Helotes on August 15, 2026. Get your tickets today.
One of Texas country’s hardest-working road warriors pulls into the Stockyards on Saturday, August 15, 2026, when Roger Creager headlines Billy Bob’s Texas. Showtime is 10 PM at Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, the legendary Fort Worth dancehall with room for 6,000 boot-scooters on the floor. Get there early — Creager’s crowds come ready […]
Flatland Cavalry has spent a decade becoming one of the most beloved bands to ever come off the High Plains.
Today is the birthday of Eddie Durham. He would be 120 today. Eddie Durham heard electricity in a guitar string before almost anyone else did. He grew up in San Marcos, Texas, in a family bursting with musicians. Eddie Durham's San Marcos, Texas childhood turned into a workshop of homemade instruments and constant practice. He […]
Today is the birthday of Laura Canales. She would be 72 today. Laura Canales of Kingsville, Texas, ruled Tejano music before most fans had heard of Selena. From 1983 to 1986, she swept the Tejano Music Awards for Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year. No one broke that streak for years. Then a teenager […]
Today is the birthday of Dimebag Darrell. He would be 60 today. Darrell Lance Abbott was born in Arlington, Texas on August 20, 1966. He and his brother Vinnie Paul grew up in a musical household — their father Jerry Abbott was a country music producer. Darrell picked up guitar early and immediately went somewhere […]
Benson Boone brings his stadium-sized falsetto and trademark backflips to Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Thursday, August 20, 2026, with special guest Luna Li opening the show. Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert start at $50, and demand for the pop phenomenon's Wanted Man Tour has been running hot in every city on […]
Today is the birthday of Kenny Rogers. He would be 88 today. Kenneth Donald Rogers was born in Houston, Texas on August 21, 1938, in the Third Ward. His family was large and poor. He grew up singing in school choirs and started playing local clubs as a teenager. He joined the New Christy Minstrels […]
Today is the birthday of Kacey Musgraves. She is 38 today. Kacey Musgraves grew up in Golden, Texas, a Wood County hamlet with more cows than people. Sulphur Springs, the nearest real town, still isn't exactly a metropolis. She learned yodeling and songwriting before she learned to drive. That small-town start shaped her sharp, plainspoken […]
Austin’s own Silverada — the band formerly known as Mike and the Moonpies — bring their road-tested dancehall country to Billy Bob’s Texas on Friday, August 21, 2026. Showtime is 8 PM at Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, the Stockyards institution built to hold 6,000 people on its dance floor. An earlier start means […]
Neon Rainbows brings its beloved queer country dance night to the big stage on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, when Neon Rodeo takes over ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show, with tickets starting at $50, and the bill stacks up fast: Next of Kin, […]
