ZZ Top closes out its two-night Austin run at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026 — the band's first shows since the death of longtime drummer Frank Beard, who died Aug. 18 at age 77. Formed in Houston at the tail end of 1969 out of two rival bands — […]
Texas songwriter Bruce Robison, joined by Matt Hillyer, plays the Kessler Theater in Dallas.
Today is the birthday of Buster Smith. He would be 122 today. Buster Smith taught bebop's future star before bebop even had a name. He grew up in Ellis County, Texas, then later settled in Dallas as a young man. Buster Smith's Dallas, Texas career built the sound that Kansas City jazz would later claim […]
Today is the birthday of Chelo Silva. She would be 104 today. Chelo Silva of Brownsville, Texas, sang heartbreak like she had personally invented it. Her voice carried the ache of bolero, Mexico's slow-burning love-song tradition, into Texas radio. Critics later crowned her "La Reina de los Boleros," the queen of boleros. Before Chelo Silva, […]
Country singer Charley Crockett brings his Age of the Ram Tour to The Lumberyard Canyon on the High Plains of Texas.
Gary Clark Jr. brings his genre-blurring guitar work to the Majestic Theatre in Dallas on Thursday, August 27, 2026, with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $109, and the Austin-raised guitarist's blend of blues, soul, and hard rock has made him one of the most in-demand live acts to come out of […]
Smoked Honey and Down Hazy share the stage at Tannahill's Tavern & Music Hall in Fort Worth on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, with tickets starting at $46. It's a double bill of two Texas-grown jam bands, each drawing on classic Southern rock and roots music for a night built around extended, improvisational grooves. Smoked Honey […]
Gary Clark Jr. plays the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio on Friday, August 28, 2026, with the show starting at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $72, and the Austin-bred guitarist's stop in the Alamo City comes the night after he opens this Texas run in Dallas, a rare chance to catch one of the state's […]
Colby Acuff brings his road-tested country sound to John T. Floore's Country Store in Helotes on August 28, 2026. Get your tickets today.
Buddy Guy brings his "Damn Right Farewell Tour" to ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, a stop billed as "Buddy Guy 90" for the blues legend's 90th year. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show, tickets start at $121, and Texas guitarist Ally Venable opens. […]
British singer-songwriter and producer Fink brings his atmospheric sound to the Kessler Theater in Dallas.
Pecos & The Rooftops bring their high-energy blend of country and classic rock to The Backyard Waco on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, with tickets starting at $50. The band's story started in 2019, when four college students in Lubbock started perfecting their sound in the big five-bedroom house they shared — hanging out, and eventually […]
