Today is the birthday of Roky Erickson. He would be 79 today. Roger Kynard Erickson was born in Dallas, Texas on July 15, 1947 and grew up in Austin, where he sang in garage bands as a teenager with a voice that didn't sound like anything Texas had produced before — high, keening, rawly emotional. […]
Kurt Vile & The Violators Bring Hazy Indie Rock to Longhorn Ballroom Kurt Vile and Longhorn Ballroom make for a fitting pairing this July. The acclaimed Philadelphia songwriter brings his band, the Violators, to Dallas for a headline show. Before going solo, Vile co-founded The War on Drugs. Since then, he has built a career […]
Academy Award winner and music devotee Billy Bob Thornton brings The Boxmasters to Gruene Hall on July 16, 2026. With tickets starting at $104, this is a rare chance to see one of entertainment's most multifaceted performers in an intimate Hill Country setting. Billy Bob Thornton may be best known for films like Sling Blade […]
The Rio Grande Valley's Grupo Frontera opens its Triste Pero Bien C*brón Tour at home in Edinburg's Bert Ogden Arena.
Flatland Cavalry has spent a decade becoming one of the most beloved bands to ever come off the High Plains.
Gruene Hall welcomes Texas music legend Gary P. Nunn on July 17, 2026. Tickets start at $42 — an evening with one of the defining figures of the Lone Star State's rich musical heritage. Few artists can claim a connection to the Texas music story as deep as Gary P. Nunn's. A founding member of […]
Blue Jay's Rockin' Review, featuring Claudette King and Tyron Vaughan, plays a roots-rock revue at the Kessler Theater.
Rising Texas country artist Clay Hollis performs live at John T. Floore's Country Store in Helotes on July 17, 2026.
West Texas country doesn’t get much better than Flatland Cavalry, and on July 18, 2026, the Lubbock-born band brings that sound to Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands. The Flatland Cavalry Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion show is a chance to see one of the most honest bands in Texas music playing one of the […]
Grupo Frontera, the Rio Grande Valley's most celebrated band, brings the Triste Pero Bien C*brón Tour to Sames Auto Arena.
Stan Lynch, founding drummer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, brings his new band the Speaker Wars to the Kessler Theater.
Lubbock singer-songwriter Cole Barnhill brings his Texas-rock-meets-country sound to John T. Floore's Country Store in Helotes on July 18, 2026.
