Today is the birthday of Laura Lee. She would be 40 today. Khruangbin formed in Houston, Texas, out of a shared love for Thai funk and dub. Their name means airplane in Thai, a nod to Speer's musical influences. Bassist Laura Lee anchors the trio with grooves that never rush. She met guitarist Mark Speer […]
Country and gospel legend Randy Travis brings his "More Life" Tour to The Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $102, with vocalist James Dupré performing Travis's songs live alongside him. Randy Travis helped lead country music's return to its traditional roots in […]
Irish vocal group Celtic Thunder brings its 2026 tour to the Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas on Wednesday, October 14, with tickets starting at $65. Formed in Ireland in 2007 and built around a rotating lineup of male vocalists performing Irish and Celtic-influenced music alongside show tunes and popular ballads, Celtic Thunder found a large […]
Today is the birthday of Victoria Spivey. She would be 120 today. Victoria Spivey grew up in Houston, Texas, surrounded by a musical family. Her father led a string band, and her sisters all sang professionally too. She started performing in Houston's rowdy Third Ward clubs as a teenager. There, she learned to command a […]
Bright Eyes, the long-running indie-folk project of Conor Oberst, plays Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 6:30 PM. Tickets start at $93, with Lullaby for the Working Class opening. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska in the mid-1990s when Oberst was still a teenager, Bright Eyes became one of the defining acts of […]
Sleeping With Sirens bring their “An Ending In Itself Tour” to Bayou Music Center in Houston on October 15, with the show starting at 7 PM. Formed in Orlando in 2009, the band built its following in the post-hardcore and emo-influenced rock scene, anchored by frontman Kellin Quinn’s distinctive, wide-ranging vocals that swing between soaring […]
Wuhan math-rock and emo band Chinese Football play Hotel Vegas in Austin on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with doors at 7:00 PM. Advance tickets are $22 for a rare U.S. tour date from one of China's most respected independent rock bands. Chinese Football take their name and much of their sonic inspiration from the intricate, […]
Viral singer-songwriter Maddie Zahm brings her candid pop songs to The Kessler Theater on October 16.
“WEEZER: The Gathering” brings Weezer to Toyota Center in Houston on October 16, with support from The Shins and Silversun Pickups, tickets starting at $50. Formed in Los Angeles in 1992, Weezer became one of alternative rock’s defining bands with its 1994 self-titled debut (the “Blue Album”), whose hits “Buddy Holly” and “Undone – The […]
Josh Weathers Band brings their genre-blurring "Texas Soul" to the historic Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre in New Braunfels on Friday, October 16, 2026. Doors open at 7 PM with music starting at 7:30 PM, and tickets start at $298. Buy Tickets Frontman Josh Weathers has spent two decades building a sound that fuses soul, gospel, […]
The Austin Symphony Orchestra performs Danny Elfman's iconic score to Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" live to picture at The Long Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $153 for a full-film screening paired with a live orchestral performance. Elfman's "Batman" score remains one of the most […]
Pecos & The Rooftops play Floore Country Store in Helotes on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. Showtime is 8 p.m., with tickets starting at $56. Pecos & The Rooftops built their following the old-fashioned Texas way: relentless touring of the state's dance hall and honky-tonk circuit, where their high-energy blend of country, Southern rock and soul-tinged […]
