Today is the birthday of Gene Autry. He would be 119 today. Orvon Grover Autry was born near Tioga, Texas on September 29, 1907, in Grayson County, north of Dallas near the Red River. He grew up on a ranch and learned guitar from his mother and harmonica from a traveling musician. He worked as […]
Today is the birthday of Gene Autry. He would be 119 today. Orvon Grover Autry was born near Tioga, Texas on September 29, 1907, in Grayson County north of Dallas near the Red River. He grew up on a ranch and learned guitar from his mother. He worked as a telegraph operator for the Frisco […]
K-pop group Aespa plays American Airlines Center in Dallas on Tuesday, September 29, with tickets starting at $62. Formed by SM Entertainment and debuting in 2020, Aespa built its identity around a distinctive concept: each of the group’s four members performs alongside a digital “avatar” counterpart, a sci-fi-inflected mythology woven through music videos and stage […]
Today is the birthday of Gibby Haynes. He would be 69 today. Gibby Haynes grew up in Dallas, Texas, then blew up the rulebook completely. His father hosted a kids' TV show under the name Mr. Peppermint. Gibby wanted nothing to do with that wholesome image. He enrolled at Trinity University in San Antonio to […]
Five Finger Death Punch headlines Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on Wednesday, September 30, with Cody Jinks and Eva Under Fire opening. Tickets start at $33. Formed in Los Angeles in 2005, Five Finger Death Punch has become one of hard rock's most consistent arena draws, racking up multiple platinum and gold albums including "The […]
Today is the birthday of Albert Collins. He would be 94 today. Albert Collins grew up outside Leona, Texas, deep in Leon County cotton country. He picked cotton before he ever picked a guitar string. But something clicked when he tuned his instrument to an open minor chord. He clamped a capo high on the […]
Rock and blue-eyed soul veteran Boz Scaggs brings his "Rhythm Review 2026" tour to Bass Concert Hall in Austin on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets start at $85 for a night with one of the smoothest voices to come out of the 1970s Bay Area rock scene. Scaggs first made his mark […]
RUSH brings its “Fifty Something Tour” to Toyota Center in Houston on October 1, with tickets starting at $75. Formed in Toronto in 1968, Rush became one of progressive rock’s most technically accomplished and enduring acts, built around Geddy Lee’s distinctive high-register vocals and virtuosic bass playing, Alex Lifeson’s intricate guitar work, and the late […]
Mumford & Sons bring their anthemic folk-rock sound to The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on October 1, tickets starting at $52. Formed in London in 2007, Mumford & Sons became one of the defining bands of the early-2010s folk-rock revival, built around Marcus Mumford’s raw, impassioned vocals and a sound driven by […]
Josh Weathers Band headlines Haute Spot in Cedar Park on Friday, October 2, 2026, bringing Fort Worth's genre-blurring "Texas Soul" sound to the Austin suburbs. Music starts at 6 PM, and tickets start at $46. Buy Tickets Frontman Josh Weathers has spent two decades building a sound that fuses soul, gospel, rock and Americana into […]
Today is the birthday of Stevie Ray Vaughan. He would be 72 today. Stephen Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas on October 3, 1954. He grew up in Oak Cliff on the south side of Dallas, where his older brother Jimmie was already playing guitar in the clubs. Stevie started playing at seven and […]
Today is the birthday of Stevie Ray Vaughan. He would be 72 today. Stephen Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas on October 3, 1954. He grew up in Oak Cliff on the south side of Dallas, where his older brother Jimmie was already playing guitar in the clubs. Stevie started playing at seven and […]
Pecos & The Rooftops roll into Nacogdoches for a show at Banita Creek Hall on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. The East Texas dance hall date kicks off at 10 p.m., with tickets starting at $57. Pecos & The Rooftops built their following the old-fashioned Texas way: relentless touring of the state's dance hall and honky-tonk […]
Z-Ro brings his hometown Houston rap sound back to Scout Bar on October 3, with doors at 8 PM and the show starting at 10 PM. Known as “The Mo City Don,” Z-Ro has spent nearly three decades as one of Houston hip-hop’s most respected and prolific voices, building a catalog defined by raw, often […]
Rebecca Black brings her “Exhibitionism on Tour” to White Oak Music Hall’s Downstairs room in Houston on October 3, with the show starting at 7 PM. Black first became a viral phenomenon as a teenager with 2011’s “Friday,” and has spent the years since deliberately rebuilding her career on her own terms as a hyperpop […]
Michael Martin Murphey brings his catalog of cowboy songs and country-folk classics to Red River Station in Saint Jo on Saturday, October 3, 2026. Doors open at 8 PM, and tickets start at $80. Buy Tickets About Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey was born in Dallas in 1945 and broke through in 1975 with […]
The Black Queen bring their dark, synth-driven sound to Scout Bar in Houston on October 4, with doors at 7 PM and the show starting at 7:30 PM. The trio, formed in 2014 by Deftones/Crosses vocalist Greg Puciato alongside Steve Alexander and Joshua Eustis, blends moody electronic textures with post-punk and industrial influences into a […]
Blue-eyed soul veteran Boz Scaggs plays the Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas on Sunday, October 4, with tickets starting at $93. Scaggs got his start playing in Steve Miller’s band before launching a solo career that peaked commercially with 1976’s “Silk Degrees,” a smooth blend of soul, R&B, and yacht rock that produced hits including […]
Today is the birthday of Steve Miller. He would be 83 today. Steve Miller learned guitar in a Dallas living room, not a Milwaukee garage. His family moved to Dallas, Texas, when he was a boy, and the city shaped him. At St. Mark's School he met a classmate named Boz Scaggs. Later, both boys […]
Kacey Musgraves brings her “Middle of Nowhere Tour” to Toyota Center in Houston on October 5, with tickets starting at $58. The Texas-born singer-songwriter has spent over a decade redefining what mainstream country music can sound like, blending traditional twang with psychedelic pop textures and disarmingly candid lyricism about love, heartbreak, and self-discovery. Her 2018 […]
Brian Fallon, the gravel-voiced frontman of The Gaslight Anthem, plays a solo show at Mohawk in Austin on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, with doors at 6:30 PM. Tickets start at $77 for a night built around road-worn, heart-on-sleeve rock and roll. Fallon first made his name fronting New Jersey's The Gaslight Anthem, whose 2008 breakthrough […]
Miranda Lambert brings her outlaw-country swagger back home to Texas for a show at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. It's a homecoming of sorts for the East Texas native, and the Stockyards crowd is expected to turn out in force. Doors open ahead of an 8:00 PM start inside […]
The Red Clay Strays roll into Fort Worth's Dickies Arena on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, with doors for a 6:30 p.m. show and tickets starting at $63. The five-piece out of Mobile, Alabama has spent the past two years turning bar-band grit into arena-headliner momentum, and this Cultural District stop lands during one of the […]
Show Me the Body bring their raw blend of hardcore, noise, and NYC grit to Mohawk in Austin on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, with doors at 6:30 PM. Tickets start at $61 for a night with one of underground rock's most confrontational live acts, joined by WHISPERS and JIVEBOMB. Formed in New York City, Show […]
Jack White, the Grammy-winning guitarist and former frontman of The White Stripes, brings his "Live 2026" tour to The Bomb Factory in Dallas on October 7. White first broke through in the late 1990s and early 2000s as one half of The White Stripes alongside Meg White, helping lead the garage rock revival with albums […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This Is Lorelei, the solo project of Water From Your Eyes' Nate Amos, plays Hotel Vegas in Austin on Saturday, October 10, 2026, with doors at 7:00 PM and a set at 8:00 PM. Advance tickets are $25, with Colin Miller featured on the bill. Nate Amos, best known as one half of the acclaimed […]
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Samara Joy performs in Dell Hall at The Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $265 for a night with one of jazz's most celebrated young voices. Samara Joy burst into the jazz mainstream with a voice steeped in the […]
Today is the birthday of Gene Watson. He would be 83 today. Gene Watson of Palestine, Texas, spent his mornings fixing wrecked cars, not chasing fame. He worked as an auto body mechanic well into his recording career. Before his big break, he had already spent a decade playing small Texas honky-tonks nightly. Then, in […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
San Diego garage-soul trio The Schizophonics bring their "Burning Floor Tour" to Hotel Vegas in Austin on Friday, October 16, 2026, with doors at 8:00 PM. Advance tickets are $18, with Descartes A Kant and Melvins drummer Dale Crover also on the bill. The Schizophonics have built a reputation as one of the most physically […]
“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, […]
Today is the birthday of Little Joe. He would be 86 today. Little Joe of Temple, Texas, built an entire sound out of stubbornness. Radio programmers once told him Tejano music needed to sound simpler. He ignored them and layered in horns, jazz chords, and steel guitar twang instead. His 1974 anthem "Las Nubes" became […]
Grammy-winning jazz-fusion collective Snarky Puppy plays the Granada Theater on Lower Greenville on Saturday, October 17, with tickets starting at $55. Formed in Denton, Texas, at the University of North Texas’s storied jazz program in the early 2000s, Snarky Puppy grew from a local college jam band into an internationally touring, multiple-Grammy-winning fusion ensemble, blending […]
Grammy-winning jazz-funk collective Snarky Puppy brings its genre-defying live show to the Granada Theater in Dallas on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. Tickets start at $81. Snarky Puppy was born just up the road in Denton, when bassist and bandleader Michael League gathered nine fellow students from the University of North Texas's renowned Jazz Studies program […]
Snarky Puppy returns to Austin on Monday, October 19, 2026, for a headline show at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. Doors are set ahead of an 8:00 PM start, with tickets starting at $87. About Snarky Puppy The Brooklyn-based fusion collective, led by bassist, composer, and producer Michael League, blends jazz, funk, and rock […]
Texas natives The Chicks bring their "Taking The Long Way Home: 20 Years" tour to Bass Concert Hall in Austin on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 8:30 PM. Resale tickets are currently starting around $623, reflecting strong demand for a hometown-state show marking two decades since one of their most acclaimed records. Formed in Dallas, […]
Hermanos Gutiérrez bring their instrumental, cinematic guitar sound to White Oak Music Hall’s outdoor Lawn stage in Houston on October 21, with the show starting at 6 PM. The Swiss-Ecuadorian brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez have built an international following on wordless, reverb-drenched compositions that draw on desert-noir, spaghetti-western, and Latin American folk traditions. The […]
"Waitress," the Tony-nominated Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, opens its Austin run at Bass Concert Hall on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 7:30 PM as part of the Broadway in Austin series. The run continues through October 23, with tickets starting at $77. Based on the 2007 film of the same […]
Today is the birthday of Bobby Fuller. He would be 84 today. Baytown, Texas, along the Houston Ship Channel, gave the world Bobby Fuller. His family later moved to El Paso, where the real story begins. He built a home recording studio in his bedroom, obsessing over Buddy Holly's sound. He taught himself engineering by […]
Long Beach rapper Vince Staples brings his Cry Baby Tour to Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets start at $48 for a night with one of hip-hop's sharpest, most consistently inventive lyricists. Staples emerged from Long Beach and North Long Beach's Compton-adjacent street culture with a voice that […]
The Ransom Brothers bring their Texas country sound to The Rustic in Dallas on October 23, with no cover charge for this Uptown patio show. The duo has built a regional following through steady touring across Texas dance halls, patios, and honky-tonks, leaning on tight vocal harmonies and classic country songwriting that draws comparisons to […]
Today is the birthday of The Big Bopper. He would be 96 today. J.P. Richardson grew up in Sabine Pass, Texas, near the Gulf Coast marshes. He worked as a radio DJ in Beaumont before he ever cut a record. There, he invented a booming, larger-than-life persona called "The Big Bopper." His voice rolled out […]
Robert Ellis, the Texas-bred singer-songwriter known for his sharp, literate songwriting, plays Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas on October 24. Raised in Lake Jackson, Texas and long based in Houston and Nashville, Ellis has built a career blending traditional country songwriting with wry, self-aware lyricism that draws comparisons to both classic Texas troubadours and […]
Today is the birthday of Narciso Martínez. He would be 115 today. Narciso Martínez built the sound of modern conjunto from a farmhouse near San Benito, Texas. He crossed the border from Reynosa as a small child, and Texas raised him. The Rio Grande Valley, not his birthplace, shaped the music he made. In 1935, […]
One of West Texas's most exciting country rock acts, Treaty Oak Revival brings their electric live show to Concrete Street Amphitheatre in Corpus Christi on October 29, 2026. Tickets are available from $71 — a chance to see a band on the rise at one of the Gulf Coast's most beloved outdoor venues. Treaty Oak […]
Today is the birthday of Illinois Jacquet. He would be 104 today. Illinois Jacquet played one saxophone solo that basically invented rock and roll's attitude. His family moved to Houston, Texas when he was still an infant. Illinois Jacquet's Houston, Texas upbringing filled his ears with blues, church, and street parades. He learned tenor saxophone […]
Texas outlaw-country godfather Ray Wylie Hubbard returns to his old Dallas neighborhood for a show at the Granada Theater on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. Tickets start at $81. Hubbard grew up in Oak Cliff, the South Dallas neighborhood his family moved to when he was eight, and he graduated from W.H. Adamson High School alongside […]
PJ Morton brings his “Saturday Night Sunday Morning Tour” to Bayou Music Center in Houston on October 30, with the show starting at 8 PM. The New Orleans-born singer, songwriter, and keyboardist has spent more than two decades building parallel careers as a solo R&B artist and as a longtime member of Maroon 5, a […]
Today is the birthday of Sippie Wallace. She would be 128 today. Beulah Thomas was born in Houston, Texas on November 1, 1898. She grew up in the Third Ward singing in the Shiloh Baptist Church, the same gospel current that ran through the Texas blues tradition from the beginning. She moved to New Orleans, […]
Today is the birthday of Lyle Lovett. He is 69 today. Lyle Pearce Lovett was born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957 — a small community north of Houston that was settled by his ancestor Adam Klein in the 1840s. Lovett grew up on his family's land. He studied journalism at Texas A&M and […]
San Francisco garage-psych institution Osees, featuring former member Brigid Dawson, play the second of two Austin nights at Hotel Vegas on Sunday, November 1, 2026, with a 6:00 to 11:00 PM patio show. Tickets are $34, with Traps PS opening; the first night, October 31, is already sold out. Led by prolific songwriter and guitarist […]
Disney's "Moana" comes to life with a full orchestral score performed live to picture at The Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 6:00 PM. Tickets start at $178 for a family-friendly evening pairing the beloved animated film with a live symphony. "Moana," with music by Mark Mancina, […]
String-band revivalists Old Crow Medicine Show play the Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas on Sunday, November 1. Formed in the mid-1990s and eventually adopted by bluegrass legend Doc Watson, who discovered the band busking on a North Carolina street corner, Old Crow Medicine Show helped spark old-time string music's return to mainstream popularity in the […]