BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Texas Music Map - ECPv6.17.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://texasmusicmap.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Texas Music Map
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20250309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20251102T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20260308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20261101T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20270314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20271107T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T210000
DTSTAMP:20260731T221407Z
CREATED:20260731T221407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T221407Z
UID:9045-1788894000-1788901200@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Domi and JD Beck at The Echo Lounge and Music Hall (7 PM Show)
DESCRIPTION:Dallas-bred drum prodigy JD Beck brings his genre-bending duo DOMi and JD Beck home to The Echo Lounge and Music Hall on September 8\, 2026. Tickets start at $60 for an early 7 p.m. homecoming set from one of jazz’s most electrifying young acts. \nBorn and raised in Dallas\, Beck started on piano at five before switching to drums at nine\, soaking up lessons from Erykah Badu bandmate Cleon Edwards and bassist Robert “Sput” Searight while still in grade school. By his early teens he was producing beats and sitting in on Dallas jam sessions\, building the polyrhythmic vocabulary that would make him one of the most talked-about drummers of his generation. \nBeck met French keyboardist DOMi Louna at the 2018 NAMM Show\, and the pairing clicked instantly. The two built a cult following through viral clips of dizzying\, genre-hopping improvisation before signing to Anderson .Paak’s APESHIT Recordings and releasing their Grammy-nominated debut album\, Not Tight\, in 2022. Along the way they’ve shared stages and studios with Thundercat\, Herbie Hancock\, Bruno Mars\, and Mac DeMarco. \nBuy Tickets \nThis early 7 p.m. set is one of two Domi and JD Beck shows at The Echo Lounge and Music Hall on September 8 — a rare chance to catch the duo’s virtuosic chemistry in Beck’s own hometown. \nGet your tickets on StubHub and don’t miss Beck’s return to the Dallas stage. \nNot Tight earned the duo a Grammy nomination for Best Progressive R&B Album and made them festival favorites from Coachella to North Sea Jazz\, but the pair have said Beck’s Dallas roots still shape how they approach a room: he’s spoken about learning to read a crowd on nights sitting in with local bands at spots like the Kessler Theater\, long before DOMi and JD Beck became a global act. Expect a set that swings between hushed\, intricate interplay and full-tilt fusion chaos\, the kind of show that’s made them word-of-mouth favorites among musicians and fans alike. \nDoors for the 7 p.m. show typically open an hour before set time\, and with two shows booked at The Echo Lounge and Music Hall the same night\, early arrival is recommended for anyone hoping to catch Beck’s homecoming from up close.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/dallas-domi-and-jd-beck-at-the-echo-lounge-and-music-hall-7-pm-show/
LOCATION:The Echo Lounge and Music Hall\, 1323 N Stemmons Fwy\, Dallas\, TX\, 75207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/domi-and-jd-beck-1-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T220000
DTSTAMP:20260731T222918Z
CREATED:20260731T222918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T222918Z
UID:9048-1788897600-1788904800@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Domi and JD Beck at The Echo Lounge and Music Hall (8 PM Show)
DESCRIPTION:Dallas-bred drum prodigy JD Beck brings his genre-bending duo DOMi and JD Beck back to The Echo Lounge and Music Hall for a late 8 p.m. set on September 8\, 2026. Tickets start at $65 for the second of two hometown shows from one of jazz’s most electrifying young acts. \nBorn and raised in Dallas\, Beck started on piano at five before switching to drums at nine\, soaking up lessons from Erykah Badu bandmate Cleon Edwards and bassist Robert “Sput” Searight while still in grade school. By his early teens he was producing beats and sitting in on Dallas jam sessions\, building the polyrhythmic vocabulary that would make him one of the most talked-about drummers of his generation. \nBeck met French keyboardist DOMi Louna at the 2018 NAMM Show\, and the pairing clicked instantly. The two built a cult following through viral clips of dizzying\, genre-hopping improvisation before signing to Anderson .Paak’s APESHIT Recordings and releasing their Grammy-nominated debut album\, Not Tight\, in 2022. Along the way they’ve shared stages and studios with Thundercat\, Herbie Hancock\, Bruno Mars\, and Mac DeMarco. \nBuy Tickets \nThis late 8 p.m. set is the second of two Domi and JD Beck shows at The Echo Lounge and Music Hall on September 8 — with the earlier show already drawing a crowd\, this later slot is the pick for anyone who wants a bit more room to move. \nGet your tickets on StubHub and don’t miss Beck’s return to the Dallas stage. \nNot Tight earned the duo a Grammy nomination for Best Progressive R&B Album and made them festival favorites from Coachella to North Sea Jazz\, but the pair have said Beck’s Dallas roots still shape how they approach a room: he’s spoken about learning to read a crowd on nights sitting in with local bands at spots like the Kessler Theater\, long before DOMi and JD Beck became a global act. Expect a set that swings between hushed\, intricate interplay and full-tilt fusion chaos\, the kind of show that’s made them word-of-mouth favorites among musicians and fans alike. \nDoors for the late show typically open shortly after the early set clears\, and with two shows booked at The Echo Lounge and Music Hall the same night\, this later set tends to have a looser\, after-hours feel.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/dallas-domi-and-jd-beck-at-the-echo-lounge-and-music-hall-8-pm-show/
LOCATION:The Echo Lounge and Music Hall\, 1323 N Stemmons Fwy\, Dallas\, TX\, 75207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/domi-and-jd-beck-1-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260913T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260913T230000
DTSTAMP:20260806T190329Z
CREATED:20260715T215409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T190329Z
UID:8746-1789329600-1789340400@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: The Mountain Grass Unit at The Kessler Theater
DESCRIPTION:Mountain Grass Unit and the Kessler Theater wrap up a busy September with a night of high-energy modern bluegrass. The Birmingham-born band built its following through relentless touring\, selling out more than thirty shows in a single year before winning the IBMA’s Momentum Band of the Year award. Because the band blends traditional bluegrass with jazz\, funk\, and even metal influences\, their live sets rarely sit still. \nMandolinist Drury Anderson and guitarist Luke Black met as kids taking lessons together\, and that long history shows up in the band’s tight\, instinctive interplay. Since their upcoming album arrives via Dualtone Records\, produced by six-time Grammy winner Vance Powell\, expect the band’s studio ambitions to show up on stage too. As a result\, this is a rare chance to catch a fast-rising bluegrass act in a room this small. \nAbout the Kessler Theater\nThe Kessler Theater reopened in 2010 after a restoration of its original 1942 Art Deco design in Dallas’s Oak Cliff neighborhood. \nShow Details & Tickets\nThe Mountain Grass Unit performs Sunday\, September 13 at 8:00 PM. Arrive early for this fast-rising bluegrass act. \nGet The Mountain Grass Unit tickets on StubHub \nBuy Tickets \nLooking for more shows? Browse the Texas Music Map events calendar for what’s next at the Kessler.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/mountain-grass-unit-kessler-theater-tickets/
LOCATION:The Kessler Theater\, 1230 W Davis St\, Dallas\, TX\, 75208\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/mountain-grass-unit-kessler-theater.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T220000
DTSTAMP:20260806T202944Z
CREATED:20260806T202944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T202944Z
UID:9152-1789675200-1789682400@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Uncle Lucius at Granada Theater
DESCRIPTION:Uncle Lucius brings its Austin-bred blend of Southern rock\, soul\, and outlaw country to the Granada Theater in Dallas on Thursday\, Sept. 17\, 2026. Tickets start at $53. \nThe band’s story starts in 2002\, when a 25-year-old Kevin Galloway left a banking career in East Texas for Austin\, where he began playing open-mike nights around town. He eventually crossed paths with bassist Hal Vorpahl\, who grew up on Willie Nelson records before picking up bass guitar himself. The two started writing together\, and within a year they’d added guitarist Mike Carpenter\, a veteran of the Austin scene steeped in classic rock. Formally founded in 2005\, the group built its name the old-fashioned way: touring relentlessly and building a loyal following on the strength of its live show\, a jam-friendly mix of groove and grit that made Uncle Lucius a fixture of the Austin independent music scene. \nBuy Tickets \nUncle Lucius and the Texas Dance Hall Circuit\nThe band cut its teeth in the same circuit of Texas dance halls and honky-tonks that built acts like the ones who’ve packed Gruene Hall in New Braunfels for generations\, and that dance-hall discipline still shows in how tightly the band locks in live. Uncle Lucius released its debut album\, “Something They Ain’t\,” in 2006\, followed by “Pick Your Head Up” in 2009 and “And You Are Me” in 2012\, recorded between Austin and Nashville. \nGet your tickets on StubHub \nThe band went on hiatus in 2018 before returning with a new tour in late 2022 and the album “Like It’s The Last One Left” in 2023\, bringing longtime members Galloway\, Carpenter\, Josh Greco\, and Jon Grossman back together with newer additions Drew Scherger and Doug Strahan. That reunion energy has carried into their live shows ever since\, and Dallas fans should expect a set built on the same groove-heavy\, soulful rock that made the band’s name in the first place. \nDoors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. The Granada Theater sits at 3524 Greenville Ave. in Lower Greenville\, one of Dallas’s most walkable live-music strips\, with plenty of bars and restaurants nearby for dinner before the show.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/uncle-lucius-at-granada-theater/
LOCATION:Granada Theater\, 3524 Greenville Ave\, Dallas\, TX\, 75206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/concert-silhouettes.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T220000
DTSTAMP:20260809T025732Z
CREATED:20260809T025732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260809T025732Z
UID:9269-1789848000-1789855200@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Grupo Duelo at Dos Equis Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:Grupo Duelo brings its norteño sound to Dos Equis Pavilion at Fair Park in Dallas on Saturday\, Sept. 19\, 2026\, with tickets starting at $99. \nFounded in 1996 when Óscar Iván Treviño and Dimas López started performing together in a restaurant in Roma\, Texas\, Grupo Duelo grew into one of the most consistently successful bands in norteño music\, splitting its identity between the Texas border town where it started and Monterrey\, Nuevo León\, just across the Rio Grande. The band’s 2003 album Desde Hoy topped sales charts in Monterrey and earned a gold record in Mexico\, launching a run that included a No. 1 debut on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart with 2009’s Necesito Más de Ti and another chart-topper the following year with Solamente Tú. \nBuy Tickets \nGrupo Duelo Brings Norteño to Fair Park\nDallas-Fort Worth’s large Mexican-American population has made North Texas a regular stop for Grupo Duelo\, and Dos Equis Pavilion’s open-air setting at Fair Park gives the band’s accordion-and-bajo-sexto sound plenty of room to carry. Norteño’s close-harmony vocals and dance-hall rhythms have deep roots along the Texas-Mexico border\, and Grupo Duelo has been one of the genre’s most durable ambassadors\, carrying that sound from the Rio Grande Valley to amphitheaters across the country. \nGet your tickets on StubHub \nThe band’s romantic\, hook-heavy songwriting has earned multiple Billboard nominations for Regional Mexican Album and Song of the Year\, and its live shows remain a fixture on the Texas dance-hall and amphitheater circuit. That border-crossing legacy sits alongside other South Texas institutions honored at the Totally Tejano Hall of Fame & Museum in San Antonio\, which traces the broader Tejano and norteño lineage Grupo Duelo has helped carry forward. \nDoors open at 6 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Dos Equis Pavilion is an outdoor venue at Fair Park\, so lawn seating is available alongside reserved pavilion seats; check the forecast and dress for the weather.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/dallas-grupo-duelo-at-dos-equis-pavilion/
LOCATION:Dos Equis Pavilion at Fair Park\, 1818 First Avenue\, Dallas\, TX\, 75210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/Grupo-Duelo.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260925
DTSTAMP:20260710T163220Z
CREATED:20260710T154205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T163220Z
UID:8591-1790208000-1790294399@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Blind Lemon Jefferson: Father of Texas Blues
DESCRIPTION:Today is the birthday of Blind Lemon Jefferson. He would be 133 today. \n\n\n\nLemon Henry Jefferson was born near Coutchman\, Texas\, on Sept. 24\, 1893. He was the youngest of seven children in an African American sharecropper family in Freestone County. He was born blind. He learned guitar as a teenager and began performing at church picnics and Saturday-night parties across the county. Then he found the street corners of East Texas. Then he found Deep Ellum in Dallas — and the corner of Elm Street and Central Tracks became his stage. \n\n\n\nThe Father of Texas Blues\n\n\n\nJefferson recorded 79 singles for Paramount Records between 1925 and 1929. He was the first commercially successful solo male blues artist in American history. “Matchbox Blues” and “Black Snake Moan” shaped a generation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named “Matchbox Blues” one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. He taught T-Bone Walker the guitar. He inspired B.B. King\, Lightnin’ Hopkins\, and Bob Dylan. He died in Chicago on Dec. 19\, 1929\, at 36. His grave in Wortham carries the inscription from his own song: “See that my grave is kept clean.” \nLearn more at the Texas State Historical Association.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/blind-lemon-jefferson-birthday/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Birthdays
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/blind-lemon-jefferson-circa-1926.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261010T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261011T000000
DTSTAMP:20260610T190144Z
CREATED:20260607T190632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T190144Z
UID:7209-1791660600-1791676800@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Kacey Musgraves at American Airlines Center
DESCRIPTION:Dallas\, the homecoming ends with you. Kacey Musgraves wraps up her Texas run on October 10 and 11\, 2026\, bringing the Middle of Nowhere Tour to American Airlines Center in the heart of downtown Dallas. Showtime hits at 7:30 PM\, and William Beckmann opens the night. This is an all-ages show at one of the biggest and best arenas in the entire state — and Saturday night at the AAC with Kacey Musgraves is exactly the kind of Texas evening worth clearing the calendar for. \n🎟️ Get your Kacey Musgraves Dallas tickets now Sat. Oct. 10 | Sun. Oct. 11\nKacey Musgraves based Middle of Nowhere on a sign in her tiny East Texas hometown of Golden — population 156 — that reads “Golden\, TX: Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere.” That origin story runs through every track on her seventh studio album and makes this Texas tour run deeply personal. She recorded the album during the longest single period of her life and said it was the first time she felt “incredible being alone\, existing in a space not defined by anyone else.” Consequently\, the record carries a clarity and confidence that sets it apart from everything she’s released in the last decade. \nThe Album That Brought Her Back to the Lone Star State\nMiddle of Nowhere arrived May 1\, 2026\, through the relaunched Lost Highway Records\, produced by Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk — the same team behind Golden Hour — and features guest appearances from Miranda Lambert\, Willie Nelson\, and Billy Strings. Additionally\, the album embraces Texas-style country hallmarks — acoustic guitar\, pedal steel\, light percussion — alongside borderland sounds and Mexican influences Kacey Musgraves has spoken about throughout her career. The result sounds both timeless and fresh. It sounds like Texas. \nCritics recognized it immediately. One reviewer called it her most discernibly country album since Pageant Material and possibly her most self-assured. Another named it their favorite mainstream release of 2026 so far. Moreover\, a third declared it “the triumphant return” fans had been waiting for\, calling the first single an instant hook. The tour that followed has sold out arenas from Chicago to Madison Square Garden. Nevertheless\, nothing on this run compares to a Texas homecoming — and the AAC on a Saturday night closes it out in style. \nEnd of the Line in Texas\nThe Middle of Nowhere Tour hits Dallas after stops in Houston on October 5 and Austin on October 7. Therefore\, by the time Musgraves steps onto the American Airlines Center stage Saturday night\, she arrives at full stride — a Texas girl closing out her homecoming run in the state’s biggest market. William Beckmann\, the Fredericksburg-raised country singer and ideal Texas opener\, sets the table before she takes over. \nThe tour also includes international dates in 2027\, with stops in Glasgow\, Manchester\, and London — but those audiences will see an artist who just finished burning through Texas. Dallas gets her at the peak of this homecoming\, on the biggest stage of the run.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/dallas-kacey-musgraves-at-american-airlines-center/
LOCATION:American Airlines Center\, 2500 Victory Ave.\, Dallas\, TX\, 75219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/Kacey-Musgraves.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261017T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261017T220000
DTSTAMP:20260806T203319Z
CREATED:20260806T203319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T203319Z
UID:9157-1792267200-1792274400@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Snarky Puppy at Granada Theater
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSnarky 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 for weekly rehearsals in his basement. The band played its first gig in the basement of a Denton pizza parlor in 2004\, and what started as a college side project grew into one of the most acclaimed instrumental acts of its generation\, blending jazz\, funk\, R&B\, and world music into a sound built for both headphones and arenas. \nBuy Tickets \nSnarky Puppy: A Denton Band Gone Global\nThe group’s North Texas roots run deep\, tracing back to the same university jazz program that has sent players to stages like the one at the University of North Texas\, where fellow alum Norah Jones once studied. Snarky Puppy has since gone on to win five Grammy Awards\, including Best R&B Performance for “Something” featuring Lalah Hathaway in 2014\, and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in 2016\, 2017\, 2021\, and 2023. \nGet your tickets on StubHub \nThe band’s rotating cast of world-class musicians and its “Family Dinner” live-recording concept have made its shows into communal events as much as concerts\, with members trading solos and building grooves that can stretch a single tune well past ten minutes. That improvisational\, big-band energy translates especially well to a room like the Granada\, where the crowd is close enough to catch every cue between players. \nDoors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. The Granada Theater sits at 3524 Greenville Ave. in Lower Greenville\, one of Dallas’s most walkable live-music strips\, with plenty of bars and restaurants nearby for dinner before the show.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/snarky-puppy-at-granada-theater/
LOCATION:Granada Theater\, 3524 Greenville Ave\, Dallas\, TX\, 75206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/snarky-puppy-vogue-theatre-2016.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261030T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261030T220000
DTSTAMP:20260806T203522Z
CREATED:20260806T203522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T203522Z
UID:9161-1793390400-1793397600@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Ray Wylie Hubbard at Granada Theater
DESCRIPTION: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. \nHubbard 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 future country star Michael Martin Murphey. After enrolling at the University of North Texas as an English major\, Hubbard started playing folk music in coffeehouses before spending summers performing in Red River\, New Mexico\, where he wrote “Up Against the Wall\, Redneck Mother.” Jerry Jeff Walker’s 1973 recording of the song turned it into an anthem of the progressive country movement and made Hubbard a cult figure in Austin’s outlaw scene almost overnight. \nBuy Tickets \nRay Wylie Hubbard and His Oak Cliff Return\nA founder of the Texas outlaw movement\, Hubbard also formed The Cowboy Twinkies\, a band many consider the first true cowpunk act\, and he’s spent more than five decades building a catalog that’s made him one of the most respected songwriters to come out of the same Dallas scene that also produced the late\, great Oak Cliff music history Hubbard himself helped shape. His gritty\, riff-driven records over the past two decades have earned him a new generation of fans well beyond the outlaw-country faithful who first embraced him in the 1970s. \nGet your tickets on StubHub \nHubbard’s live shows mix his early outlaw classics with the swampy\, blues-inflected songwriting of his later career\, delivered in the gravelly baritone that’s become his trademark. For Dallas audiences\, a Granada Theater date is something closer to a homecoming than a typical tour stop\, and longtime fans can expect Hubbard to lean into the stories behind the songs as much as the songs themselves. \nDoors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. The Granada Theater sits at 3524 Greenville Ave. in Lower Greenville\, one of Dallas’s most walkable live-music strips\, with plenty of bars and restaurants nearby for dinner before the show.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/ray-wylie-hubbard-at-granada-theater/
LOCATION:Granada Theater\, 3524 Greenville Ave\, Dallas\, TX\, 75206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Wylie-Hubbard-750.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261113T220000
DTSTAMP:20260806T203758Z
CREATED:20260806T203758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T203758Z
UID:9165-1794600000-1794607200@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: James McMurtry with BettySoo at Granada Theater
DESCRIPTION:Master storyteller James McMurtry plays the Granada Theater in Dallas on Friday\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, with support from fellow Austin songwriter BettySoo. Tickets start at $150\, and the show is close to selling out. \nBorn in Fort Worth and raised largely outside Texas\, McMurtry is the son of novelist Larry McMurtry\, author of “Lonesome Dove” and “The Last Picture Show.” He grew up around books and writers\, and that literary instinct shaped him into one of American music’s sharpest narrative songwriters. His break came in 1987\, when he was a finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival’s songwriting competition; his father later passed a tape of James’s songs to musician John Mellencamp\, who was impressed enough to produce his 1989 debut\, “Too Long in the Wasteland.” \nBuy Tickets \nJames McMurtry and the Texas Songwriter Scene\nMcMurtry’s detailed\, cinematic songs\, including the sprawling family-reunion epic “Choctaw Bingo\,” have made him a favorite among the same audience that fills rooms for the kind of literate Texas songwriting championed by artists like Guy Clark. Opener BettySoo\, a Korean American singer-songwriter raised in Spring\, Texas\, cut her teeth at Austin’s Cactus Cafe before releasing acclaimed records like 2009’s “Heat Sin Water Sin\,” produced by Gurf Morlix\, and has built her own reputation as a sharp\, soulful writer in that same tradition. \nGet your tickets on StubHub \nMcMurtry’s live shows are known for their intensity and detail\, songs that unfold like short stories and a band that plays them with a rock edge. With tickets running short for this date\, fans who want to catch two of Texas’s best storytelling songwriters on one stage should move quickly. \nDoors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. The Granada Theater sits at 3524 Greenville Ave. in Lower Greenville\, one of Dallas’s most walkable live-music strips\, with plenty of bars and restaurants nearby for dinner before the show.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/james-mcmurtry-at-granada-theater/
LOCATION:Granada Theater\, 3524 Greenville Ave\, Dallas\, TX\, 75206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://texasmusicmap.com/wp-content/uploads/James-McMurtry.webp
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T223000
DTSTAMP:20260819T122834Z
CREATED:20260819T122834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T122834Z
UID:9713-1795204800-1795213800@texasmusicmap.com
SUMMARY:Dallas: Band of Heathens at Longhorn Ballroom
DESCRIPTION:The Band of Heathens bring their Austin-bred blend of rock\, soul\, and Americana to the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas on November 20\, 2026\, as part of the Rolling Together Revue alongside Donavon Frankenreiter. Doors open around 8:00 p.m.\, with tickets starting at $64. \nFormed in Austin in 2006\, the Band of Heathens built its reputation through a legendary weekly residency on Austin’s Red River strip before hitting the road as one of the hardest-touring bands in the Americana scene. Songwriters Gordy Quist and Ed Jurdi trade lead vocals and guitar duties\, layering rock energy over soulful\, harmony-driven songwriting that has earned comparisons to The Band and Little Feat. The group has released a string of independently produced albums and built a devoted national following through relentless live shows and a busy touring schedule that returns them to Texas year after year. \nBuy Tickets \nThe Longhorn Ballroom is one of Dallas’s most storied music venues\, a dance hall with roots stretching back to the honky-tonk era whose recent renovation has made it a magnet for touring roots and rock acts. Pairing the Band of Heathens with surf-soul artist Donavon Frankenreiter for this Rolling Together Revue makes for a night that spans coastal groove and Texas-bred rock and roll under one roof. \nGet your tickets on StubHub \nOver nearly two decades\, the Band of Heathens has built a catalog that draws equally on rootsy songcraft and rock and roll grit\, growing from local Austin club dates into headlining tours across the country and international festival stops. The band’s current run through Texas also includes stops at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena; see the Red Clay Strays at Dickies Arena listing for another can’t-miss Texas show this fall. \nDoors typically open two to three hours before the show’s start. The Longhorn Ballroom sits in the Cedars neighborhood just south of downtown Dallas\, with dedicated parking available on-site.
URL:https://texasmusicmap.com/event/dallas-band-of-heathens-at-longhorn-ballroom/
LOCATION:Longhorn Ballroom\, 216 Corinth St\, Dallas\, Texas\, 75203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR