If you would like your band, club or event included in the calendar, please email your information to theblueshound@comcast.net (weekly deadline 5 pm Thursday)

Dates, times and bands are subject to change without notice.

 

Saturday,  December 15th

Americana (The) – Ray Cashman Band/Charles Bryant (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – Trudy Lynn (9:30 pm)
Cactus Music – Merel & Tony (1 pm)
Cheers (Tomball) – Diamond Jack (9 pm)
Chelsea Wine Bar (El Lago) – Grifters & Shills
Continental Club (The) - The High Roller/Paranoid featuring Glover Gill (9 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Mark May Band
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) – Carrie Rodriguez, Billy Crockett & Erin Ivey
     (dinner/Christmas show; 8:30 pm)
Emmit's Place - Mathias Lattin (7 pm); Odell Gray & The House Rules Band (9:30 pm)
Empty Glass (Tomball) – Sheila Marshall
Friends Uncorked (Friendswood) – Kickin’ It Dixie
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Holland K Smith (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Glorietta/The Texas Gentlemen
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – JJ Dynomite (9 pm)

Loaded Barrels – TreynWrek (8 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Already Gone/Abbey Rode (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – James McMurtry (7 & 9:30 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Guy Forsyth
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church – CJ Chenier


Sunday, December 16th

Big Easy (The) – Platinum Players (8 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook) – Chris Hardy & Matt Cash (4-8 pm)
Cactus Music – The Wheel Workers (1 pm); Fat Tony (4 pm)
County Line Bar & Grill (Richmond) – jam (3-7 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Ben Herrington (4-8 pm)
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Roger Dawson/Jes & Friends/The Texas Turbines/Mighty Orq/
     Keyz & Stix (3-8 pm; KPFT/Elf party and toy drive); Robert Kuhn Band (8:30 pm)
Danton’s Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen – blues brunch (11 am-4 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - The Texas Tenors (dinner/Christmas show;
     7:30 pm)
Emmit's Place - Eric Demmer & The Switch (7 pm)
Galveston Island Brewing (Galveston) – Hootenanny acoustic jam w/Kevin
     Anthony (1-4 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – open mic w/Terry Sites (5-8 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Los Texmaniacs featuring Flaco Jimenez
House of Blues – Guaco; Black Pistol Fire (Bronze Peacock Room)
Jailhouse Saloon – jam (2-8 pm)
JP Hops House – open mic (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Mark May Band (fundraiser for IBC Memphis trip; 3-8 pm)
Last Concert Café – acoustic jam session (11 am)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Stoney LaRue (8 pm)
Parrot Pub – Ken Gaines/Frank Martin Gilligan/Jeannine Higgins/Chuck Collins/
    Gary Sapone (Toys for Tots; 5-9 pm)
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Applehead (4-8 pm)
Ronnie’s Icehouse (Dickinson) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Rudyards – gypsy swing & jazz jam (6-8 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Sheila Marshall (5 pm)

 

Monday, December 17th

Big Easy (The) – John Egan
Birraporetti’s (downtown) – Bad Sneakers (7 pm)
Bubba’s on Washington – open mic w/Jahrel Pickens (9 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - Kenzie Phillips (CD release; 7:30 pm)
Emmit’s Place – jam w/Larry Evans (9 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Stoney LaRue (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – open mic (6:30 pm)


Tuesday, December 18th

Americana (The) – Bayou City Showcase Songwriters Night w/Mark Zeus (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – James Wilhite (9:30 pm)
Big Texas Dance Hall (Spring) – Sammy Kershaw
Birraporetti’s (Friendswood) – Brooke Alyson (6:30 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook) – Danny Lopez
Emmit’s Place – Bayou City Brass Band (8 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Eric Demmer’s Duo Session (8 pm)
Hideaway (The) – jam w/Rick Lee & The Night Owls (9:30 pm)
House of Blues – K. Michelle
Last Concert Café – Tom Turner (5-7 pm); open mic (7-9 pm); The Sideman (10 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Stoney LaRue (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Trish Murphy & Dan (Holiday show; 7:30 pm)
Swanny’s Grill – acoustic open mic w/Chuck Collins (6-9 pm)


Wednesday, December 19th

Acadia Live – open mic
Americana (The) – open jam (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – blues jam (9:30 pm)
Big Top (The) – Peter & James (10 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Peter Moore (9 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – open mic (9 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Randy Moore (8 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – bluegrass jam (6:30 pm)
Jackie’s Brickhouse (Kemah) – Sofa Kings
JP Hops House – Hard Times Troubadours (7 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Freddie Pate (8 pm)
Lafayette Cajun Seafood Restaurant – The Lafayette Dixieland Jazz Band (7-9 pm)
LaGrange – John Egan
Last Concert Café – Hellina Bucket (8 pm); Potroast (10 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Roger Creager (8 pm))
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Irish Session (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – open mic
Phil & Derek’s - Gulf Coast Blues Association jazz jam w/The Medicine Show
     (8 pm)
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Mitch Jacobs & Company (8 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Frank Martin Gilligan & Joe Gavito (6 pm)


Thursday, December 20th

Ashford Pub – open mic
Backwoods Saloon (Conroe) – jam w/Mark May
BFE Rock Club – open mic
Big Easy (The) – The Healers (9:30 pm)
Big Top (The) – Phantom Royals (10 pm)
Bubba’s on The Strand (Galveston) – open mic (7 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook) – Obsolete August
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – open mic
Continental Club (The) – Beetle (7-10 pm); Beth Lee & The Breakups
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - Sunny Sweeney, Brennen Leigh & Bri Bagwell
     (Christmas show; 8:30 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – open mic w/Ralph Williams & Hugh Meyer (8 pm)
House of Blues – Steven Wilson
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Paul Ramirez Band (9 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Martin Burniston’s 28^th Annual Christmas Singalong (7 pm)
19^th Hole (The Woodlands) – Partly Sunny
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Kickin’ It Dixie
Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston – Fab 5 (11:30 am)
Puffabelly’s (Old Town Spring) – open mic (6 pm)
Revention Music Center – H.E.R.
Sambuca Restaurant – Zenteno Spirit (7 pm)
Scotty’s Pub (League City) – Raf Rivera (8-11 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Emo Forever
Smart Financial Centre (Sugar Land) – Il Divo
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Slags (6 pm)
Warehouse Live – Faster Pussycat/Johny Solinger/The Dirty Reckless


Friday, December 21st

Acadia Live - Nonsmoking Def Leppard/Faith No More Tributes (8 pm)
Americana (The) – Tommy Lewis (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – Sparky Parker Band (9:30 pm)
Big top (The) – Deep Shadow (10 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – acoustic jam (8 pm)
Diamond Jim’s Country Saloon (Texas City) – Hot Rod & The Sharks
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) – Wood & Wire (Christmas show; 8:30 pm)
Fitzgerald’s – Cowpunk
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Big Al & The Heavyweights (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Jack Ingram/Robert Baird
House of Blues – Shinyribs/Robert Earl Keen
Jackie’s Brickhouse (Kemah) – Fab 5 (9 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Jordan Matthew Young (9 pm)
Last Concert Café – Jimmy Lee Deen (6 pm); Sherita Perez/Mary Anna Sokol/
     Staci Butler & Rowan Butler/The Atomic Nightingales (7 pm; toy drive)
Loaded Barrels – Joe Valentino
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Moe Bandy (8 pm)
Mascalzone – Tianna Hall & Greg Petito (7 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Martin Burniston’s 28^th Annual Christmas Singalong (7 pm)
Monkey Bar (Kemah) – Susan Hickman
19^th Hole (The Woodlands) – Saints of Ashcroft
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Kinky Friedman/Rick Elliott
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Mark May Band (9 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – The Spazmatics
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Milkbone (7 pm)
Toyota Center – Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2:30 & 7 pm)
Yaga’s (Galveston) – Bayou City Funk (10 pm)


Saturday,  December 22nd

Americana (The) – Selia Qynn (Christmas event; 8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – The Mighty Orq (9:30 pm)
Big Top (The) – Thrill (10 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook) – Goodtime Muffin
Cactus Music – Space Kiddettes (1 pm); Minor League (3 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Flow Tribe/Flyjack
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Starr Jernigan
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Dune TX (9 pm)
Del Mar Lanes – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) Sarah Grace & The Soul/Hamilton Loomis
     (6:30 pm)
Emmit’s Place – Chad Ware (9:30 pm)
Fitzgerald’s – The Finalist/Morningside Drive/The Last Place You Look/The Last
     Starfighter
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Evelyn Rubio (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Ray Wylie Hubbard/Bonnie Montgomery
Jackie’s Brickhouse (Kemah) - Swagger
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Mark May Band (9 pm)
Loaded Barrels – Santa Band
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Doug Allen Nash (Christmas show; 8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Martin Burniston’s 28^th Annual Christmas Singalong (7 pm)
Monkey Bar (Kemah) – Bryan Shayne
19^th Hole (The Woodlands) – The Smashed Idols/3 Exits to Hattiesburg
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Paul Ramirez Band (9 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Third Coast Roots
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Hannas Reef (7 pm)


Sunday, December 23rd

Big Easy (The) – Raa Raa (8 pm)
County Line Bar & Grill (Richmond) – jam (3-7 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Ben Herrington (4-8 pm)
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Trish Cramblet (8 pm)
Danton’s Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen – blues brunch (11 am-3 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - The Homestead (Christmas show; 7 pm)
Emmit’s Place – holiday jam w/Shawn Allen (7 pm)
Galveston Island Brewing (Galveston) – Hootenanny acoustic jam w/Kevin Anthony
     (1-4 pm)
Goodnight Charlie’s – Lonestar Bluegrass Band (1-3 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – open mic w/Chuck Collins (5-8 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis
House of Blues – Parker McCollum
Jailhouse Saloon – jam (2-8 pm)
JP Hops House – open mic (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – blues jam w/Live Mojo (4-8 pm)
Last Concert Café – acoustic jam session (11 am)
Ronnie’s Icehouse (Dickinson) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Bryan Shayne Band (5 pm)


Monday, December 24th (Christmas Eve)

Big Easy (The) – CLOSED
Bubba’s on Washington – open mic w/Jahrel Pickens (9 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) - CLOSED
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) - CLOSED
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – CLOSED


Tuesday, December 25th (Christmas Day)

Americana (The) – Bayou City Showcase Songwriters Night w/Mark Zeus (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – CLOSED
Cabo (Seabrook) – Danny Lopez
Continental Club (The) – Molly & The Ringwalds
Fitzgerald’s – 24^th & Final/30 Foot Fall
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – CLOSED
Hideaway (The) – jam w/Rick Lee & The Night Owls (9:30 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) - CLOSED
La Carafe – Jahrel Pickens (9 pm)
Last Concert Café – Tom Turner (5-7 pm); open mic (7-9 pm); The Sideman (10 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – CLOSED
Swanny’s Grill – acoustic open mic w/Chuck Collins (6-9 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) - CLOSED


Wednesday, December 26th

Acadia Live – open mic
Americana (The) – open jam (8 pm)
Axelrad – Kermit Ruffins (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – blues jam (9:30 pm)
Big Top (The) – Peter & James (10 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Meg Bres/Christie Dawson/Jake Schick/Ryan Schick/
     Ross Smoken/Elizabeth Cregan/Cameron Hull (4^th Annual Concert Against Cancer)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – open mic (9 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Greg Day & Lisa Lyric (8 pm)
Jackie’s Brickhouse (Kemah) – Sofa Kings
JP Hops House – Hard Times Troubadours (7 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Live Mojo (8 pm)
Lafayette Cajun Seafood Restaurant – The Lafayette Dixieland Jazz Band
     (7-9 pm)
LaGrange – John Egan

Last Concert Café – Hellina Bucket (8 pm); Potroast (10 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Two Tons of Steel (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Irish Session (7:30 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – open mic
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Mitch Jacobs & Company (7:30 pm)


Thursday, December 27th

Ashford Pub – open mic
BFE Rock Club – open mic
Big Easy (The) – Houston Blues Society Monthly Jam w/Dry Johnson (9:30 pm)
Big Top (The) – Paul Beebe & Charlie Harrison (10 pm)
Bubba’s on The Strand (Galveston) – open mic (7 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook) – Obsolete August
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – open mic
Continental Club (The) – Beetle (7-10 pm); Two Tons of Steel
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - Lucas Ebert (7:30 pm); Terry McBride
     (8:30 pm)
Emmit’s Place – Blues Guy (6 pm); New Jack Hippies (9:30 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – open mic w/Deanna Haughey & Sonya Nguyen (8 pm)
House of Blues – Deft Ones/Revolver/Shallow Bay
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Ricky Jackson (9 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) –      Sundance Head (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Bob Schneider (7 & 9:30 pm)
19^th Hole (The Woodlands) – TreynWrek (9:30 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – open mic
Puffabelly’s (Old Town Spring) – open mic (6 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant – Zenteno Spirit (7 pm)
Scotty’s Pub (League City) – Tom Asbridge (8-11 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Blaggards (6 pm)
White Oak Music Hall – The Black Angels


Friday, December 28th

Big Easy (The) – Annika Chambers (9:30 pm)
Continental Club (The) – The Monicas (7 pm); Global Village (9 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – acoustic jam (8 pm)
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Commie Hilfinger/Baron Von Bomblast/Broke Off/
     Kemo for Emo/Bed Devils (8 pm)
Diamond Jim’s Country Saloon (Texas City) - Hattrick
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - Honeybrowne (7:30 pm); Alex Weeden Band
     (8:30 pm)
Emporio Brazilian Grill – “Jazz & Bossa” Music Series w/Raquel Cepeda
Garage (The) (Alvin) – Andy & The Dreamsicles
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Eric Demmer Band (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – The Tontons/Black Pumas
House of Blues – Lyfe Jennings
Jackie’s Brickhouse (Kemah) – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Jay Hooks (9 pm)
Last Concert Café – Jimmy Lee Deen (6-8 pm)
Loaded Barrels – Texas Heat
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Sundance Head (8 pm)
Mascalzone – Tianna Hall & Greg Petito (7 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Cory Morrow (7 & 9:30 pm)
19^th Hole (The Woodlands) – Black Velvet
Notsuoh – Red Irish/The Lee Martin Express (8 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Two Tons of Steel
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show (9 pm)
Rockefellers – Rev. Horton Heat/Dale Watson
Ronnie’s Icehouse (Dickinson) – Mark May Band
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Pookie Marceau Band (7 pm)
White Oak Music Hall – Koe Wetzel


Saturday,  December 29th

B Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Hamilton Loomis (9 pm)
Big Easy (The) – Alan Haynes (9:30 pm)
Big Top (The) – Robert Kuhn (10 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook) - Falskye
Coals Smokehouse (Splendora) – Wayne Toups
Continental Club (The) – Son de Rey/DJ Soloces (A Selena Tribute; 8:30 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Paul Ramirez Band
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Little Outfit (9 pm)
Diamond Jim’s Country Saloon (Texas City) – Texas Thunder
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) – “In The Round” w/Tim Nichols, Julia Cole &
     Clint Daniels (8:30 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Jonn Del Toro Richardson (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Charlie Sexton/Kelly Doyle
House of Blues – The Fab 5/Diamond Jack
Jackie’s Brickhouse (Kemah) – Mambo Jazz Kings
Jailhouse Saloon (Spring) – Mark May Band
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – The Healers (9 pm)
Loaded Barrels – Texas TNT
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Shake Russell & Michael Hearne (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Radney Foster (7 & 9:30 pm)
Monkey Bar (Kemah) – Josh Wager
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Jeff Plankenhorn
Redneck Country Club (Stafford) – Freddie Pate
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Still Cruisin (7 pm)
Warehouse Live – Grupo Fantasmo
White Oak Music Hall – Toadies


Sunday, December 30th

Big Easy (The) – National Zydeco Foundation Monthly Jam (8 pm)
County Line Bar & Grill (Richmond) – jam (3-7 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Ben Herrington (4-8 pm)
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Chris Duarte (8 pm)
Danton’s Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen – blues brunch (11 am-4 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - Austin Meade (6:30 pm); William Clark Green
     (7:30 pm)
Emmit’s Place – James Wilhite  Band (7 pm)
Galveston Island Brewing (Galveston) – Hootenanny acoustic jam w/Kevin
     Anthony (1-4 pm)
Goodnight Charlie’s – Lonestar Bluegrass Band (1-3 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – open mic w/Jonmarc (5-8 pm)
Hawg Stop (The) – Black Velvet (4-8 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Los Skarnales/The Modern Don Juans
House of Blues – The Revolution
Jailhouse Saloon – jam (2-8 pm)
JP Hops House – open mic (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – blues jam w/Paul Ramirez (4-8 pm)
Last Concert Café – acoustic jam session (11 am)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Hadden Sayers (7 pm)
Ronnie’s Icehouse (Dickinson) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Bama Breeze Sound (5 pm)
White Oak Music Hall – Washed Out
Wortham Theater - Vel Lewis/The Braxton Brothers/Walter Beasley/Paula Atherton
     (5-9 pm)