Music Calendar
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.
Monday, April 23rd
Big Easy (The) – John Egan
Birraporetti’s (downtown) – Bad Sneakers (7 pm)
Café 4212 – jazz jam
Emmit’s Place – jam w/Applehead (9 pm)
House of Blues - The Breeders
Last Concert Café – jazz jam (7:30 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – open mic (6:30 pm)
Revention Music Center – The Piano Boys
Saloon Door Brewing (Webster) – open mic (7:30 pm)
Vollie Ray’s – open mic
Tuesday, April 24th
Americana (The) – Bayou City Showcase Songwriters Night w/Mark Zeus (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – The Big Easy Trio (9:30 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) – David Archuleta (dinner/show; 7:30 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Diunna Greenleaf & Leonard "Low Down" Brown (8 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Dixie Dreggs
Hideaway (The) – jam w/Rick Lee & The Night Owls (9:30 pm)
House of Blues - Eric B & Rakim/Yo-Yo
Last Concert Café – Tom Turner (5-7 pm); open mic (7-9 pm); The Sideman (9 pm)
Lobello’s Pub (Huffman) – Susan Hickman
McCardell’s – open mic w/James Roosa (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Jordi Baizan (7:30 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Nonpoint/Butcher Babies
Stafford Centre (Stafford) – Weird Al Yankovic
Swanny’s Grill – acoustic open mic w/Chuck Collins (6-9 pm)
Vollie Ray’s – open jam w/Wolff Delong (8 pm)
Wednesday, April 25th
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)
Cock & Bull British Pub (Seabrook) – open mic (7 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – open mic (9 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – David Vidal & Jimmy Rose (8 pm)
Hearsay – Chicken & Waffles Trio (7:30 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – bluegrass jam (6:30 pm)
House of Blues – Charlie Harrison, Nathan Quick & Ben Jarrad (Foundation Room; 7 pm)
JP Hops House – Hard Times Troubadours (7 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Chad Ware (8 pm)
Lafayette Cajun Seafood Restaurant – The Lafeyette Dixieland Jazz Band (7-9 pm)
LaGrange – John Egan
Last Concert Café – Hellina Bucket (8 pm); Potroast (10 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Tommy Castro & The Painkillers (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Irish Session (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – open mic
Puffabelly’s (Old Town Spring) – Davin James Songwriter Showcase (8 pm)
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Mitch Jacobs & Company (7:30 pm)
Revention Music Center – Haim/Lizzo
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Through The Roofs
Shakespeare Pub (The) – Tony Vega Band (9 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Grifters & Shills (6 pm)
Thursday, April 26th
Acadia Live – Abolishment of Flesh/Sift Through the Ashes/Epic Death
Americana (The) – John Egan (7:30 pm)
Anderson Fair – “Songwriters in the Round” w/Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson
Ashford Pub – open mic
BFE Rock Club – open mic
Big Easy (The) – Houston Blues Society Monthly Jam w/Little Terry & The Blues Birds
(9:30 pm)
Biggles Sports Bar – blues jam (8 pm)
Blue Giraffe (The) (Old Town Spring) – open mic (7 pm)
Bubba’s on The Strand (Galveston) – open mic (7 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – open mic
Continental Club (The) – Beetle (7-10 pm); Astragal/Glove
County Line Bar & Grill (Richmond) – The Matchsticks
Crazy Alan’s Swamp Shack (Kemah) – Zach Tate & Lynn Raggio (6 pm)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Jack Johnson
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – blues jam w/Jonn Del Toro Richardson (8 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) – Mary Sarah Band (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
Firehouse Saloon – Wild Rabbit Band
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – open mic w/Greg Benson & Deanna Haughey (8 pm)
House of Blues – Whiskey Myers/Threadbare Jesters
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Sparky Parker Band (9 pm)
Last Concert Café - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (8 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Marcia Ball (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Suzanna Choffel (7 pm); Lucas Jack (9:30 pm)
19th Hole (The Woodlands) – jam w/TreynWrek (9:30 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – open mic
Pier 30 (Freeport) – Mandi Powell
Puffabelly’s (Old Town Spring) – open mic (6 pm)
Rockefellers – The Garden/Tijuana Panthers/Cowgirl Clue
Sambuca Restaurant – Zenteno Spirit (7 pm)
Smooth Tony's (Galveston) - Kickin' It Dixie
Third Coast Music Festival (Galveston)
Bubba’s on The Strand: The Powell Brothers (8 pm); Kody West (10 pm);
Mike & The Moonpies (midnight)
Hotel Galvez: Sheila Marshall (2 pm); Los Dientes (3 pm); Robert Kuhn
(4 pm); Libby Koch (5 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café: Jaimee Harris (6:30 pm); Wood & Wire (8 pm)
Stuttgarden Tavern: Keyun & The Zydeco Masters (8:30 pm); The Nightowls
(10:30 pm)
Yaga’s Café: Folk Family Revival (9:30 pm); Harvest the Thieves (11:30 pm)
Friday, April 27th
Acadia Live – Carter/Pretty Dreadful/Hostil Redemption/Among the Recovered/Useless
Americana (The) – Opie Hendrix (9 pm)
Back Porch (The) (LaMarque) – Zydeco Road Dawgs (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – No Refund Band (9:30 pm)
Bubba’s on the Strand (Galveston) – Hipwaiders Flying Circus
Concert Pub North (The) – Texas TNT/Diamond Jack
Continental Club (The) – The Molly Jones (7 pm); The Nightowls
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – acoustic jam (8 pm)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Eric Church/Elle King/The Texas Gentlemen
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Desdimona (8 pm)
Darwin’s Pub – Los Vertigos (9 pm); Noble Age (11 pm)
Diamond Jim’s Country Saloon (Texas City) – Pee Wee Bowen Band (8 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) – Ritchie Kotzen Trio (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
Emmit’s Place – Raa Raa (9:30 pm)
Emporio Brazilian Grill – “Jazz & Bossa” Music Series w/Raquel Cepeda
Firehouse Saloon – The Good Heart
French Corner (The) – Paul English Jazz Quartet (8 pm)
Friends Uncorked – Grifters & Shills/Amanda Pascali (8:30 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Steve Krase Band (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – Over The Rhine/Leigh Nash
Jailhouse Saloon (Spring) – Lectric Ed & The Welders
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Alan Haynes (9 pm)
Last Concert Café – Jimmy Lee Deen (6-8 pm); Wood & Wire (album release)/
Folk Family Revival/The Mismatch
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – James McMurtry (7 & 9:30 pm)
19th Hole (The Woodlands) – Tatted & Torn/Red Seraph/The Four Mechanics
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Mark May Band (9 pm)
Rudyard’s – The Wheel Workers
Sam Houston Race Park – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Lemon Yellow Sun/Chains of Alice
Shakespeare Pub (The) – The Mighty Orq & The Unusuals (6-8 pm)
Shenanigan’s (Texas City) – Bryan Shayne
Southern Star Brewery (Conroe) – TreynWrek (5 pm)
Third Coast Music Festival (Galveston)
Bubba’s on The Strand: Kevin Anthony & G-Town (8 pm); John Evans Band
(10 pm); The Derailers (midnight)
Hotel Galvez: Matt Harlan (2 pm); Brandon Williams (3 pm); Denise Franke
(4 pm); Brandon McDermott (5 pm); Dandy Wellington (6 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café: Mike Stinson (7:30 pm); Jaime Wyatt (9:30 pm)
Proletariat Gallery & Public House: Little Outfit (8:30 pm); El Lago (10:30 pm)
Stuttgarden Tavern: Peterson Brothers (9 pm); Tomar & The FCs (11 pm)
Yaga’s Café: Tessy Lou & The Shotgun Stars (9:30 pm); Grady Spencer &
the Work (11:30 pm)
White Oak Music Hall – The Skull (8 pm)
Saturday, April 28th
Acadia Live – Downfall 2012/Anonymous Henchmen/Angel Siren/The Smashed Idols
Back Pew Brewing (Porter) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show (1-5 pm)
Back Porch (The) (LaMarque) – JJ Dynomite (8 pm)
Big Easy (The) – Alan Haynes (9:30 pm)
Cactus Music – Polish Pete & The Polka I Hardly Know Her Band (1 pm); Free Radicals (3 pm)
Cash County Line (Humble) – Midnight River Choir
Concert Pub North (The) – Judgement Day/Perfect Strangers
Cottonwood Houston - Tomar & The FC's (8 pm)
County Line Bar & Grill (Richmond) – Robert Frith
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Hipwaiders Flying Circus
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Guitar Bill (4-6 pm); Dune, TX (9 pm)
Diamond Jim’s Country Saloon (Texas City) - Stranded
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) - The Music of Abba (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
Emmit’s Place – Combination Band (9:30 pm)
French Corner (The) – Paul English Jazz Quartet (8 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – Evelyn Rubio Band (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The) – The Lone Bellow
House of Blues – PJ Morton (Bronze Peacock Room); VHT/Let It Rock/The Joan Hearts/
Crue Fast For Love
Jailhouse Saloon (Spring) – Shovelhead Runway (3 pm); Troublemaker (8 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – Mark May Band (9 pm)
Last Concert Café – Roxy Roca/Cilantro Boombox
Lobello’s Pub (Huffman) – Mister Kicks
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Larry Gatlin (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Charlie Mars (7 pm); Bob Livingston (9:30 pm)
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Zach Tate Band (9 pm)
19th Hole (The Woodlands) - HayWired
Pearland Town Center (Pearland) - Pearland Opry on the Square (7-9 pm)
Redneck Country Club (Stafford) – Cory Morrow
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Critter Taylor Band (9 pm)
Saloon Door Brewing (Webster) - Kickin' It Dixie
Sam Houston Race Park – Pat Green
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Lies of An Alibi/Black Market Tragedy/Sensitiser/Khan
Stuttgarden Tavern (Kemah) – Hamilton Loomis (9:30 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Boogie Woogie Duo (12-3 pm)
Third Coast Music Festival (Galveston)
Bubba’s on The Strand: Charlie & The Regrets (8 pm); Two Tons of Steel
(10 pm); Jack Ingram (midnight)
Hotel Galvez: John Evans Band (1 pm); Two Tons of Steel (2:30 pm);
Matt Tolentino with Dandy Wellington (4 pm)
Proletariat Gallery & Public House: Drew Kennedy (8:30 pm); Fingerpistol
(10:30 pm)
Stuttgarden Tavern: Chansons et Soulards (9 pm); Geno Delafose (11 pm)
Yaga’s Café: Los Mighty Hooks (9:30 pm); El Tule (11:30 pm)
Toyota Center - Pink
White Oak Music Hall – David Byrne
Sunday, April 29th
Acadia Live – Red Bay/Micajah/Sirens Breath/Broke Rich
Big Easy (The) – National Zydeco Foundation Monthly Jam (8 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook) – Chris Hardy & Matt Cash (3-7 pm)
Churchill’s Bar & Grill (Sugar Land) – jam/Sugarland Brass Company (3-7 pm)
Concert Pub North (The) – LoNero/Killer Bee
County Line Bar & Grill (Richmond) – jam (3-7 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Ben Herrington (4-8 pm)
Danton’s Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen – blues brunch (11 am-4 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands) – Neal McCoy (dinner/show; 7 pm)
Emmit’s Place – The Switch w/Eric Demmer (6 pm)
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble) – open mic (5 pm)
Hearsay – Chicken & Waffles Trio (12-3 pm)
House of Blues - Christophe Mae (Bronze Peacock Room)
Jailhouse Saloon – Kaleidoscope Project (3 pm)
JP Hops House – open mic (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) – blues jam w/James Wilhite (4-8 pm)
Last Concert Café – acoustic jam session (10:30 am)
ReHab Bar on the Bayou – Psychedelic Psundaze Show (7 pm)
Ronnie’s Icehouse (Dickinson) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant – Jawad (7:15 pm)
Shakespeare Pub (The) – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray (8:30 pm)
Smart Financial Centre (Sugar Land) – Judas Priest/Black Star Riders/Saxon
Sundown Saloon – acoustic open mic w/Don Whitt (4-8 pm)
Third Coast Music Festival (Galveston)
Grand 1894 Opera House (The): Joe Robinson (7 pm); Rodney Crowell
(8:30 pm)
Toyota Center - Pink
Vollie Ray’s – open jam w/Kelly Chambers (3-7 pm)
Upcoming Events
Acadia Bar & Grill www.acadiabarandgrill.com
June 1: Uli John Roth
Wednesdays: open mic
Americana (The)
www.theamericanahouston.com
May 3: Will Payne Harrison (7 pm)
May 11: Jess & The Midnight Peddlers (9 pm)
May 12: Eric Korb (8:30 pm)
May 25: Brad Fielder/Sean Lucy/Grifters & Shills (8:30 pm)
Tuesdays: Bayou City Showcase Songwriters Night w/Mark Zeus (8 pm)
Wednesdays open jam (8 pm)
Anderson Fair
www.andersonfair.net
May 4: Al Staehely
May 10: Grifters & Shills/Ken Gaines/Wayne Wilkerson/David Morrison (8:30 pm)
Thursdays: Songwriters in the Round w/Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson
Ashford Pub
Thursdays: open mic
Baker Street Pub (Katy)
May 11: The Spotlights (9:45 pm)
Bernhardt Winery (Plantersville)
August 12: Sugarland Brass Company (7-10 pm)
BFE Rock Club
www.bferockclub.com
July 7: Seven8seven
August 18: Puddle of Mudd
Thursdays: open mic
Big Easy (The) www.thebigeasyblues.com
May 18: Steve Krase (CD release; 9:30 pm)
Mondays: John Egan
Tuesdays: The Big Easy Trio
Wednesdays:blues jam
Thursdays: Luther & the Healers
Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon (Webster)
May 11: Josh Ward Band
Big Top (The)
Wednesdays: Peter & James (10 pm)
Biggles Sports Bar
Thursdays: blues jam (9 pm)
Birraporetti’s (downtown)
April 30: “Night of the Living Guitars” w/Big Al Bettis (7:30 pm)
May 7: Andy & The Dreamsicles (7 pm)
May 14: Genevieve Allen (CD release; 7 pm)
May 21: “Night of the Living Guitars” w/Big Al Bettis (7:30 pm)
June 4: Neal Ford (CD release; 7 pm)
Blue Giraffe (The) (Old Town Spring)
Thursdays: open mic (7 pm)
Bubba’s on The Strand (Galveston)
Thursdays: open mic (7 pm)
Buffalo Bayou Park
May 19: Thundersoul Orchestra/Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters/Trudy Lynn/
HSPVA Big Band (6:30-9 pm)
Cabo (Seabrook
Sundays: Chris Hardy & Matt Cash (3-7 pm)
Café 4212
Mondays: jazz jam
Chelsea Wine Bar (Seabrook)
May 12: Grifters & Shills (9 pm)
Churchill’s Bar & Grill (Sugar Land)
last Sunday: jam w/Sugarland Brass Company (3-7 pm)
Coals Smokehouse (Splendora)
May 17: Sundance Head
Cock & Bull British Pub (Seabrook)
www.thecockandbullbritishpub.com
Wednesdays: open mic (7 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake)
Thursdays: open mic
Concert Pub North (The)
May 5: Ozz
Continental Club (The) www.continentalclub.com
May 3: Fatai
May 4: Picture Book (7 pm); Peterson Brothers
Sept 28: Nakia & The Blues Grifters
Thursdays: Beetle (7-10 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) www.thecornerpubinconroe.com
June 2: Texas Johnny Boy (9 pm)
Wednesdays:open mic (9 pm)
County Line Bar & Grill (Richmond)
May 20: Gulf Coast Blues Association Monthly Jam w/Great Scott & The Almighties
Sundays: jam (3-7 pm)
Crighton Theatre (Conroe) www.crightontheatre.org
June 9: BJ Thomas
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) www.CruisersTX.com
May 12: Nite Wave
May 19: Mister Kicks
May 26: Hipwaiders Flying Circus
Fridays: acoustic jam (8 pm)
Sundays: blues jam w/Ben Herrington (4-8 pm)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 12: Lynyrd Skynyrd
May 17: Kenny Chesney/Old Dominion
May 18: Dave Matthews Band
May 19: Kendrick Lamar/Sza/Schoolboy Q/Jay Rock/Ab-Soul/SiR/Lance Skiiwalker
June 3: Poison/Cheap Trick
June 15: Post Malone/SOB X RBE
June 28: Chris Brown/H.E.R./Glack/Rich the Kid
June 29: Weezer/Pixies
June 30: Chicago/REO Speedwagon
July 1: Willie Nelson & Family/Sturgill Simpson/The Head & The Heart/Ryan Bingham/
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians/Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real/The Wild Feathers/
Particle Kid
July 6: Thirty Seconds to Mars/Walk the Moon/K. Flay/Welshly Arms
July 13: Paramore/Foster the People
July 15: 3 Doors Down/Collective Soul/Soul Asylum
July 18: Niall Horan/Maren Morris
July 20: Foreigner/Whitesnake/Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening
July 22: Counting Crows/Live
July 28: Logic/NF/Kyle
July 29: Pentatonix
August 1: Five Finger Death Punch/Breaking Benjamin/Bad Wolves
August 4: Imagine Dragons
August 5: 311/The Offspring/Gym Class Heroes
August 10: Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town/The Steel Woods/Tenille Townes
August 11: Godsmack/Shinedown/Like A Storm
August 16: Bush/The Cult/Stone Temple Pilots/The Dirty Hooks
August 18: Rob Zombie/Marilyn Manson
August 24: Charlie Puth/Hailee Steinfeld
August 25: Evanescence/Lindsey Stirling
Sept 2: Avenged Sevenfold/Prophets of Rage/Three Days Grace
Sept 7: Luke Bryan/Jon Pardi & Carly Pearce
Sept 21: Dierks Bentley/Brothers Osborne/LANCO
Sept 28: Ozzy Osbourne/Stone Sour
Sept 29: Needtobreathe/The Rocketboys/Johnnyswim
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
May 25: The Wheel Workers
Danton’s Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen www.dantonsseafood.com
Sundays: blues brunch (11 am-4 pm)
Discovery Green
May 13: Miears/Second Lovers/Blaze X Black/Andrew James/Clay Melton Band (5-9 pm)
May 17: Slim Thug/DJ Baby Roo (7 pm)
May 24: Marcia Ball/The Mighty Orq (7 pm)
May 31: Terry Allen/Libby Koch (7 pm)
June 7: Rosie Flores/The Octanes (7 pm)
June 10: The Tontons/The Suspects/Vodi/Tightn Up/Only Beast (5-9 pm)
June 14: John Doe/Vodi (7 pm)
June 21: Ruthie Foster/The Peterson Brothers (7 pm)
June 28: Dale Watson/Celine Lee (7 pm)
Dosey Doe (The Big Barn) (The Woodlands)
www.doseydoe.com
May 2: Josh Grider & Drew Kennedy (8 pm)
May 3: Sister Hazel (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
May 4: John Anderson (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
May 5: Cowboy Bill Martin (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
May 9: David Wilcox (8 pm)
May 10: Blood Sweat & Tears (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
May 11: Shinyribs (8:30 pm)
May 12: Asleep At The Wheel (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
May 13: Conrad Kao & Joe Burlison Trio (10 am-2 pm)
May 16: Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines (8 pm)
May 18: John Sebastian (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
May 24: Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
May 25: Cool Freddie & The Crew (8:30 pm)
May 26: Hamilton Loomis (8:30 pm)
June 30: Carolyn Wonderland (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
July 20: Nakia & The Blues Grifters (8:30 pm)
August 3: Mike Zito Band (8:30 pm)
August 11: Marc Broussard Band (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
August 12: Marcia Ball (dinner/show; 8:30 pm)
August 24: Ana Popovic
18th Street Pier (San Leon)
June 23: Lil Keke/Big Yogi
El Toro (Baytown)
July 26: The Spotlights (5-8 pm)
Emmit’s Place www.emmitsplace.com
May 7: jam host: Great Scott & The Almighties
July 21: Joel DaSilva
Mondays: jam (9 pm)
Emporio Brazilian Grill
2nd & 4th Friday: “Jazz & Bossa” Music Series w/Raquel Cepeda
Firehouse Saloon
May 3: The Cadillac Three
Fitzgerald’s
May 27: The Hipwaiders Flying Circus/The Octanes/Bert Wills
French Corner (The)
Fridays: Paul English Jazz Quartet (8 pm)
Saturdays: Paul English Jazz Quartet (8 pm)
Fuddruckers (Nasa Road 1)
1st Tuesday: Bay Area Bluegrass Association jam (7 pm)
Galveston Island Brewing (Galveston)
June 2: Kickin’ It Dixie
George Theater (A.D. Players Theatre)
May 18: “Who Put The ‘H’ In Rhythm & Blues” featuring the Barry Sea Paradox
Band (7 pm; benefit concert for the Conrad O. Johnson Music & Fine Arts Foundation,
Music Doing Good and Houston Blues Museum)
Goodnight Charlie’s
May 5: New Offenders
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble)
May 4: Steve Gilbert Band (9 pm)
2nd Wednesday: The New Jack Hippies (8 pm)
4th Wednesday: Billy Bourbon (8 pm)
Thursdays: open mic (8 pm)
Sundays: open mic (5 pm)
Hearsay
Wednesdays: Chicken & Waffles Trio (7:30-10:30 pm)
Sundays: Chicken & Waffles Trio (12-3 pm)
Heights Theater (The) www.theheightstheater.com
May 3: Brent Cobb & Them/The Texas Gentlemen/Savannah Conley
May 5: Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue
May 6: David Lindley & Adrian Legg
May 10: Squirrel Nut Zippers
May 11: Tyrone Wells
May 12: Shemekia Copeland
May 17: ZZ Ward
May 18: Marc Cohn & Blind Boys of Alabama
May 19: Balmorhea w/Will Johnson
May 20: Kat Edmonson/Matt Munisteri
May 25: Okkervil River/Benjamin Lazar Davis
June 1: Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
June 2: Josh Garrels/Strahan
June 6: Justin Townes Earle
June 7: Jake Shimabukuro
June 8: The Bacon Brothers
June 15: The Jerry Douglas Band
July 1: Sean McConnell
July 26: American Aquarium
Oct 14: The Steeldrivers
Hickory Hollow (Heights) www.hickoryhollowrestaurant.com
Wednesdays:bluegrass jam (6:30 pm)
Hideaway (The) www.hideawayondunvale.com
April 20: New Offenders
May 11: New Offenders
May 18: Great Scott & The Almighties
June 23: Great Scott & The Almighties
July 14: Great Scott & The Almighties
Tuesdays: jam w/Rick Lee & the Night Owls (9:30 pm)
House of Blues www.hob.com
April 30: Zoe; Mansionair/Mikky Ekko/NoMBe (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 1: Greta Van Fleet
May 2: Ripe (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 3: Hollywood Undead
May 5: Sum 41
May 7: Mainland (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 8: Hayley Kiyoko
May 9: Kamelot
May 10: Enrique Bunbury; Myles Kennedy (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 11: NAV/88GLAM; Charley Crockett (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 12: Dweezil Zappa
May 13: Gipsy Kings
May 14: Natalia Lafourcade
May 15: Zaytoven (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 17: Company of Thieves (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 18: X Ambassadors/Jacob Banks/SHAED; Frenship (Bronze Peacock Room)
May 19: Tash Sultana
May 20: Tech N9ne/Krizz Kaliko/Just Juice/Joey Cool/King Iso; Amber Mark (Bronze
Peacock Room)
May 24: Smokepurpp
May 25: The Dan Band
May 26: Ivy Queen/Tito “El Bambino”
May 29: Buckethead
May 30: Chon/Polyphia/TTNG/Tricot
June 1: Big Head Todd & The Monsters/Simo
June 2: Jose Madero
June 3: The Posies (Bronze Peacock Room)
June 6: Flatbush Zombies/Kirk Knight/Nyck Caution
June 9: Aly & AJ (Bronze Peacock Room)
June 28: Geoff Tate/Till Death Do Us Part
June 29: Eric Nam/Loote
July 6: Fantastic Negrito (Bronze Peacock Room); The Mighty Mighty Bosstones/Los Kung
Fu Monkeys/Buster Shuffle
July 17: Lake Street Drive
July 22: Seether/10 Years
July 29: O.A.R./Matt Nathanson
August 5: Tory Lanez
Oct 2: Goo Goo Dolls
Oct 7: Michael Lington/Greg Manning (Bronze Peacock Room)
Nov 11: Jazz Fusion All-Stars (Bronze Peacock Room)
Dec 18: K. Michelle
International Signature Bistro
May 5: Andy & The Dreamsicles (8 pm)
Jailhouse Saloon (Spring)
Sundays: jam (2-8 pm)
Jazz www.jazzhouston.com
(for upcoming events in the jazz community)
Johnny Arolfo Civic Center (League City)
3rd Saturday (except July/December): Bay Area Bluegrass Association present
live bluegrass music (7 pm) www.bayareabluegrass.org
Jones Hall
July 15: Ludovico Einaudi
JP Hops House www.jphopshouse.com
Wednesdays:Hard Times Troubadours (7 pm)
Sundays: open mic (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar (Bacliff) www.KatiesBar.com
May 2: Freddie Pate (8 pm)
May 3: James Wilhite (9 pm)
May 4: New Offenders (9 pm)
May 5: No Refund Band (9 pm)
July 20: Joel DaSilva (9 pm)
Sundays: blues jam (4-8 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk
May 24: The Fab 5 (7 pm)
Lafayette Cajun Seafood Restaurant
Wednesdays: The Lafayette Dixieland Jazz Band (7-9 pm)
LaGrange
Wednesdays: John Egan
Last Concert Café www.lastconcert.com
May 12: The Mike Dillon Band
May 26: Pigs on the Wall
June 8: Honey Island Swamp Band
June 22: Nolatet
Mondays: jazz jam (7:30 pm)
Tuesdays: Tom Turner (5-7 pm); open mic (7-9 pm); The Sideman (9 pm)
Wednesdays: Hellina Bucket (8 pm); Potroast (10 pm)
Fridays: Jimmy Lee Deen (6-8 pm)
Sundays: acoustic jam session (10:30 am)
League City Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City)
May 4: Bag of Donuts (8 pm); Sammy Kershaw (10 pm)
May 5: Mike & The Moonpies (6 pm); Shinyribs (8 pm); Maddie & Tae (10:15 pm)
Main Street Crossing (Tomball)
www.mainstreetcrossing.com
May 1: Walter Trout/Lance Lopez (8 pm)
May 2: Max Stalling/Heather Stalling (8 pm)
May 3: The Black Lillies (8 pm)
May 4: Doug Stone (8 pm)
May 5: Kathy Mattea (8 pm)
May 7: Ari Hest (8 pm)
May 9: Jason Eady (8 pm)
May 10: Level One Band (8 pm)
May 11: Gene Watson (8 pm)
May 12: The Fab 5 (8 pm)
May 14: Hot Club of Cowtown (8 pm)
May 15: Walt Wlkins/Terri Klein (8 pm)
May 16: Micky & The Motorcars (8 pm)
May 17: Vince King (8 pm)
May 18: Karla Bonoff (8 pm)
May 19: Ian Moore (8 pm)
May 22: Alex Harvey (8 pm)
May 24: Bryan White (8 pm)
May 25: David Bromberg Quintet & Band (8 pm)
May 26: Dean Dillon (8 pm)
May 30: Charlie Robison (8 pm)
May 31: The Zmed Brothers (8 pm)
Sept 19-20: Paul Thorn (8 pm)
Martini Blu Jazz Café
www.martiniblu1.com
2nd Sunday: UH Downtown Community Jazz Orchestra (7:30 pm)
McCardell’s Tavern (Tomball)
Tuesdays: open mic w/James Roosa (8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck www.mcgonigels.com
May 1: Libby Koch & Mary Bragg (7:30 pm)
May 3: Lady Parts (7 pm); Nora Jane Struthers (9:30 pm)
May 4: Bill Kirchen (7 pm); Lloyd Cole (9:30 pm)
May 5: Piper Jones (7 pm); Here and Now (9:30 pm)
May 10: Mulligan Brothers (7 pm); Allison Iraheto & Halo Circus (9:30 pm)
May 11: Webb Wilder (7 pm); Allison Iraheto & Halo Circus (9:30 pm)
May 12: Lisa Morales (7 pm); Jeff Plankenhorn (9:30 pm)
May 15: Joe Pug (7:30 pm)
May 17: Hayes Carll (7 pm); Jeffrey Foucault (9 pm)
May 18: Sue Foley (7 pm); Lights on Main Street (9:30 pm)
May 19: Kelly Willis (CD release; 7 & 9:30 pm)
May 24: Bob Schneider (7 & 9:30 pm)
May 25: Radney Foster (7 pm); Buenos Diaz (9:30 pm)
May 26: Dawn & Hawkes (7 pm); Mike Stinson (9:30 pm)
May 29: Pat Byrne (7:30 pm)
May 31: Lex Land (7 pm)
Mondays: open mic (6:30 pm)
Wednesdays: Irish Session (7:30 pm)
Miller Outdoor Theatre
June 2: 29th Annual Accordion Kings & Queens w/Eva Ybarra/Keyun Dickson &
The Zydeco Masters/Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew/Czech & The Some (7 pm)
June 19: Irma Thomas (7:30 pm)
Minute Maid Park
June 15: The Eagles/Chris Stapleton
Mo’s Irish Pub
May 25: The Fab 5 (8:30 pm)
Monkey Bar (Kemah)
May 11: Susan Hickman
June 22: Susan Hickman
July 27: Susan Hickman
August 24: Susan Hickman
Monnalisa Lounge
May 11: The Fab 5 (10:30 pm)
19th Hole (The Woodlands) www.19th.cc
May 5: OTL/Angel Siren
June 23: Grifters & Shills/Bateman Red/Sugarball Express (CD release; 9 pm)
last Thursday of month: jam w/TreynWrek (9:30 pm)
NRG Stadium (Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo)
July 8: Reel Big Fish/Bowling For Soup/The Used/Frank Turner/ All Time Low/
Simple Plan/Taking Back Sunday/The Maine/Waterparks/The Interrupters/Issues/
Sum 41/Tonight Alive/Knuckle Puck/3OH!3
Sept 15-16: Beyonce/Jay Z
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) www.oldquarteracousticcafe.com
May 12: Sheila Marshall
May 25: Bill Carter & The Blame
Wednesdays:open mic
Thursdays: open mic
Pacific Yard House (Conroe)
May 10: New Offenders
June 8: The Statesboro Revue
Papa’s on the Lake (Montgomery)
May 6: Luther & The Healers (3-7 pm)
June 24: Luther & The Healers (3-7 pm)
August 19: Luther & The Healers (3-7 pm)
Pasadena Strawberry Festival (Pasadena Fairgrounds)
May 18: Al White (5 pm); Kody West (8 pm); Tracy Byrd (10 pm)
May 19: The Sharks (12:30 pm); Justin Taylor (3:30 pm); Bri Bagwell (6 pm); Sundance Head
(8 pm); Jack Ingram (10 pm)
May 20: The Black Friday Project (2 pm); The Slags (6 pm)
Pub Fountains (Stafford)
May 20: Lance Lopez
Pub Galleria
May 18: Lance Lopez
Puffabelly’s (Old Town Spring) www.puffabellys.com
Wednesdays: Davin James Songwriter Showcase (8 pm)
Thursdays: open mic (6 pm)
Redneck Country Club (Stafford)
May 11: Junior Gordon Band
May 18: Libby Koch
June 9: Gulf Coast Blues Association w/Delbert McClinton/Malford Milligan Band/
Buddy Whittington/Mike Zito/Jeff Plankenhorn/No Refund Band/Rick Lee & The Night Owls/
Great Scott & The Almighties/Dr. Sanders & The Medicine Show/Freddie Pate
July 21: Dub Miller
ReHab Bar on the Bayou
May 5: Texas Johnny Boy (9 pm)
May 19: Texas Johnny Boy (9 pm)
June 9: Texas Johnny Boy (9 pm)
June 23: Texas Johnny Boy (9 pm)
Wednesdays: Mitch Jacobs & Company (8 pm)
Revention Music Center
www.ReventionMusicCenter.com
April 30-May 1: Jack White
May 2: Vance Joy
May 7: Fleet Foxes
May 11: Ha*Ash
May 12: Papa Roach/Escape the Fate
May 13: Babymetal
May 17: Rich the Kid/Famous Dex/Hoodrich Pablo Juan/Sauce Walker/Dj Mr Rogers
May 26: Victor Manuelle
May 27: Jake Paul/Sunny Malouf
June 1: Nacho
June 5: Dua Lipa
June 9: Dita Von Teese
June 22: Victor Manuelle
July 20: Alyson Chains/The Nirvana Experience/Rusted Cage/Lemon Yellow Sun/Vatican Music Shop
August 16: Thomas Anders & Modern Talking Band
Sept 7: Alice in Chains
Sept 12: Rise Against/AFI/Anti-Flag
Sept 27: Lord Huron
Dec 2: Celtic Thunder
Rockefellers
May 7: King Tuff/Cut Worms (8 pm)
May 11: Sonnier Brothers Band/Peace & The Chaos
May 12: The Lighthouse & The Whale/Vita & The Wolff
May 25: Ice Age
May 26: Wayne “The Train” Hancock/Grifters & Shills
July 13: Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band
Ronnie’s Icehouse (Dickinson) www.ronniesicehouse.com
Sundays: blues jam (4-8 pm)
Saloon Door Brewing (Webster)
Mondays: open mic (7:30 pm)
Sam Houston Race Park
May 12: Casey Donahew
May 19: Hank Williams Jr.
Sambuca Restaurant www.sambucarestaurant.com
Thursdays: Zenteno Spirit (7:45 pm)
Sundays: Jawad (7:15 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) www.scoutbar.com
May 4: Black Stone Cherry
May 9: Sons of Apolla
May 10: Mushroomhead
May 11: Metalachi
May 13: Eyes Set to Kill
May 16: Grifters & Shills
May 17: Morbid Angel
May 19: The Damn Torpedoes
May 26: Inna Vision
May 31: Obituary
June 2: THC
June 8: The Lacs
June 12: Insomnium
June 19: Katchafire
June 20: Hammerfall
Shakespeare Pub (The) www.shakespearepub.net
May 26: Texas Johnny Boy (9:30 pm)
Wednesdays:Tony Vega Band (9 pm)
Fridays: The Mighty Orq (solo; 6-8 pm)
last Friday: The Mighty Orq & The Unusuals (6-8 pm)
Sundays: blues jam w/Spare Time Murray (8:30 pm)
Sharky’s Tavern (Galveston)
May 12: Cool Under Fire (9 pm)
Smart Financial Centre (Sugar Land)
May 4: Juanes/Mon Laferte/Caloncho
May 16: Tom Jones
May 18: Khalid
May 21: Joe Bonamassa
May 24: Steely Dan/The Doobie Brothers
June 10: Ray Lamontagne
June 16: Yanni
June 17: Slayer
June 23: Diana Krall
July 24: Jeff Beck/Paul Rodgers/Ann Wilson
July 28: Steve Miller Band
August 2: Coheed and Cambria/Taking Back Sunday/The Story So Far
August 4: Erasure/Reed & Caroline
Sept 28: 5 Seconds of Summer
Sept 29: 5SOS
Southern Star Brewery (Conroe)
May 19: Clay Melton Band
SPJST 88 Lodge
May 18: The Fab 5 (8 pm)
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
May 10: Johnny Nicholas (7:30 pm)
Sugar Land Town Square (Sugar Land)
June 15: Sugarland Brass Company
Sundown Saloon
Sundays: acoustic open mic w/Don Whitt (4-8 pm)
Swanny’s Grill
Tuesdays: acoustic open mic w/Chuck Collins (6-9 pm)
T-Bone Tom’s (K
May 6: Sheila Marshall (5 pm)
June 13: Grifters & Shills (6 pm)
Toyota Center
May 23: Justin Timberlake (SOLD OUT)
May 25: Justin Timberlake
May 27: Luis Miguel
June 2: Paul Simon
June 7: Harry Styles/Kacey Musgraves
June 9: Shania Twain
June 10: Maroon 5
July 17: The Smashing Pumpkins
July 18: Sam Smith
July 26: Daryl Hall & John Oates/Train
August 10: Jeff Lynne's ELO
August 22: Shakira
Sept 1: Journey/Def Leppard
Sept 3: Journey/Def Leppard
Sept 22: Childish Gambino/Rae Sremmurd
Oct 23: Josh Groban/Idina Menzel
Dec 8-9: Elton John
Jan 22: Justin Timberlake
Tumbleweeds
May 19: Little Joe Y La Familia/Latin Breed
Vollie Ray’s
Mondays: open mic
Tuesdays: open jam w/Wolff Delong (8 pm)
Sundays: open jam w/Kelly Chambers (3-7 pm)
West University Community Center
www.houstonfolkmusic.org/secsat.html
Sept 8: John Flynn (7:30 pm)
Oct 13: Bill & Kate Isles (7:30 pm)
Nov 10: Mustard’s Retreat (7:30 pm)
White Oak Music Hall
May 3: Emmure/Counterparts/King 810/Varials/Sentenced to Burn
May 5: Echosmith
May 19: Tash Sultana
May 29: Satyricon/Inquisition
June 8: Speedway
June 27: Stars
June 28: The Black Dahlia Murder/Whitechapel
Zydeco www.zydecoevents.com
(for upcoming events in the zydeco community)