Music Calendar
If you would like your band, club or event included in the calendar, please email your information to theblueshound@comcast.net as far in advance as possible.
Dates, times and bands are subject to change without notice. Please check with the venue before you go.
Upcoming Events
Anderson Fair
June 2: Grant Peeples (KPFT benefit; 7:30 pm)
Arena Theatre
June 8: Air Supply
Big Easy (The)
www.thebigeasyblues.com
June 2: Paul Ramirez
June 3: Tony Vega
June 9: Johnny Riley
June 10: Alastair Greene
June 16: Sparky Parker
June 17: Holland K Smith
June 23: Gary Cain
June 24: Alan Haynes
June 25: John Calderon’s Sunday Session (6-10 pm)
June 29: Houston Blues Society Monthly Jam w/Kan Alverado
June 30: Smokehouse Guitar Army
Wednesdays: blues jam (9 pm)
Thursdays: The Mighty Orq (9 pm)
Buffalo Grille
Wednesdays: bluegrass jam
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange)
www.thebugleboy.com
June 2: Ordinary Elephant (9 pm)
June 3: Amy Atchley (8 pm)
June 9: Jenny Reynolds (8 pm)
June 10: Beat Root Revival (8 pm)
June 16: Kelley Mickwee (8 pm)
June 17: Shake Russell (8 pm)
June 23: West Texas Exiles (8 pm)
June 24: Ray Prim (8 pm)
July 7: Kim Richey, BettySoo, Bonnie Whitmore (8 pm)
July 8: Monte Warden (8 pm)
July 14: Amy Lavere & Will Sexton (8 pm)
July 15: The Mighty Orq (8 pm)
July 21: Sour Bridges (8 pm)
July 22: Adam & Chris Carroll (8 pm)
July 28: Dell Castillo Trio (8 pm)
July 29: Ginger Leigh (8 pm)
August 4: Dale Watson (8 pm)
August 5: Libby Koch (8 pm)
August 11: Mia Borders (8 pm)
Charles Bender Performing Arts Center (Humble)
June 10: Derek Spence
June 23: Kenny Neal
July 9: Travis Powell/Shake Rattle & Roll
July 15: Carolyn Wonderland
July 29: Eric Gales
Sept 9: Rodney Crowell
Continental Club (The)
www.continentalclub.com
June 2: Max Rios & The Waysides (CD release)/Chivato/Automatic Weekend
(9 pm)
June 3: Bayou City Funk/Honey Made (9 pm)
June 9: Lonesome Haunts/Fatal Jets (9 pm)
June 10: Johnny Falstaff (9 pm)
June 16: Shawn Pittman (9 pm)
June 17: Hector Ward & The Big Time (9 pm)
June 23: Joe King Carrasco/Allen Hill (9 pm)
June 24: Xanadudes/Now We Are Here (9 pm)
June 30: Keeshea Pratt Band (9 pm)
July 1: Jason Joshua & The Beholders/Chicano Boulevard (8 pm)
July 6: Engine Driver (9 pm)
July 7: The Drift/Billy Beaumont (9 pm)
July 8: AM-FM (9 pm)
July 13: The Karl Tony Band/Moonlit Hounds (9 pm)
July 17: The El Orbits (reunion show; 8 pm)
July 21: Jason D. Williams (9 pm)
August 3: Black Joe Lewis (9 pm)
August 4: John Evans Band/CC Adcock (9 pm)
August 5: Relic/The Shortlist (8:30 pm)
August 6: Ramona/Vanita Leo (8 pm)
August 11: East of Eado/HoneyBunny/Vortex (9 pm)
August 16: Holy Wave (8 pm)
August 19: Crank Up the Silence (9 pm)
August 23: Suzanne Santo (8 pm)
Thursdays: Beetle (7 pm)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
www.woodlandscenter.org
June 3: Janet Jackson
June 9: Duran Duran
June 10: Koe Wetzel
June 27: Fall Out Boy
June 30: Matchbox Twenty
July 1: TLC/Shaggy
July 2: Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family/Whiskey Myers/
Brttney Spencer/Particle Kid and more
July 8: Louis Tomlinson
July 21: Sublime/Rome/Slightly Stoopid
July 22: Shania Twain
July 23: Nickelback
July 27: Disturbed
July 30: ZZ Top/Lynyrd Skynyrd
August 3: Big Time Rush
August 12: Foreigner
August 13: Mudvayne
August 17: Pantera/Lamb of God
August 18: Sam Hunt
August 19: Snoop Dogg/Wiz Khalifa
August 20: Beck/Phoenix
Sept 2: Ghost
Sept 7: Pentatonix
Sept 22: Jelly Roll
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
June 1: Cocaine Bear (movie parody; 6-9 pm); Tarantula Bill (9:30 pm)
Tuesdays: jam w/Shawn Allen (6-10 pm)
Dosey Doe Big Barn (The Woodlands)
www.doseydoe.com
June 1: Jason Allen & Thom Shepherd
June 2: Kelley Peters
June 3: Keeton Coffman
June 4: Maggie Rose
June 8: Casey Chesnutt
June 9: Artimus Pyle
June 10: Malford Milligan & Tin Cadillac/Kane Alvarado
June 11: Cool Freddie E & the Crew
June 15: Sunny Sweeney
June 16: Mason Lively
June 17: Cooper Wade
June 21: Slade Coulter & Kyle Hutton
June 23: The Blood Brothers featuring Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia
June 24: Already Gone
June 28: Triston Marez & Kyle Hutton
June 29: Girl Named Tom
June 30: Mac McAnally
July 7: The Wilder Blue featuring Zane Williams
July 8: Back in Black
July 14: Trea Landon
July 15: Free Fallin
July 16: Jeff Canada
July 20: Jamie Richards Band
July 21: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
July 22: Jason Cassidy Band
Oct 12: Danielle Nicole
Nov 4: Mindi Abair
Dosey Doe Breakfast, BBQ and Whiskey Bar (The Woodlands) www.doseydoe.com
June 1: Luba Dvorak
June 2: Cannon Brand
June 3: Junior Gordon
June 6: open mic
June 7: Jeremy Noble
June 8: Jaryd Lane & Clancey Jones
June 9: Kane Alvarado
June 14: Eric Lauer
June 15: Slim Bawb
June 16: David Lee & Jessee Lee
June 17: Kyle Hutton & Matt Parish
June 20: open mic
June 21: Chris Castaneda
June 22: David Lewis
June 23: Braydon Zink
June 24: Austin Gilliam
June 27: Jeff Canada’s Songwriter Series featuring Payton Howie
June 28: Joshua Roberts
June 29: Shayne Porter
June 30: Zack Wilder
July 1: Daniel Holmes
July 5: Jen Howard
July 6: Megan Barker
July 7: Matt Castillo
July 8: Jake Bush
July 12: Jonathan Foster
July 13: Will Banister
July 14: Courtney Patton
July 18: open mic
July 19: Alejandro Miramontes
July 20: Charlie Shafter
July 25: Jeff Canada’s Songwriter Series featuring Paige Lewis
July 26: Jonn Del Toro Richardson
July 27: Cole Stephens
August 8: Eric Demmer & Hugo Jamz
August 18: Shawn Pittman
Emmit’s Place
May 30: jam w/Kyle Turner
First Congregational Church of Houston
Oct 13: “Music in the Park” w/Kory Quinn
Nov 10: “Music in the Park” w/Amelia Earhart Returns
Green Oaks Tavern (Humble)
www.greenoakstavern com
May 30: jam w/Paul Ramirez (8 pm)
May 31: Jamie Entenza & Friends (8 pm)
June 1: Shawn Allen’s Soul & Blues invitational jam (8 pm)
June 2: Evelyn Rubio Band (9 pm)
June 3: Jamie Lynn Vessels (9 pm)
June 4: Big Al Bettis (5 pm)
June 9: Alastair Greene Band (9 pm)
June 10: The Mighty Orq (9 pm)
June 16: James Wilhite & The Classix (9 pm)
June 17: Shawn Pittman (9 pm)
June 23: Murali Coryell & Ernie Durawa (9 pm)
June 24: Hamilton Loomis (6 pm)
June 25: Marcus Eldridge (6 pm)
June 28: Jamie Entenza & Friends (8 pm)
June 30: MamaHawk/Paul Ramirez, Corey Tice, Tal Hazon & Randy Wall
(9 pm)
July 1: Cris Crochemore Band (9 pm)
July 2: Randy C Moore (6 pm)
July 7: Sparky Parker Band (9 pm)
July 8: Jamie Entenza & Friends (9 pm)
July 15: Jonn Del Toro Richardson (9 pm)
July 21: Mathias Lattin (9 pm)
July 22: Josh Garrett Band (9 pm)
July 23: Josh Garrett, Matt Chauvin & Harry Chauvin acoustic song swap
(6 pm)
July 29: Tony Vega Band (9 pm)
August 4: Samantha Coombs & The Boyz (9 pm)
August 19: Van Wilks (9 pm)
Heights Theater (The)
www.theheightstheater.com
June 2: Keeshea Pratt Band/Hustlers Brass Band
June 8: Junior Brown/Christopher Seymore & the Western Cosplay
June 10: The Tontons/Young Mammals/Goodgirl
June 15: Sir Woman & the Texas Gentlemen
June 16: Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
June 17: Uncle Lucius
June 27-28: Tanya Tucker
July 1: Blue Water Highway/The Dirty River Jazz Band
July 6: Steve Earle & The Dukes
July 8: Los Skarnales
July 12: Okkervil River/Will Sheff
July 13: Jason Eady & Jamie Lin Wilson/Ben Danaher
July 16: Samantha Fish featuring Jesse Dayton/Eric Johnanson
July 20: Summer Dean/Brennen Leigh
July 22: Sue Foley/The Mighty Orq
August 11: Andy Summers
August 12: Sonny Landreth
August 19: Sean McConnell/Bowen Young
August 25: Son Volt/Anders Parker
Sept 7: Yoke Lore/Girlhouse
Sept 8: Bayou City funk/Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers
Sept 9: Bonnie Prince Billy/Myriam Gendron
Sept 10: Joshua Radin
Sept 22: Switchfoot
Sept 29: Foy Vance/Bonnie Bishop
Sept 30: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
Oct 13: Eloise
Oct 20: Deer Tick/Country Westerns
Oct 21: Cowboy Mouth
Nov 12: The Paper Kites/The Cactus Blossoms
Hideaway (The)
www.hideawayondunvale.com
Tuesdays: blues jam w/Rick Lee
Home Sweet Farm Bier Garten (Brenham)
June 3: Hipwaders Flying Circus (3-7 pm); The Mighty Orq (8 pm;
Orq’s birthday celebration)
Katie’s (Bacliff)
www.katiesbar.com
May 31: jam host: Pierce
June 1: James Wilhite
June 2: Jamie Lynn Vessels
June 3: Wake Zone
June 4: jam host: Chris Castaneda
June 7: jam host: Bob Emmons
June 8: Hugo Jamz Trio
June 9: Pierce & The Purple Moon
June 10: Paul Ramirez
June 11: Jjam host: ames Wilhite
June 14: jam host: Keith Vivens
June 15: Shawn Pittman
June 16: Big Jordan Band
June 17: Zach Tate
June 18: jam host: Hugo Jamz
June 21: jam host: Bob Emmons
June 22: Chris Castaneda Band
June 23: The Mighty Orq
June 24: Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
June 25: jam host: Mark May
June 28: jam host: Keith Vivens
June 29: Eric Demmer
June 30: Mark May Band
Wednesdays: jam (8 pm)
Sundays: blues jam (4-8 pm)
Leon’s Lounge
June 2: Tim Branch (9 pm)
June 10: Lightnin Bros
Main Street Crossing (Tomball)
www.mainstreetcrossing.com
May 30: Thunderpants
May 31: Chris Knight
June 1: Slaid Cleaves
June 2: Glen Templeton
June 3: Bob Schneider (solo)
June 4: Beegees Gold
June 5: Cherished
June 6: Elton Dan & The Rocket Band
June 7-8: Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters
June 9: Lost Shaker of Salt Band
June 10: Doug Stone
June 11: Tapestry
June 14: Vince King
June 15: Jack Ingram
June 16: Gary Morris
June 17: Fab 5
June 20: Dale Watson
June 21: Beat Root Revival
June 22: Vinyl Radio
June 23: Josh Weathers
June 24: Seger System
June 25: Marcia Ball
June 28: Scotty Alexander Band
June 29-30: Creedence Revived
July 1: Pam Tillis
July 5: Three Hot Chili Peppers/Everlong
July 7: Chad Prather
July 8: Big Shot
July 9: Fab 5
July 13: Lemon Yellow Sun
July 14: Derek Spencer & Mark Ward
July 15: Joilux
July 16: Lisa Layne
July 19: Tonight Tonight
July 20: Vince King
July 21: Kin Faux
July 22: Mike & the Moonpies
July 23: Soul Sessions Band
July 24: Quebe Sisters
July 27: Tejas Brothers
July 28: Purple Piano
July 29: Breaking Bad
July 30: Johnny Lee & The Urban Cowboy Band
August 30: Ruthie Foster Duo
August 31: Shemekia Copeland
Oct 10-11: Paul Thorn
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
www.mcgonigels.com
June 1: Pat Byrne (7 pm; club’s 33rd birthday)
June 2: Bill Kirchen (7 pm); The Reverent Few (9:30 pm)
June 3: James McMurtry (7 & 9:30 pm)
June 6: Ordinary Elephant (7 pm)
June 8: Robyn Hitchcock (7 pm); Szlachetka & Sarah Aili (9:30 pm)
June 9: Patrice Pike (7 pm); Guy Forsyth (9:30 pm)
June 10: Alejandro Escovedo (7 & 9:30 pm)
June 13: Dave Hause (7 pm)
June 15: Johnny Nicholas & Katie Shore (7 pm); Charlie Mars (9:30 pm)
June 16: Robbie Fulks (7 pm); Nora Jane Struthers (9:30 pm)
June 17: Lisa Morales Band (7 pm)
June 20: John Egan (7 pm)
June 22: Bob Schneider (7 & 9:30 pm)
June 23: Kelly Willis (7 pm); Smithfield (9:30 pm)
June 24: Hayes Carll (7 & 9:30 pm)
June 27: The Anachronicals (7 pm)
June 29: Radney Foster (7 pm)
June 30: Shake Russell (7 pm); Dallas Burrow Band (9:30 pm)
July 1: South Austin Moonlighters (7 pm)
July 8: Del Castillo (7 pm)
July 11: Al Staehely Band (7 pm)
July 14: Madam Radar (7 pm); The Repeat Offenders (9:30 pm)
July 18: Giulia Millanta (7 pm)
July 20: Adam & Chris Carroll (7 pm)
July 21: Kim Richey (7 pm)
July 22: Slaid Cleaves (CD release; 7 pm)
July 27: Jeff Plankenhorn (7 pm); Scott Miller (9:30 pm)
July 28: Two Tons of Steel (7 pm); Jeff Crosby Band (9:30 pm)
July 29: Mike Farris (7 pm)
August 18: Shelley King & Carolyn Wonderland (7 & 9:30 pm)
August 31: Malford Milligan (7 pm)
Sept 8: Murali Coryell (9:30 pm)
Mondays: open mic (6-9:30 pm)
Wednesdays: Irish Session (7:30 pm)
Miller Outdoor Theatre
June 3: 34th Annual accordion Kings & Queens Music Festival w/Cedric
Watson et Bijou Creole/Grupo Imogene/Allen Meixner Band (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston)
www.oldquarteracousticcafe.com
June 3: Nathan Hamilton
June 4: Ordinary Elephant/Clay Parker/Jodi James
June 9: Dallas Burrow
June 10: Mark Gorman Band
June 15: Sunjammer/Garrett T Capps/Nasa Country
June 23: JM Stevens
June 24: The Hemmer Ridge Mountain Boys/JM & The Honeybadgerz
June 30: Jed Craddock Band/Blunderbuss
July 1: Yosh & Yimmy
July 7: Season Ammons
July 8: Shake Russell/Anthony Klonaris
July 13: Jeff Black/Gabe Wootton
July 14: Chris Gantry
July 15: Madam Radar
July 21: Adam & Chris Carroll/Sam Downing
July 22: Freddie Steady Acoustic Trio
August 3: Dale Watson (solo)
August 4: Parker Ryan & Jordan Nix
August 5: John Evans Band
August 11: Jason James
August 12: Aaron Stephens Band
August 17: Coleman Williams
August 18: Tate Mayeux/Brian Broussard/Gabe Wootton
August 19: Nicholas Jamerson/Sam Burchfield
August 25: Scott Strickland
August 26: Winston Cook
August 27: Great Aunt/Wylie Gaby
ReHab Bar
May 31: The Eric Korb Band (8 pm)
June 2: The Mitch Jacobs Band (9 pm)
June 3: Hard Luck Revival (9 pm)
June 4: Mandy Smith/Psychedelic Cowboys/Blind Uncle Charlie (4 pm)
June 7: Mitch Jacobs (8 pm)
June 9: Little Screamin Kenny/The Sidewinders (9 pm)
June 14: eric Korb (8 pm)
June 17: The Tony Vega Band (9 pm)
June 18: Blind Uncle Charlie/The Bull Goose Loonies (4 pm)
June 21: Mitch Jacobs (8 pm)
June 23: Sparetime Murray & The Honeymakers (9 pm)
June 24: The Roger Valentine Band (9 pm)
June 25: Engine Driver (4 pm)
June 28: Eric Korb (8 pm)
June 29: Mark Zeus & Friends (8 pm)
June 30: Little Terry & The Blues Birds (9 pm)
Rockefellers
June 4: Bayou City Soul
June 10: True Stories/Battlefield
July 1: Supersuckers/Throw Rag/Dolly Rockers
July 14: Eric Tessmer
Sept 14: Bit Brigade
Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top
www.continentalclub.com
May 30: Nick Garza’s Get Along (8 pm)
June 1: Season Ammons (9 pm)
June 2: Lil Ed & The Choirboys (9 pm)
June 3: Beetle/Light Rock Express/House Tiger (9 pm)
June 7: Peter & James (9 pm)
June 8: Junebird/Rooftop Boxer (9 pm)
June 9: Light Rock Express (9 pm)
June 13: Christopher Seymore & the Western Cosplay (8 pm)
June 15: Griffin Swank Band (9 pm)
June 16: Opie Hendrix (9 pm)
June 17: Grifters & Shills (album release party)/The Mighty Orq (8 pm)
June 20: Sam Turner & the Cactus Cats (8 pm)
June 22: Alien Eyelid/Bug Bites (9 pm)
June 23: Brightwire/The March Divide/Two-Fifths (9 pm)
June 24: Garlan/Goosechase/Kali Crews/The Amazing Bozo (9 pm)
June 27: Amber Digby (8 pm)
June 28: Neo Benshi (8 pm)
June 29: Memorial Junction (9 pm)
June 30: Band on the Run (9 pm)
July 1: Daisychain/The Lonesome Haunts/Only Beast (9 pm)
July 6: Anna La Mare/Katie Rushing/Sarah Golden (9 pm)
July 7: White Oak Bayou Band (9 pm)
July 8: Lucas Eason (9 pm)
July 19: Laid Back Country Picker (9 pm)
July 20: Ralphie & the Reverse Cowboys (9 pm)
July 21: Nathan Quick Band/Bayou Saints/Andrew Berry (9 pm)
July 22: Chicano Boulevard/Goth Foos Night Out (9 pm)
July 28: Of 82 (9 pm)
August 12: Goldie Pipes (9 pm)
Smart Financial Centre (Sugar Land)
June 28: Bryan Adams/Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Sept 20: Chicago
Oct 21: Kansas
Swanny’s Grill
Tuesdays: acoustic open mic w/Chuck Collins (6-9 pm)
White Oak Music Hall
June 2: Randy Rogers Band
June 24: Treaty Oak Revival
Nov 16: Wheeler Walker Jr.
Zydeco www.zydecoevents.com
(for upcoming events in the zydeco community)