Shows
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KEY: Shows with local Houston bands in funky red text.
Shows that we think will be particularly cool are in bold.
== link to a blog post about the show.
== link to a review of one of the bands.
== link to an interview/feature with one of the bands.
== link to the writeup for a Featured Band.
Shows that we think will be particularly cool are in bold.
== link to a blog post about the show. == link to a review of one of the bands. == link to an interview/feature with one of the bands. == link to the writeup for a Featured Band.Wed., May 23 – Dissent/Turbokrieg/The Secret Prostitutes @ Rudyard’s
Wed., May 23 – Blues & Burgers, featuring Tha Lady D @ Discovery Green (12-1:30PM)
Wed., May 23 – Theory of a Deadman/Pop Evil @ House of Blues
Wed., May 23 – Kristin Chenoweth @ Jones Hall
Wed., May 23 – Paul Ramirez/Not in the Face @ The Continental Club
Wed., May 23 – Elan @ Mango’s
Wed., May 23 – Tosh/P-ness @ Numbers
Wed., May 23 – Peter and James @ The Big Top
Wed., May 23 – Armin Van Buren/Mishka/Jef Chen @ Stereo Live
Wed., May 23 – Patrice Pike @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Wed., May 23 – Ink & Drink, featuring Fal Skye @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Wed., May 23 – Ray Wylie Hubbard/Folk Family Revival @ Main Street Crossing (Tomball)
Thurs., May 24 – Buxton/The Tontons @ Discovery Green
Thurs., May 24 – The Fox Derby/Handsome Ransom/Beetle @ The Continental Club
Thurs., May 24 – k.d. lang/Jane Siberry @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Thurs., May 24 – Project Next, featuring Jack Freeman, The Niceguys, 220 Music, Ben Cina, & D. Hayes @ House of Blues
Thurs., May 24 – The Pinker Tones/Bombon DJs/Bang Bangz @ Mango’s
Thurs., May 24 – Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man @ The Big Top
Thurs., May 24 – Gospel Music @ Mango’s
Thurs., May 24 – Floorbound/Potbelly/The Trimms/Satellite Brigade/Cauterize the Soul @ Numbers
Thurs., May 24 – Janet Robin/Chris Sacco (duneTX) @ Notsuoh
Thurs., May 24 – Gut Radio/Sour Patch @ Rudyard’s
Thurs., May 24 – Robert Kuhn/Wasi Townsend/Madlove @ Dean’s Credit Clothing
Thurs., May 24 – Owen Temple/Adam Carroll @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Thurs., May 24 – Mama Tried/Cassette Tape @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Thurs., May 24 – Greg Laswell/Shellee Coley @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Thurs., May 24 – Urn/Epic Death/Sculpting Atrocity/Agony Within @ Abbey’s Pub (Katy)
Thurs.-Sun., May 24-27 – Dancin’ in the Street: Motown & More Revue @ Miller Outdoor Theatre
Fri., May 25 – The Bright Light Social Hour/The 71′s/Electric Attitude @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Fri., May 25 – Rammstein @ Toyota Center
Fri., May 25 – David Ramirez/Matthew Mayfield/Tyagaraja @ Warehouse Live (Green Room)
Fri., May 25 – Chase Hamblin/The Roosevelt House Band/Shotgun Funeral/The Trimms/Sweet Brother Moonshine @ Avant Garden
Fri., May 25 – Los Nahuatlatos/Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man (CD release)/Little Joe Washington @ The Continental Club
Fri., May 25 – Shotgun Funeral/Man Meets Fate/Nine Minutes/The Lotus Effect/Abinader @ Walter’s
Fri., May 25 – Valise/The Blackout Heist/El Centro/The Big Reveal @ The Mink
Fri., May 25 – Vertigo Blue/Morgue City @ Dean’s Credit Clothing
Fri., May 25 – Broken Arrows/Sideshow Tragedy/Red 100′s @ Rudyard’s
Fri., May 25 – Bay Area Blowout: Music of the Great San Francisco Bands, featuring Snit’s Dog & Pony Show, Kozmic Pearl, Cow Jazz, Jeff Aires, & Juju Eyeball @ Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
Fri., May 25 – Limpopo @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., May 25 – Peter and James @ The Big Top
Fri., May 25 – Pinky Leader/Lovehorse/Lazercuntz/Reserve Skateshop/enloom @ Notsuoh
Fri., May 25 – Charlie Wilson @ Arena Theater
Fri., May 25 – Dale Watson @ Blanco’s Bar & Grill
Fri., May 25 – Bad Romance (Lady Gaga tribute) @ House of Blues
Fri., May 25 – Westbound @ Urban Harvest HCC Farmer’s Market
Fri., May 25 – The Ruby Revue Burlesque Show @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)
Fri., May 25 – Greg Laswell @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Fri., May 25 – hed PE/Mushroomhead/American Head Charge/Corvus/Tenafly Viper @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri.-Sun., May 25-27 – Tiempo Libre @ Jones Hall
Sat., May 26 – 29-95.com False Idols Tribute to the Velvet Underground, featuring Linus Pauling Quartet (as the Velvet Underground), Muhammad Ali, & Future Blondes (as Lou Reed/VU/etc.) @ The Continental Club
Sat., May 26 – Peloton/Project Grimm/Muhammad Ali @ Lee & Joe Jamail Skatepark (7PM; free!)
Sat., May 26 – Slim Thug/Future @ Arena Theater
Sat., May 26 – Super Happy Fun Land Summerfest Stage Benefit Show, featuring Poopy Lungstuffing, Black Leather Jesus, Future Blondes, Rusted Shut, Muzak John, The Grass Skirts, Darwin’s Finches, Clockpole, Jody Seabody and the Whirls, The Escatones, & Demonic Hen @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., May 26 – Black Cobra/Gaza/Lord Dying @ Rudyard’s
Sat., May 26 – The Robert Cray Band @ House of Blues
Sat., May 26 – Hub City Stompers, Conflikto, The Dead Rabbits, Los Gritos, Fuska, Always Guilty, The Freakouts, & DJ Simmer Down @ Mango’s
Sat., May 26 – Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man @ Cactus Music (3PM)
Sat., May 26 – Texas Johnny Boy @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sat., May 26 – Fresh Music Festival, featuring Keith Sweat, Doug E Fresh, Guy, SVW, K-Ci, & JoJo @ Reliant Arena
Sat., May 26 – The Outlaw Nation/Organic Intelligence/planetRawk @ Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
Sat., May 26 – Down/Haarp @ Warehouse Live
Sat., May 26 – Buck Yeager Band @ Goode’s Armadillo Palace
Sat., May 26 – Allison Fisher @ The Big Top
Sat., May 26 – Cosmic Bug Loaf/Cozy Blankets/A Room in the Body/The Ghost Concept @ Notsuoh
Sat., May 26 – Albert Fix @ Jet Lounge
Sat., May 26 – Metal Shop @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., May 26 – Jerod Zolli Band @ Tut’s (Conroe)
Sun., May 27 – The Cry!/Something Fierce/The Wrong Ones @ Rudyard’s
Sun., May 27 – Milton Hopkins & Jewel Brown (CD release) @ The Continental Club
Sun., May 27 – Gucci Mane @ Warehouse Live
Sun., May 27 – Bachaco/Eagger @ Mango’s
Sun., May 27 – The Texas Buzz, featuring The Hunger, Elysian, & An Ivy League Summer @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Mon., May 28 – 800 Mile Monday @ Super Happy Fun Land
Mon., May 28 – Memorial Day Celebration, featuring Dave Dolla$ign, Roosh, Don Linen, & more @ Fitzgerald’s
Tues., May 29 – Pierced Arrows/Don’t/Exterminating Angels/The Wrong Ones @ Dean’s Credit Clothing
Tues., May 29 – Patricia Vonne/Rosie Flores @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Tues., May 29 – Chickenfoot/Black Stone Cherry @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Wed., May 30 – Shadows Fall/Trumpet the Harlot/Howitzer/Carry the Storm/Carrion Sun @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Wed., May 30 – Chango Man @ House of Blues (Foundation Room)
Wed., May 30 – Blues & Burgers, featuring Step Rideau & The Zydeco Outlaws @ Discovery Green (12-1:30PM)
Wed., May 30 – The Lumineers @ Cactus Music (5PM)
Wed., May 30 – No Sky/Spewcataclysm @ Super Happy Fun Land
Wed., May 30 – John David Kent/Justin Van Sant @ Pub Fiction (2303 Smith)
Wed., May 30 – Ghost Wolves @ Under the Volcano
Wed., May 30 – Patrice Pike @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Wed., May 30 – Eve 6/Greek Fire/Fall From Grace/Lost Element @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Thurs., May 31 – Brent Nettles @ The Continental Club
Thurs., May 31 – Jetspeed Live Local Showcase, featuring Low Man’s Joe, Inner Image, Holly Hicks Band, Straight Laced Scarlet, & Lonestar Massacre @ House of Blues
Thurs., May 31 – Flux Pavilion @ Stereo Live
Thurs., May 31 – Songswap Rounds, featuring Jennings & Keller, Anita Aysola, Aaron Kaufman, & Wayne Wilkerson @ Anderson Fair
Thurs., May 31 – Immigrant Punk/JKill & ELS/Robin Kirby & Friends @ Notsuoh
Thurs., May 31 – Two Tons of Steel/Mike Stinson @ Discovery Green
Thurs., May 31 – Vallejo (CD release) @ Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
Thurs., May 31 – Michael Martin Murphey @ Firehouse Saloon
Thurs., May 31 – Mr. Lewis & the Funeral Five/Radio Blackout/Wasi Townsend & Madlove @ Dean’s Credit Clothing
Thurs., May 31 – Los Rauncheros @ House of Blues (Foundation Room)
Thurs., May 31 – Charlie Mars @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Thurs., May 31 – Acoustic Jam, featuring David Ooi, Justin Nava (the last place you look), An Ivy League Summer, Six Gun Sound, & Chris Hardy @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Thurs., May 31 – Brave Combo @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Fri., June 1 – Black Tusk/Ghost Town Electric/Defending the Kingdom/Peloton @ Walter’s (1120 Naylor)
Fri., June 1 – Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., June 1 – 23 Shades/The Soldier Thread @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)
Fri., June 1 – Runaway Sun (CD release)/Clory Martin/Picture Book @ The Continental Club
Fri., June 1 – 13 Black Coffins/Ese/Zipperneck/The Failed Attempt @ Mango’s
Fri., June 1 – Collective Soul @ House of Blues
Fri., June 1 – Jetspeed Music Showcase, featuring Brompton, Through Everlast, Hold Me Heroine, Song of Solomon, Dawn Over Zero, Doomfire, & Good Job Underground @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Fri., June 1 – ATB/Mishka/Brian Stovall @ Stereo Live
Fri., June 1 – John Fullbright @ Anderson Fair
Fri., June 1 – Dada Moda/Pulse Rifle @ Notsuoh
Fri., June 1 – Steve Young/Jubal Lee Young @ Heights Live!
Fri., June 1 – Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers/Shurman @ Firehouse Saloon
Fri., June 1 – Reality of Wrestling Party, featuring Don-Tino and Johnny V, Dirty Wormz, & Six Gun Sound @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., June 1 – Tracy Lawrence/Granger Smith @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie)
Sat., June 2 – Guitar Shorty @ The Big Easy
Sat., June 2 – Memphis Pencils/The Illegal Wiretaps @ Notsuoh
Sat., June 2 – Glam Rock Night, featuring The Return of Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie tribute), The Trimms, & more @ Mango’s
Sat., June 2 – Bobby Womack @ Arena Theater
Sat., June 2 – Rhymin’ N’ Stealin’ (Beastie Boys tribute) @ House of Blues
Sat., June 2 – Nickelback/Bush/Seether/My Darkest Days @ Toyota Center
Sat., June 2 – Shake Russell Trio @ Anderson Fair
Sat., June 2 – John Fullbright @ Cactus Music (3PM)
Sat., June 2 – Xcess, featuring DJ Mikey Pratt & DJ LeRoy Peters @ Numbers
Sat., June 2 – Midnight River Choir/Chad Ware @ Firehouse Saloon
Sat., June 2 – Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., June 2 – Jimmy LaFave @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sat., June 2 – Mark Sultan @ The Continental Club
Sat., June 2 – From Guts to Glory/ERASEtheVIRUS/Signal Rising/Hell South/Recovery Room @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sun., June 3 – Walk Off the Earth @ House of Blues
Sun., June 3 – Indie Independence Houston, featuring Resse Raway, Mad Circle DJ, AK-47, Markus Allmighti, CJE Boi, Yung Tempo, Double Ro, & Skitz Colione @ Numbers
Sun., June 3 – Emily Elbert @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sun., June 3 – The Texas Buzz, featuring Rainchild, Idol Hand, & Brothers N Arms @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Mon., June 4 – A Place to Bury Strangers/This Will Destroy You @ Rhythm Room
Tues., June 5 – Tyler Hilton/Dion Roy/John Dempsy @ House of Blues
Wed., June 6 – Gillian Welch @ Cullen Theater
Wed., June 6 – Band of the Year 2012, featuring Vallejo, Tje Austin, Dimitri’s Rail, & more @ House of Blues (Foundation Room)
Wed., June 6 – Split Livers @ Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
Wed., June 6 – Ink & Drink, featuring Fal Skye @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Thurs., June 7 – Santigold/Charli XCX @ House of Blues
Thurs., June 7 – Vivian Pikkles & the Sweethearts Über Alles/Tiziano Dominico/Psychic Palms @ Fitzgerald’s
Thurs., June 7 – Mentors/Potty Mouth/Psychosomatic/Humungus/H.R.A. @ Walter’s (1120 Naylor)
Thurs., June 7 – Wood and Wire @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Thurs., June 7 – Somewhere In Between/Collective Dreams @ Notsuoh
Thurs., June 7 – Kurt Marschke @ The Continental Club
Thurs., June 7 – Bonganya @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., June 7 – George Porter Jr. and Runnin Pardners/Paul Ramirez Band @ Discovery Green
Fri., June 8 – The Beach Boys @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., June 8 – Mission Control, featuring Mic Skills @ Jet Lounge
Fri., June 8 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd @ House of Blues
Fri., June 8 – Back To The Garden: A Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert @ Heights Live
Fri., June 8 – Moses Guest @ Last Concert Cafe
Fri., June 8 – RNI Fest, featuring Wide Open Throttle, Dixie Witch, Wellborn Road, Serpent Sun, & Ese @ Acadia Bar & Grill
Fri., June 8 – Markus Schulz @ Rich’s
Fri., June 8 – Milkdrive @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., June 8 – Rich O’Toole @ Firehouse Saloon
Fri., June 8 – Wendy Colonna @ Anderson Fair
Fri., June 8 – The Escatones @ RnR Sportsbar (Friendswood)
Fri., June 8 – The Spazmatics @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., June 8 – John Michael Montgomery @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Fri., June 8 – Bands on the Sand, featuring The Line Up @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., June 9 – The Suffers Birthday Party, featuring The Suffers, Khruangbin, Equals, Third World, & Allen Garland @ Fitzgerald’s
Sat., June 9 – World Naked Bike Ride Houston, featuring RU-486, Glasgow Smile, Priest In Shit, Future Blondes, & Nautical Almanac @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., June 9 – Honky @ Big Woodrow’s
Sat., June 9 – Gritsy, featuring Goth Trad & Truth @ Warehouse Live
Sat., June 9 – New Birth Brass Band/Mama Tried @ The Continental Club
Sat., June 9 – Jason Eady/Folk Family Revival @ Hardy Street Tavern (21119 West Hardy)
Sat., June 9 – Jetspeed Music Showcase, featuring Hollow Point, Silence Within, Shaving Susie, Epic, Knocturnal MAddness, & Somewhere Between Here and There @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Sat., June 9 – Deadman @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sat., June 9 – Underworld, featuring DJ Mina & DJ vvJames @ Numbers
Sat., June 9 – RNI Fest, featuring Decimation Theory, Vesperian Sorrow, Six Minute Century, Rockett Queen, Sol34, Torrid Complex, Everburn, & Stone Descent @ Acadia Bar & Grill
Sat., June 9 – Ashleigh Flynn/Matt Harlan @ Anderson Fair
Sat., June 9 – InStereo/Ed Rush/Optical/Loadstar @ Stereo Live
Sat., June 9 – Daniel Crawford @ Firehouse Saloon
Sat., June 9 – Satisfaction (Rolling Stones tribute) @ House of Blues
Sat., June 9 – Priests of Hiroshima (Rage Against the Machine tribute)/7 Words (Deftones tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., June 9 – HeadCrusher/Descomunal @ The 19th Hole (The Woodlands)
Sat., June 9 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Intercoastal Pirates @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., June 10 – A Private Peek at the Blues, featuring Ezra Charles @ The Big Top
Sun., June 10 – La fin Absolute du Monde @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sun., June 10 – The Cave Singers @ The Continental Club
Sun., June 10 – Sugar Bayou @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sun., June 10 – The Texas Buzz, featuring CB Kings, Three 33, & Cymbel Nation @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Mon., June 11 – Green Velvet @ Rich’s
Mon., June 11 – Saving Abel/Redlight King/Aranda @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Tues., June 12 – LMFAO/Far East Movement/The Quest Crew/Sidney Samson/Eva Simons/Natalia Kills @ Toyota Center
Tues., June 12 – Troubadour Tuesday, featuring Hot Club of Cowtown @ Natachee’s Supper n’ Punch
Tues., June 12 – Ruth Moody @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Tues., June 12 – Medina Noche Trio @ Super Happy Fun Land
Wed., June 13 – Caifanes @ House of Blues
Wed., June 13 – Roberto Carlos @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Wed., June 13 – Ink & Drink, featuring Fal Skye @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Thurs., June 14 – K. Flay @ House of Blues
Thurs., June 14 – The Rocket Summer @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Thurs., June 14 – TJ Borden/Thomas Helton/Chairs/Bonus/Nonsense Music Band @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., June 14 – Out of It @ Notsuoh
Thurs., June 14 – The Gourds/Mary McBride @ Discovery Green
Thurs., June 14 – Bob Schneider @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., June 15 – Space Villains/Satin Hooks/Say, Girl, Say @ Fitzgerald’s
Fri., June 15 – Ian Moore @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., June 15 – The Fake Boys/Spastic Fit/The Ballistics @ 4202 Canal St.
Fri., June 15 – Slave To The Beat, featuring Nancy Whang, Ceeplus Bad Knives, & Mr. Castillo @ Boondocks
Fri., June 15 – Papa Grows Funk @ The Continental Club
Fri., June 15 – Cruxiter/Tailgunner/Valgud/Mhinotahn/Black Hole Caravan/Bag of Tricks/Seal The Abyss @ The White Swan
Fri., June 15 – Bob Livingston @ Heights Live!
Fri., June 15 – Vince Bell @ Anderson Fair
Fri., June 15 – Bald Eagle Burger/Ken Jones’ Subpoena @ Super Happy Fun Land
Fri., June 15 – Jetspeed Music Showcase, featuring Tracks in Motion, Clay Melton Band, Eliza Reign, Cyrios, Recovery Room, & Adamantium @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Fri., June 15 – Turnpike Troubadours @ Firehouse Saloon
Fri., June 15 – A Special Benefit Show for Nancy Moynihan, featuring Raging Apathy & Hounds of Jezebel @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., June 15 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Radio London @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Fri., June 15 – Pure Prairie League @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Sat., June 16 – The Manichean @ The Alley Theatre (11PM; $10)
Sat., June 16 – White Ghost Shivers @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sat., June 16 – 93Q’s Day in the Country, featuring Dierks Bentley, Chris Cagle, The Lost Trailers, Wade Bowen, Ronnie Dunn, The Lunabelles, Thomas Rhett, & Jana Kramer @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., June 16 – Aesthetic Perfection/[X]-RX/Trainwrecked feat. Porcelain Black @ Numbers
Sat., June 16 – Cremator/Axis in Collapse @ Acadia Bar & Grill (3939 FM 1960 W)
Sat., June 16 – Dash Berlin @ Stereo Live
Sat., June 16 – Joe/Lyfe Jennings
Sat., June 16 – Jeannie Burns/Andrew Hardin @ Anderson Fair
Sat., June 16 – Taproot/Hurt/Otherwise @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., June 16 – Opium Symphony @ The 19th Hole (The Woodlands)
Sat., June 16 – Bands on the Sand, featuring The Slags @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., June 17 – Hawthorne Heights/Failsafe/Forever Came Calling @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake; free!)
Mon., June 18 – Mix 96.5 Hullaballoo Too, featuring Gavin Degraw & Andy Grammer @ House of Blues
Tues., June 19 – The Cult/Against Me!/The Icarus Line @ House of Blues
Tues., June 19 – Sister C @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Wed., June 20 – Commie Hilfiger vs. Capitalist Kids/The Sellouts/Black Tuesday @ Fitzgerald’s
Wed., June 20 – Queen Extravaganza @ House of Blues
Thurs., June 21 – The Niceguys/Kydd/Zin @ Discovery Green
Thurs., June 21 – Jonathan Richman/Tommy Larkins @ The Continental Club
Thurs., June 21 – Dirty River Boys @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Thurs., June 21 – Griffin Swank/Dairy Party @ Fitzgerald’s
Thurs., June 21 – Viking Moses/Teenage Mysticism @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., June 21 – Craig Owens @ Warehouse Live
Thurs., June 21 – Il Divo @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thurs., June 21 – Don Williams/Breelan Angel @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)
Fri., June 22 – Linus Pauling Quartet (album pre-release show)/Modfag/From Beyond/Hearts of Animals @ Fitzgerald’s
Fri., June 22 – El-P/Killer Mike/Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire/Despot @ Warehouse Live
Fri., June 22 – Buddy Guy/Jonny Lang @ Arena Theater
Fri., June 22 – Parabelle/H-Bomb Davis/Nava/Brompton/Rayne @ Warehouse Live (Green Room)
Fri., June 22 – Pride Houston Presents Wonderland, featuring DJ Michael Tank & more @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Fri., June 22 – The Dan Band @ House of Blues
Fri., June 22 – Jon Wolfe/Shy Blakeman @ Firehouse Saloon
Fri., June 22 – Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines @ Anderson Fair
Fri., June 22 – Greg Trooper @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., June 22 – Night Sessions, featuring Dennis Ferrer, The Martinez Brothers, & Trujillo @ Stereo Live
Fri., June 22 – Elizabeth Wills @ Heights Live!
Fri., June 22 – Saturate/I.D.R./Abolition Formula @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., June 22 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Wes Loper Band @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., June 23 – Ashbury Keys @ Fitzgerald’s
Sat., June 23 – Candlebox @ House of Blues
Sat., June 23 – 3 Doors Down @ Bayou Music Center
Sat., June 23 – Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines @ Anderson Fair
Sat., June 23 – Franco de Vita @ Arena Theater
Sat., June 23 – Robert Fancis @ House of Blues (Foundation Room)
Sat., June 23 – Cody Canada and the Departed/Scooter Brown Band @ Firehouse Saloon
Sat., June 23 – Sabbath Judas Sabbath (Sabbath/Judas Priest tribute)/Headhunter U.S.A./Iron Mayhem @ The Concert Pub Galleria
Sat., June 23 – Metal Shop @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., June 23 – Zero Heros (record release) @ Melrose Pub (Galveston)
Sat., June 23 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Hamilton Loomis @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., June 23 – Texas Tornados/Jesse Dayton @ Crighton Theatre (Conroe)
Sat., June 23 – The 2012 Hurricane Party, featuring Kenny Rogers @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie)
Sun., June 24 – Van Halen/Kool & The Gang @ Toyota Center
Sun., June 24 – Headbang For The Highway: Official Battle for Mayhem Fest, featuring Cronophage, Legion, & Carry the Storm @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Sun., June 24 – The Jig Is Up @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sun., June 24 – One Direction @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Mon., June 25 – Weapon/Withered/Blaspherian/Imperium Morte/Cronophage @ The White Swan
Mon.-Tues., June 25-26 – Coldplay/Robyn/Wolf Gang @ Toyota Center
Tues., June 26 – Rebecca Loebe/Matt Harlan @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Wed., June 27 – Big Pokey/Lil Flip/ESG/Lil Keke/Yungstar @ Warehouse Live
Wed., June 27 – Puscifer/Carina Round @ Bayou Music Center
Wed., June 27 – Thunder From Down Under @ House of Blues
Wed., June 27 – Six Feet Under/Dying Fetus/Revocation/Owl Witch/All The Way To The Bank @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Thurs., June 28 – Los Skarnales/The Wild Moccasins @ Discovery Green
Thurs., June 28 – Hamilton Loomis @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Thurs., June 28 – Merle Haggard/Noel Haggard/Folk Family Revival @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie)
Fri., June 29 – The Wheel Workers (LP release)/Sunward/Boy + Kite/Alkari @ Fitzgerald’s
Fri., June 29 – The Escatones/Poor Pilate/Snake Island/Rivers @ Fitzgerald’s
Fri., June 29 – Strangelove vs. Rio @ Warehouse Live
Fri., June 29 – T Bird and The Breaks @ The Continental Club
Fri., June 29 – Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., June 29 – Willie Colon/Gilberto Santa Rosa @ Arena Theater
Fri., June 29 – Rob Baird/The Washers @ Firehouse Saloon
Fri., June 29 – Ginger Leigh @ Anderson Fair
Fri., June 29 – Frontiers (Journey tribute)/Sheagles (Eagles tribute) @ House of Blues
Fri., June 29 – Doug Moreland @ Heights Live!
Fri., June 29 – Born From Ruins/Trancend/Adamantium/This Names Temporary @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., June 29 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Drywater @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., June 30 – Jody Seabody & The Whirls (album release)/Art Institute/Jon Black/Kyle Hubbard @ Fitzgerald’s
Sat., June 30 – Howard Jones @ House of Blues
Sat., June 30 – 10 Years/Fair to Midland/Kyng @ Warehouse Live
Sat., June 30 – Alibi RankZ Dirty Thirty Birthday Bash, featuring Alibi RankZ, Silent, T2 the Ghetto Hippie, Big Gerb and Hongree Records, Tony Staxx, D-Boe, Krucial, & DJ Kris Krunk @ Jet Lounge
Sat., June 30 – Concert for Conservation, featuring Pat Green, Jerry Jeff Walker, Sammy Kershaw, & Gene Watson @ Sam Houston Race Park
Sat., June 30 – Maiestas/Spectral Manifest/Brimwyle @ Rudyard’s
Sat., June 30 – Porter Robinson/Mat Zo/M Machine @ Stereo Live
Sat., June 30 – Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sat., June 30 – Devour the Unborn/Blast Perversion/Beaten and Butchered/Christ Malformation @ Walter’s (1120 Naylor)
Sat., June 30 – Jaheim/Urban Mystic @ Bayou Music Center
Sat., June 30 – Toology (Tool tribute)/Alyson Chayns (Alice in Chains tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., June 30 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Zydeco Dots @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., June 30 – Ray Price @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Sun., July 1 – Trout Fishing in America @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sun., July 1 – The Dream Team/Carlos Pozo @ Super Happy Fun Land
Mon., July 2 – A Step Ahead/Icarus The Owl @ Fitzgerald’s
Mon., July 2 – Tom Bertram @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 3 – The Mastersons @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Wed., July 4 – Javelina/Mariposa @ Super Happy Fun Land
Wed., July 4 – Freedom Over Texas, featuring Sara Evans & Billy Currington @ Eleanor Tinsley Park
Thurs., July 5 – Zechs Marquise/And So I Watch You From Afar @ Fitzgerald’s
Thurs., July 5 – Corb Lund @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Thurs., July 5 – Eric Benét/Ledisi @ Arena Theater
Fri., July 6 – The Eastern Sea @ Mango’s
Fri., July 6 – Emery/Sleeping Giant/MyChildren MyBride/Close Your Eyes/Hundredth/The Great Commission/Gideon/A Bullet for Pretty Boy/Your Memorial/To Speak of Wolves @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Fri., July 6 – Brown Whornet/Lick Lick @ Super Happy Fun Land
Fri., July 6 – John Lefler (mem. of Dashboard Confessional)/Vertigo Blue @ Fitzgerald’s (free!)
Fri., July 6 – Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute) @ House of Blues
Fri., July 6 – Modern Day Escape/Dr. Acula/The Bunny The Bear/From Atlantis @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., July 6 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Intercoastal Pirates @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., July 7 – Southern Backtones @ Time Out #1 (10928 Fuqua)
Sat., July 7 – Keyshia Cole/Luke James @ Arena Theater
Sat., July 7 – AER/OCD, featuring Moosh & Twist @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)
Sat., July 7 – The Dirt (Motley Crue tribute)/Gene’s Addiction (KISS tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., July 7 – Bands on the Sand, featuring The Fantastics @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., July 8 – Danny O’Flaherty @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sun., July 8 – Crimson ProjeKct/Adrian Belew Power Trio/Stickmen @ Warehouse Live
Sun., July 8 – Glen Campbell @ The Grand 1894 Opera House (Galveston)
Mon., July 9 – War of Ages/Onward to Olympas/The Overseer/Leaders/Letter to the Exiles @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Wed., July 11 – Rockstar Mayhem Festival, featuring Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, Whitechapel, & High on Fire @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thurs., July 12 – David Allan Coe @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Thurs., July 12 – Machinage @ The 19th Hole (The Woodlands)
Fri., July 13 – Cinderella/Seventh Rize @ House of Blues
Fri., July 13 – Vertigo Blue @ Dean’s Credit Clothing
Fri., July 13 – Big Time Rush/Cody Simpson/Rachel Crow @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., July 13 – Three Dog Night @ Jones Hall
Fri., July 13 – Hadden Sayers @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., July 13 – The Spazmatics @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., July 13 – Bands on the Sand, featuring The Fuse @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., July 14 – Roky Erickson/Jegar Erickson @ The Continental Club
Sat., July 14 – Shana Falana/The Illegal Wiretaps/Enloom @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., July 14 – Vomitfest II, featuring Imprecation, Blaspherian, Serpentis, H.R.A., Nodens, & Cronophage @ The White Swan
Sat., July 14 – The Jacksons @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Sat., July 14 – Rascal Flatts/Little Big Town/Thompson Square/Eden’s Edge @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., July 14 – Joan Sebastian/Pepe Aguilar @ Toyota Center
Sat., July 14 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Rat Ranch @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., July 15 – Cory Branan/Audra Mae @ Rudyard’s
Sun., July 15 – I Set My Friends On Fire/The Color Morale/Our Last Night/My Ticket Home/Fact @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Sun., July 15 – 311/Slightly Stoopid @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun., July 15 – Houston’s Next Up Showcase, featuring Amber London @ Fitzgerald’s
Mon., July 16 – Sadie & the Blue Eyed Devils @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 17 – Reel Big Fish/Big D and The Kids Table/Suburban Legends/The Maxies @ House of Blues
Tues., July 17 – Dukes of September (Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, & Boz Scaggs) @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Tues., July 17 – Trevor Hall/Anuhea/Justin Young @ Warehouse Live
Wed., July 18 – Hands Like Houses/Volumes/For All Those Sleeping/In Fear & Faith/The Chariot/Oceano/The Acacia Strain @ Warehouse Live
Thurs., July 19 – The Pinkerton Thugs/The Scarred/Violent Affair/The Ballistics @ Mango’s
Thurs., July 19 – Enanitos Verdes @ House of Blues
Thurs., July 19 – Percy Sledge & Band @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Fri., July 20 – The Toadies/Helmet/Ume @ House of Blues
Fri., July 20 – Barenaked Ladies/Blues Traveler/Big Head Todd & The Monsters/Cracker @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., July 20 – Kaskade/Alvin Risk/FareOh @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Fri., July 20 – The Molly Ringwalds @ House of Blues
Fri., July 20 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Third Language Band @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., July 21 – Pale/Vestibule @ Fitzgerald’s
Sat., July 21 – Joe Cocker/Huey Lewis and The News @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., July 21 – The Black Moriah/Plutonian Shore/Spectral Manifest/Mhinotahn/Cronophage @ The White Swan
Sat., July 21 – Guns 4 Roses (Guns N’ Roses tribute)/Walk This Way (Aerosmith tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., July 21 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Vertigo @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., July 22 – Chicago/Doobie Brothers @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thurs., July 26 – Twitchy/Ewok the Kid/Infidelix @ Super Happy Fun Land
Fri., July 27 – Adam Hood @ Firehouse Saloon
Fri., July 27 – 40 oz. to Freedom (Sublime tribute)/Faux Doubt (No Doubt tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., July 27 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Zack King @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Fri., July 27 – Mark Chesnutt @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Sat., July 28 – Cannibal Corpse/Between the Buried and Me/The Faceless/Periphery/Veil of Maya/Job for a Cowboy/Goatwhore/Exhumed/Cerebral Bore @ House of Blues
Sat., July 28 – Nicki Minaj @ Bayou Music Center
Sat., July 28 – Peter Godwin/DJ Marc E-nertia Nicholson @ Numbers
Sat., July 28 – Bands on the Sand, featuring The Line Up @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., July 29 – The Wiggles @ Bayou Music Center (11:30AM & 3PM)
Sun., July 29 – Catullus @ Super Happy Fun Land
Mon., July 30 – Aerosmith/Cheap Trick @ Toyota Center
Tues., July 31 – The Casualties/Nekromantix/Down By Law/Lower Class Brats/Flatfoot 56/The Sheds @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Tues., July 31 – Autolatry/Droomstyyg @ The White Swan
Wed., August 1 – Demon Hunter/Bleeding Through/Cancer Bats/The Plot in You/Willow @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Wed., August 1 – Ayatollah Gold @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., August 2 – Wheeler Brothers/Uncle Lucius @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)
Thurs., August 2 – Pitbull @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., August 3 – Kiss/Mötley Crüe @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., August 3 – Deceased/Cruxiter/Belligerency/H.R.A./Krullur @ Walter’s (1120 Naylor)
Fri., August 3 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Password @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., August 4 – 22nd Houston International Jazz Festival, featuring Roy Ayers, Texas Brass Band, & Rebirth Brass Band @ Bayou Music Center
Sat., August 4 – Kenny Chesney/Tim McGraw/Grace Potter & The Nocturnals/Jake Owen @ Reliant Stadium
Sat., August 4 – Fetal Disgorge/Scattered Remains/Sadistic Butchering @ Walter’s (1120 Naylor)
Sat., August 4 – Marisela @ Arena Theater
Sat., August 4 – Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly/Patti Labelle/The O’Jays/Kenneth “Babyface” Edmunds @ Toyota Center
Sat., August 4 – The Flatlanders/Folk Family Revival @ Crighton Theatre (Conroe)
Sat., August 4 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Mid Life Crisis @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., August 5 – 22nd Houston International Jazz Festival, featuring Rachelle Ferrell, Hiroshima, & SJW All-Stars @ Bayou Music Center
Mon., August 6 – Musuji @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., August 7 – Bonnie Bishop (CD release) @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Thurs., August 9 – Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks @ Toyota Center
Thurs., August 9 – Vince Gill @ Arena Theater
Fri., August 10 – Bands on the Sand, featuring Blue Finger Disco @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sat., August 11 – Bands on the Sand, featuring The Line Up @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Sun., August 12 – Jason Mraz/Christina Perri @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Mon., August 13 – Pathology/Enfold Darkness/Fallujah/Fit for an Autopsy/Aegaeon @ Warehouse Live
Mon., August 13 – Lorrie Morgan @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Tues., August 14 – Sublime with Rome/Matisyahu/Pepper/The Dirty Heads @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Wed., August 15 – Crosby, Stills & Nash @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thurs., August 16 – Tiziano Dominico/Adam Bricks @ Fitzgerald’s
Thurs., August 16 – Eliot Lipp @ Fitzgerald’s
Thurs., August 16 – John Mayall @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Fri., August 17 – Jason Cassidy @ Firehouse Saloon
Sat., August 18 – Iron Maiden/Coheed and Cambria @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun., August 19 – Yanni @ Jones Hall
Fri., August 24 – Journey/Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo/Loverboy @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., August 24 – Suicide Silence/The Word Alive/I See Stars/Winds of Plague/ASD @ House of Blues
Fri., August 24 – Max Stalling @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., August 24 – Rehab @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., August 25 – Christie & Jason’s Birthday Party, featuring The Liquid Kitchen & more @ Jet Lounge
Sat., August 25 – Leo Party, featuring Poopy Lungstuffing & more @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., August 25 – Folk Family Revival/Shellee Coley @ Main Street Crossing (Tomball)
Sun., August 26 – Sugarland/Dave Stewart @ BBVA Compass Stadium
Tues., August 28 – Linkin Park/Incubus/Mute Math @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thurs., August 30 – Los Straitjackets @ House of Blues
Sat., September 1 – Def Leppard/Poison/Lita Ford @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., September 1 – Marc Anthony/Marco Antonio Solis/Chayanne @ Toyota Center
Tues., September 4 – Kataklysm/Fleshgod Apocalypse/Vital Remains/Rose Funeral/All The Way To The Bank/Wasted Saviour @ Numbers
Fri., September 7 – Dethklok/Lamb of God/Gojira @ Bayou Music Center
Fri., September 7 – Kelly Clarkson/The Fray/Carolina Liar @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., September 8 – Eyes Behind The Wall 3 Fest, featuring Red Light Girls, I Like You Go Home, Painful Vigil, Hard, Heraghty, Shining Sex, Death.Sick.Cu*t, Tutti i Colori del Buio, Grusom Dod, Folter, Blood Sacriifice, & Tellurian Fields @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., September 8 – George Jones @ Arena Theater
Sat., September 8 – Toby Keith/Brantley Gilbert @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun., September 9 – The Temptations @ Arena Theater
Wed., September 19 – Redeye @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., September 20 – Rise Against/The Gaslight Anthem/Hot Water Music @ Bayou Music Center
Thurs., September 20 – Citizen Cope @ House of Blues
Thurs., September 20 – America @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie)
Fri., September 21 – The Psychedelic Furs @ House of Blues
Sat., September 22 – Il Volo @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Sat., September 22 – Bela Fleck @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)
Wed., September 26 – Kirk Franklin/Marvin Sapp/Donnie McClurkin/Israel Houghton @ Reliant Arena
Sat., September 29 – Shreya Ghoshal @ Arena Theater
Sun., September 30 – Imagination Movers @ Bayou Music Center
Wed., October 3 – The Slackers/The Bandulus @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Wed., October 10 – M83 @ Bayou Music Center
Thurs., October 11 – Dennis DeYoung @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)
Fri., October 12 – Kenny Rogers @ Arena Theater
Fri., October 12 – Don Williams/Jason Eady @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie)
Sat., October 13 – Folk Family Revival @ Downtown Katy (Katy)
Sun., October 14 – Red Elvises @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sat., October 20 – Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Toyota Center (sold out!)
Sat., October 20 – Norah Jones @ Bayou Music Center
Sat., October 20 – Cassandra Wilson @ Cullen Center
Wed.-Thurs., October 24-25 – Madonna @ Toyota Center
Fri., October 26 – Jason Aldean/Luke Bryan @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., October 26 – Panzerfaust/Hod/Funeral Rites @ Walter’s (1120 Naylor)
Sat., October 27 – Ian Anderson @ Bayou Music Center (formerly Verizon Wireless Theater)
Tues., October 30 – Justin Bieber/Carly Rae Jepsen @ Toyota Center
Sun., November 11 – Celtic Thunder @ Bayou Music Center
Mon., November 12 – Eddie Vedder/Glen Hansard @ Jones Hall (sold out!)
Tues., November 13 – Eddie Vedder/Glen Hansard @ Jones Hall
Fri., November 16 – Great White @ House of Blues
Tues., November 20 – Epica/Alestorm/Insomnium/System Divide/Destiny Potato @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Fri., November 23 – George Jones @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie)
Wed., November 28 – Andrea Bocelli @ Toyota Center
Sun., December 2 – Rush @ Toyota Center
Sun., December 9 – Seth Glier @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Fri., December 21 – Dwight Yoakam @ Arena Theater
Sun., July 21 – One Direction @ Toyota Center
