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Beatles and Stones Tribute Show
2024-11-23 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Arlington Music Hall, Arlington Music Hall, North Center Street, Arlington, TX, USA, Arlington, Texas
The critically-acclaimed Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown production will be returning its highly-anticipated Fall Tour 2024 to the Arlington Music Hall on Saturday, November 23 at 7:30 pm. This unforgettable show takes the audience on a musical trip to the heart of the British Invasion, to witness the greatest concert that never was – The Beatles and The Rolling Stones live together on stage. The Arlington show is part of a 125-city tour of the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

For the past decade with more than 1800 performances across the country and abroad, this unforgettable production has been delighting audiences with their talent, warmth, humor and passion for the music of The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. A critic for the Los Angeles Times called it “the most unique tribute show in decades.”

Uncle Lucius
2024-11-27 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Headliner 9 p.m. $18-$35.

William Clark Green
2024-11-29 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
William Clark Green is from Flint, Texas. When he was 12, his family moved to College Station, Texas, and he began taking guitar lessons at church. Green’s.tastes then leaned to hard rock, but later he became interested in the Texas singer/songwriter tradition He eventually enrolled in college after jobs as a ranch hand and working in a feedlot didn’t work out for him. But he was more interested in music than academics, and it took him six years to complete his Agriculture Economics degree at Texas Tech. Green spent nearly as much time playing open mikes and acoustic gigs as he did studying, and recorded his first album in 2008 while attending Texas Tech University.
Show Details:
William Clark Green on The Main Stage | 10 PM
TBA on The Honky Tonk Stage | 8 PM
Doors Open at 6 PM

Clay Walker
2024-11-30 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Headliner 10 p.m. $20-$65.

Pencil Copperplate Calligraphy: Holiday card creation with Andrea Tosten
2024-12-03 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Stage West Theatre, Stage West Theatre, West Vickery Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
In preparation for the giving season, come learn calligraphy and get inspired to craft a holiday card for a loved one using the skills taught by Andea Tosten in this warm-up and alphabet-centered class.
Andrea Tosten is a Dallas based visual artist and cultural worker. She has a Bachelor of Science in BioMedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from the University of Oklahoma. She has exhibited in Texas including the group show Going Through a Phrase in 2020 at the Galveston Arts Center, Modern Billings in 2022 and solo exhibitions at the Cluley Project in 2021 and the South Dallas Cultural Center in 2023. She is currently Cultural Programs Coordinator at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center.

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106.1 KISS FM'S Jingle Ball Presented by Capital One
2024-12-03 19:30 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Dickies Arena, Dickies Arena, Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
This year’s lineup includes Kan Brown, Meghan Trainor, Jason Derulo, Madison Beer, Saweetie, Shaboozey, and more.

Los Lonely Boys
2024-12-05 18:00 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Headliner 9 p.m. $20-$35.
ABOUT LOS LONELY BOYS
Lots of musicians compare their careers to roller-coaster rides, but Los Lonely Boys have had so many close-your-eyes-and-hang-on moments in the 14 years since they recorded their self-titled debut, they should buy an amusement park.
The story of how the Garza brothers – vocalist/guitarist Henry, bassist/vocalist Jojo, and drummer/ vocalist Ringo – rode their bluesy “Texican rock” sound from San Angelo, Texas, to worldwide fame is one of rock’s great Cinderella tales. But the story of how they’ve persevered in the face of subsequent challenges is just as compelling. In 2013, they canceled 43 shows and paused work on their last album, Revelation, after Henry was seriously hurt when he fell from a stage in Los Angeles. A couple of years previously, vocal cord nodules had forced Jojo to stop singing for months. And in 2015, their mother passed away.
Their strong brotherly bond helped them through those rough spots – just as it did when they made the hard decision to step out from under their father’s musical leadership and form their own band after performing with him since childhood. The desire to follow their musical muse still drives them today, according to Jojo.
“There is no rest for those who are chosen to be musicians,” he says. “Ideas for songs are constant. We are being charged with what will be spread through our songs. We want to make music that brings people together.
“We’re all about having a good time, but we also make an effort to write about subjects that matter. Life, death, love, hate, compassion, transgression, light, darkness, truth; they’re what we’ve always been about. We’re not interested in songs about how you look and what kind of car you drive and how much money you have. We want to create music that’s about the love and energy and spirit we all carry. It comes from a bigger source than ourselves.”
That’s why they titled their 2014 release Revelation. Its songs were meant to serve as mirrors of sorts, reflecting aspects of our lives in ways that reveal new insights. “As musicians and artists,” Jojo says, “we’re here to connect with people.”
Released on their LonelyTone imprint under Austin-based indie label Playing in Traffic Records, Revelation maintains the infectiously melodic mix of bluesy rock ’n’ roll and rootsy soul that’s long endeared Los Lonely Boys to their fiercely loyal fans. Flawless harmonies and soaring solos remain trademarks, but in these songs, they explore rhythms from conjunto (“Blame It On Love”) to reggae (“Give A Little More”), along with rustic acoustic textures (“It’s Just My Heart Talkin’”) and baroque pop shadings (“There’s Always Tomorrow”).
“We’re always trying to broaden our horizons musically,” Jojo says. “We’re always looking for new ways to communicate, so we experimented with different sounds and production approaches.”
They also turned to co-writers, including Americana icon Radney Foster, pop tunesmiths Matthew Gerrard and David Quiñones, Black-Eyed Peas collaborators George Pajon Jr. and Keith Harris, and Ozomatli’s Raul Pacheco.
Their scare with Henry caused all three brothers to re-examine not only how they make music, but how they conduct their lives. “The whole experience was a wake-up call,” Jojo admits. “It reminded us of what’s really important.”
Once again, they affirmed that’s family. And music. For this trio, the two are inseparable. In fact, the sons of Enrique “Ringo” Garza Sr. are a second-generation sibling band; their dad and his brothers played conjunto as the Falcones before the elder Garza formed a band with his sons.
They were still teens when he moved them to Nashville, hoping to hit career paydirt. But their big break came after they returned to Texas and began playing Austin clubs in the early 2000s. One day, Willie Nelson’s nephew heard some demos. Next thing they knew, Willie showed up at a gig. Then he showcased them at Farm Aid, fronted recording time at his famed Pedernales Studio and even guested on their album.
Released in 2003 on startup label Or Records, Los Lonely Boys got picked up by Epic and rereleased. Propelled by its No. 1 single, “Heaven,” it wound up selling over 2 million copies, spending 76 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and earning them a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.
Their dream-come-true rise was chronicled in the documentary, Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields and Crossroads, directed by fellow San Angelo native Hector Galán. Another dream came true when Carlos Santana invited them to guest on his 2005 album, All That I Am. They also released Live at the Fillmore that year. Their father and Nelson joined them on 2006’s Sacred, and in 2007, their cover of John Lennon’s “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” became the second single from the album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.
Forgiven and Christmas Spirit arrived in 2008, followed in 2009 by 1969, an all-covers EP homage to rock’s most influential era and their first LonelyTone release through Playing in Traffic Records. Then they traveled to Iraq to entertain American troops and embarked on an acoustic tour, documented with the 2010 album, Keep on Giving: Acoustic Live. Rockpango came in 2011. They’re now creating follow-ups to Revelation’s musical outpouring.
If anything, Jojo says, life’s upheavals have tightened their bond even more. “We stick together,” he adds, “and we’re trying to pass on that feeling of brotherhood, of familia, in all the music we make.”

Sammy Kershaw
2024-12-06 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Headliner 10 p.m. $20-$35.

Alabama
2024-12-07 18:00 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Dickies Arena, Dickies Arena, Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Alabama: Roll on II North America Tour with special guest David Lee Murphy is returning to Dickies Arena on December 7th
Tickets on sale now via Ticketmaster.com.

Over 50 years ago, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen left the cotton farms of Fort Payne, Alabama to spend the summer playing music in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina bar called The Bowery. It took them six long years of tip jars and word-of-mouth to earn the major label deal they’d been dreaming of. Then, seemingly no time at all to change the face of country music. ALABAMA, country music’s first band, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. The group is known for hit songs including “Mountain Music,” “Roll On,” “Dixieland Delight” and “If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band).” From humble beginnings picking cotton in the fields to international stars, ALABAMA went on to sell 80 million albums and charted 43 No.1 hits, becoming the most successful band in the history of country music. In November 2022, ALABAMA co-founder Jeff Cook passed following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. With his prior encouragement and wishes, ALABAMA continues touring on a limited basis, keeping the iconic music they created alive for the current and future generation of fans.

David Lee Murphy is best recognized by his massive hit singles “Dust On The Bottle”, “Party Crowd” and “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” (a duet with Kenny Chesney). But he is also known as one of Country Music’s best and most prolific songwriters. He has written songs for superstar artists like Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Hank Williams, Jr. and others.

Randy Rogers Band
2024-12-07 18:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
$20-$75
Randy Rogers Band on The Main Stage | 10 PM
Todd Stewart Band on The Honky Tonk Stage | 8 PM
Doors Open at 6 PM

Turnpike Troubadours
2024-12-12 18:00 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. House Band 8 p.m. Headliner 9 p.m. $50-$125.

Billy Strings
2024-12-12 18:30 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | Dickies Arena, Dickies Arena, Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Billy Strings Fall Tour 2024 is coming to Dickies Arena on December 12th
Tickets on sale now via Ticketmaster.com.

Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Most recently, he released “Meet Me At The Creek > Pyramid Country > Must Be Seven > Meet Me At The Creek (Live at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC 3/4/23),” a 38-minute live performance that showcases the energy of Strings’ electric concerts. The track follows “California Sober,” his GRAMMY-nominated collaboration with legendary artist Willie Nelson and Strings’ first project since partnering with Reprise Records, as well as his latest full-length album, Me/And/Dad, which features Strings alongside his dad, Terry Barber, and was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album at this year’s GRAMMY Awards. The product of a longtime dream, Me/And/Dad consists of new versions of fourteen bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child.
Since his 2017 debut, Strings has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2023 and 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year at the 2023, 2022 and 2021 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards among several other accolades. He has also performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground” as well as countless sold-out shows worldwide.

Turnpike Troubadours
2024-12-13 18:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. House Band 8 p.m. Headliner 10 p.m. $50-$125.

Sounds of Home
2024-12-14 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
In conjunction with the Modern’s exhibition Diaries of Home, Sounds Modern presents Sounds of Home. This performance features music by women and non-binary composers inspired by aspects of home life, including works by Marti Epstein, Sofia Gubaidulina, Linda Kernohan, Jessica Meyer, Pamela Z, and the feminist improvisation trio Bitches Set Traps. Performers include Sarah Ruth Alexander, voice and percussion; Kimberly Cole Luevano, clarinet; Mia Detwiler, violin; Elizabeth McNutt, flute; Kourtney Newton, cello; and Willem Van Schalkwyk, piano.
This concert is free and open to the public.
The most up-to-the-minute and least predictable concert music series in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Sounds Modern has been exploring links between contemporary music and visual arts for over a decade. Sounds Modern reaches beyond the traditional context of classical music, collaborating with modern art presenters and other non-traditional venues to share adventurous new music with adventurous new audiences. Conceived and directed by virtuoso flutist Elizabeth McNutt in collaboration with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sounds Modern adds a sonic dimension to the ideas represented in the galleries, and brings the artwork to life in the concert hall.

Pecos and the Rooftops
2024-12-14 18:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Pit show. Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Headliner 10 p.m. $20-$40.
Pecos & the Rooftops are a close knit group of friends from northeast Texas that came together while in college in Lubbock. The band is Pecos Hurley (Vocals/Acoustic Guitar), Brandon Jones (Rhythm Guitar), Zack Foster (Lead Guitar), Kalen Davis (Bass), and Kade Trentham (Drums).  Their latest E.P. “Red Eye” released January 24, 2020.

Richard Marx
2024-12-15 18:00 - 22:00 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Headliner 7 p.m. No live bull riding. $20-$65.

An Evening with Cody Jinks
2024-12-19 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Headliner 9 p.m. Solo acoustic performance. $40-$150.

Kevin Fowler
2024-12-20 18:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Headliner 10 p.m. $18-$28.
ABOUT KEVIN FOWLER
Kevin Fowler has a found way to live the dream – by earning it. It’s never been an easy or short road, but it’s a path he wouldn’t trade and has positioned him as one of the most consistent artists, in any genre, of the last two decades. His musical journey began playing in rock bands before finding his footing as a solo act in the early 2000s in his home state of Texas, where he burst onto the scene with the celebrated album Beer Bait and Ammo – a mainstay for fans to this day. And while his songs have been covered by Country Music mainstays such as George Jones, Mark Chesnutt, Montgomery Gentry, Sammy Kershaw, and others – Kevin’s versions of these songs are feel good classics that rival the most well-known and memorable songs of any of his contemporaries. Fowler released seven additional albums over the following 14 years after Beer Bait and Ammo, including his most recent effort 2016’s Coming To A Honkytonk Near You produced by Trent Wilmon. Now he readies his latest effort, Barstool Stories for an August 23rd release. The understated title is a nod to what he does best – entertain. The album is filled with songs that invoke the quintessential sound that Fowler has spent his career fine-tuning and reinforcing. The set kicks off with the up-tempo rocker, “Neon” providing the listener a tone-setting compass for what’s to come. He seamlessly weaves back and forth and through the eleven songs to highlight everything that is Kevin Fowler – the upbeat, tongue-in-cheek master (“Beach Please,” “Fake ID”), the live show veteran (“Livin’ These Songs I Write, “Better With Beer”), and the sentimental dreamer (“She’s Growing on Me”, “Heaven”). The album doesn’t strictly rest of the laurels of the familiar, it pushes the listener to consider where Fowler is going, as well as where he’s been. Fowler once again turned to Willmon for producer duties, noting, “it was awesome to work with Trent Willmon again. This is the second album he has produced for me. He did a great job on this record. We have some great songs on this project. It makes it really hard to choose one for the single. I love all of ‘em. I also got my buddies Cody Johnson and Roger Creager to sing one with me. We all sang on one called “A Drinkin’ Song”. It turned out amazing! This record is very well-rounded with plenty of good ol’ Fowler fun songs and a few more heartfelt, serious ones. I love this record and I’m sure our fans will too. “ Barstool Stories confirms the dream Kevin Fowler keeps living – repeatedly making great music, having a lot of fun doing it, and inviting the audience to do the same and this album proudly claims its’ place as his current “snapshot in time.”

Eli Young Band
2024-12-21 18:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
$20-$50
Eli Young Band on The Main Stage | 10 PM
JD Myers on The Honky Tonk Stage | 8 PM
Doors Open at 6 PM

Pentatonix: Hallelujah! It's A Christmas Tour
2024-12-21 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Dickies Arena, Dickies Arena, Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
After thrilling arenas full of fans with yuletide classics in 2022 and 2023, the three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning and Daytime EMMY® Award-nominated quintet will return to the road to celebrate this year’s holiday season.

Braxton Keith
2024-12-26 18:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
$18-$28
Braxton Keith on The Main Stage | 9 PM
Peter Sinclair on The Honky Tonk Stage | 8 PM
Doors Open at 6 PM

Wyatt Flores
2024-12-27 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States

Koe Wetzel Presents Wetzel’s Wonderland Live
2024-12-28 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Dickies Arena, Dickies Arena, Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Price Range: starting at $39

Koe Wetzel Presents Wetzel’s Wonderland Live returns to Dickies Arena on Saturday, December 28th
Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.com.

Koe Wetzel never met a genre wall he couldn’t tear down: The Texas singer-songwriter has earned a rabid audience for his songs that mix country, rock, hip-hop, and even Nineties grunge. His 2016 album Noise Complaint endeared him to fans with its no- holds-barred lyrics about drunken nights, broken hearts and stints in jail, and included the Gold-certified hits “Love” (feat. Parker McCollum), “Something to Talk About” and the infamous “February 28, 2016.” Wetzel’s 2020 major label debut, Sellout, only furthered his legend with the Platinum-certified “Drunk Driving” and “Good Die Young” plus the Gold-certified “Kuntry & Wistern.” The 2022 follow-up, Hell Paso, hit No. 3 on Billboard’s Country Albums and spawned hits on both the country and rock charts, including the Gold-certified “Creeps” and “Cabo.” To date, Wetzel has 3.3 billion total streams and has created a genuine experience with his live concerts, which he describes as “total chaos.” In 2023 alone, he sold more than 275,000 tickets, and appeared for a third time on POLLSTAR’s Top Worldwide Tours. Wetzel has played prominent festival sets this summer and opened for Morgan Wallen on the superstar’s One Night at a Time Stadium Tour in Texas, while also headlining his own Damn Near Normal World Tour, currently underway. His new album, 9 Lives (Columbia), is available everywhere now as lead single “High Road” with Jessie Murph arrives as his debut Country radio single while also climbing both the Hot AC and Top 40 charts.

Toadies
2024-12-28 18:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Pit show. Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Vandoliers 9 p.m. Headliner 10 p.m. $20-$40.
ABOUT TOADIES
It’s been 25+ years since the Toadies started playing rock music in Fort Worth, Texas. Through lineup changes, shelved albums, band break-ups, and reunions, the Toadies have experienced nearly everything.
They burst onto the scene in 1994 with the breakthrough Rubberneck, including the singles “Possum Kingdom,” “Tyler.” Toadies returned to the studio in 1998 with the pressure of trying to match their first album’s success. That success didn’t translate to label support. “We got approval for a record,” says Vaden Todd Lewis, “ somewhere it got unapproved. So we went back to the drawing board.” Eventually some tracks made it onto Hell Below/Stars Above which came out seven years after Rubberneck. Disappointed and dejected, the band dissolved just a few months later.
Meanwhile, “Possum Kingdom” never left the airwaves, enjoying constant rotation at modern rock stations. Fans clamored for a Toadies reunion. “The band never went all the way away,” says Lewis.
A one-off show in 2006 became a full-fledged reunion and ever since, the Toadies have steadily built momentum. A third album, No Deliverance, came in 2008 and saw the band selling out shows nationwide while also playing Lollapalooza and ACL. The “lost album,” Feeler, finally materialized in 2010 followed by Play.Rock.Music. in 2012. In 2014, Toadies celebrated the 20th anniversary of Rubberneck. In 2016 Toadies released Heretics, an acoustic twist on classic songs. The band is currently finishing a new record with Rubberneck producer Rob Schnapf for a 2017 release.

The Damn Quails
2024-12-29 18:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Headliner 8 p.m. $16-$28.
ABOUT THE DAMN QUAILS
The Damn Quails started as a weekly jam session between two Oklahoma songwriters. Gabe Marshall and Bryon White met for a weekly gig that soon attracted all kinds of characters playing various instruments. These sessions quickly attracted a crowd, a semi-stable line-up was formed, and The Damn Quails were born. The band released their first record in 2011 entitled “Down The Hatch”. Since then, the band has firmly established itself as a touring entity hell bent on spreading their brand of music as far as possible. The Damn Quails carry on the great Oklahoma tradition of songwriting that draws from countless genres and has produced many memorable songs, bands, singers, and moments. They are proud to be part of such a rich musical heritage. They have taken their cue from their musical predecessors and forged their own and style that they loosely refer to Folk Rock. From the beginning Bryon and Gabe have had Thomas Young as their drummer. Not only does he keep the beat, but he also serves as a very stabilizing character that provides a very solid foundation on which the guys have built their musical monuments. Joining them playing a vast array of instruments is Kevin “Haystack” Foster. Kevin is a brilliant musician and singer who adds a dimension to the show that is undeniable. It seems like he has been there forever. On bass you have a close friend of Kevin’s and a ball of positivity and energy known as Dillon Sampson. Dillon and Kevin attended South Plains College in Texas where they studied music. They are proud to bring their friendship and dedication to great playing to The Damn Quails. Upon its release “Down the Hatch” quickly became a favorite of both music critics and a growing legion of fans that is now refereed to as “The Covey”. The record spawned the radio singles “Fool’s Gold”, “So So Long”, and “Me and the Whiskey”. Just as the band was hitting its stride, they suddenly found themselves in a legal struggle with their management company and record label. The situation soon deteriorated in such a way that lawsuits were filed and the band found itself fighting to keep the rights to their own name, music, likeness, and everything associated with The Damn Quails. The band did the only thing it could do and continued to tour and spread the good word the only way they knew how, by playing live. Night after night the band made friends and fans across the country. For much of this time they had no CDs or t-shirts to sell to help keep themselves going. All they could do was play. This situation would have destroyed most bands, but The Quails chose to never give up. They had their music, themselves, and of course The Covey to help them along their way. After two years the lawsuit was finally settled. The band was given the ownership of the name The Damn Quails, and was finally allowed to record and release new music. Finding themselves without a label or any financial backing, the band turned to the people whose support had never wavered, The Covey. They started a Kickstarter Campaign in January of 2015 that raised almost $55,000 dollars to record their new record. They enlisted David Abeyta from Reckless Kelly to produce the record which they recorded in Austin, Texas at 12th Street Sound. They emerged with “Out of the Birdcage” which will be released on their own label Swomp Fyst Records on September 4th. The title signifies the freedom the band feels having finally emerged to follow their true path, a path where they own their own future and are in charge of their own destiny.

New Year's Eve Party Featuring Gary Allan
2024-12-31 18:00 - 2025-01-01 02:00 (America/Chicago) | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Doors 6 p.m. Opener 8 p.m. Gary Allan 10 p.m. $25-$100.
NYE Party Details
• 4 Different Balloon Drops
• Champagne Toast at Midnight
With the allure of a modern day outlaw, Gary Allan has won over fans, peers and critics with his signature blend of smoldering vocals, rebellious lyrics and raucous live performances. While becoming a force on the country music scene, Allan has remained true to his artistic voice each step of the way. Allan re-signed with Universal Music Group Nashville in 2016, the label home for the entirety of his twenty plus year career. He is currently finishing up work for his upcoming EMI Nashville release. His last album, SET YOU FREE, topped the Billboard 200 (Pop Chart), a career first for Allan. The album also made its debut at the top of the Billboard Country Album chart (for the fourth time in a row), and produced his fifth #1 country radio chart topper with “Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain.” The California native released his first album, Used Heart for Sale, in 1996 and since then has released eight additional studio albums selling over 8 million albums, 10 million tracks, been certified platinum on three back-to-back albums and been certified gold five times. Allan has five #1 hits at country radio, fourteen Top 10 hits to his credit and amassed over 1.5 billion total streams. He’s described as “dark and dreamy” in Entertainment Weekly, “soulful and rough around the edges” in Playboy and deemed a “maverick” by Rolling Stone. He sells out venues as a headliner from NY to LA, appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Live with Kelly and Michael and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has also landed on the covers of Country Weekly, Pollstar and People magazine.

Flatland Cavalry: Wandering Star 2024 Tour
2024-12-31 19:30 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | Dickies Arena, Dickies Arena, Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Price Range: starting at $24.50

Flatland Cavalry: Wandering Star Tour 2024 is coming to Dickies Arena on Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
Tickets on sale now via Ticketmaster.com.

Flatland Cavalry is breaking out into a gallop. After years of hot trotting across their native Texas, the country outfit is primed for a breakout with the release of their third full-length album, the sonically sprawling and wistfully written Welcome to Countryland.
The Texas sextet––bandleader and chief lyricist Cleto Cordero, guitarist Reid Dillon, bassist Jonathan Saenz, drummer Jason Albers, fiddle player Wesley Hall, and utility instrumentalist Adam Gallegos––continue to embrace their trademark sound while further pushing into the wild unknown. When it was time to embark on recording a new album, resting on their laurels was simply out of the realm of possibilities.

Josh Abbott Band
2025-01-03 18:00 - 23:30, 2025-01-04 18:00 - 23:30 UTC | Billy Bob’s Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Josh Abbott Band on The Main Stage | 10 PM
Pawn Shop Pearls on the Honky Tonk Stage | 8 PM
Doors | 6 PM
$20-$40

Carrying the Torch
2025-01-04 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth presents Carrying the Torch as part of its 2024–2025 season Journey Through Textural Colors.
Pre-Concert Lecture at 1:15 pm
Performance at 2 pm
Pianist Anton Nel returns to perform with Gary Levinson, Iakov Zats, and Robert deMaine works of Martinu, Schumann, and Mozart.
Program
• Wolfang Amadé Mozart: “Kegelstatt” Piano Trio in E flat, KV 498 (with violin)
• Bohuslav Martinů: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313
• Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op.47
Anton Nel, piano; Gary Levinson, violin; Iakov Zats, viola; Robert deMaine, cello
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