Band of Horses are playing Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater on November 19 — midway through the final leg of a year-long 20th anniversary campaign for Everything All The Time, their 2006 debut. The Texas stretch is the backbone of this leg: Phoenix and Tucson feed in, then Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston follow, before the whole thing closes in Charleston — the band’s current base — with two hometown nights. The Stubb’s outdoor booking is the right scale for what they’re doing: 2,500 capacity, under the sky, big enough to treat the record like the document it is without making it into an event it doesn’t need to be.
Ben Bridwell has been the only continuous member of Band of Horses since the band’s inception, and Everything All The Time is the record that launched all of it — produced by Phil Ek, released on Sub Pop in 2006, Gold-certified, with the double Platinum single “The Funeral” as its anchor. Sub Pop put out a 20th Anniversary Edition this past March: 19 tracks, expanded with the 2005 tour EP, previously unreleased demos and rarities, and new liner notes from Ek. The reissue makes the case that the album warranted this level of care. The tour has been making the same case live, night after night.
The format is two sets: the full album in sequence, then a pivot through fan favorites. This is an “An Evening With” billing — no support act — which means you’re not sitting through a thirty-minute opener before things get going. The whole night is Band of Horses.
Bridwell, when the reissue was announced: “This album made all of my dreams come true. Forever grateful for the desperation that fueled its inspiration.” Producer Phil Ek: “Twenty years on, I still think Everything All The Time exemplifies this fully.”
A dollar from every ticket sold goes to The Vera Project — a Seattle-based nonprofit that operates as both a music venue and a cultural space, focused on youth-driven engagement with music and art. Given that the album was recorded in the Pacific Northwest with Ek at the board, the tie-in lands.
About the Venue
Stubb’s Bar-B-Q at 801 Red River St. is one of Austin‘s most established outdoor rooms. The amphitheater holds 2,500 and now operates under Live Nation — which has shifted its booking patterns, but it still draws the kind of touring acts that make sense outdoors under the Texas night sky. Late November in Austin runs cool but usually stays workable for an outdoor show.
Tickets & Show Details
Doors at 7:00 PM. Tickets on sale through Ticketmaster.