Rawayana play 713 Music Hall on Thursday, November 19 — and if you know anything about where this band has been, you know this isn’t just a tour stop. The Venezuelan quartet dedicated their Coachella 2025 set to their home country. Their single “Veneka” became a migrant anthem so charged that Nicolás Maduro’s government forced them to cancel their domestic tour. A show in Houston, in front of one of the largest Venezuelan diaspora communities in the United States, carries a different weight than most dates on a world tour.
The booking at 713 Music Hall — a 5,000-capacity Live Nation room on Franklin Street — reads as calibrated. Their album ¿Dónde Es El After? debuted at #1 on the U.S. Spotify chart when it dropped on New Year’s Day, and the band carries 9.2 million monthly listeners globally. They could push toward a larger room in a major market. The choice to play a mid-size amphitheater in Houston says they’re building the North American audience deliberately — earning the rooms, not assuming them.
The Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning band — Beto Montenegro (vocals), Andrés “Fofo” Story (drums), Alejandro “Abeja” Abejón, and Antonio “Tony” Casas — coined their own genre term for what they do: venetón, the fusion of contemporary tropical and urban sounds. Caribbean rhythms folded into funk, reggae, soul, house, and rock. ¿Dónde Es El After? is a 23-track project on Broccoli Records featuring Manuel Turizo, Jowell & Randy, Carín León, and Grupo Frontera. The record opens with a New Year’s wish that lands differently in diaspora context: “may the sons of bitches finally leave.”
Montenegro described the album’s concept as “Where do we meet once the party ends?” — partly philosophical, partly a political statement from a band that’s been living the Venezuelan exodus from the inside. The live show tends to answer that question in the most direct way possible: you meet here, in this room, on this night.
The Houston date is part of a Texas stretch that continues through Irving and Austin. No support acts have been announced. Showtime is 8:00 PM.
Tickets & Details
Rawayana perform at 713 Music Hall (401 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77201) on Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM. Tickets are available through the link below. See all upcoming Houston concerts.