Olivia Dean at Moody Center ATX | August 28, 2026
There is a lineage in American soul music — a passing of something almost unclassifiable from Aretha Franklin to Lauryn Hill to Amy Winehouse to the next voice the tradition chooses — and the tradition has apparently chosen Olivia Dean.
Olivia Dean at Moody Center ATX | August 29, 2026
Olivia Dean brings the final night of her North American arena tour to Austin on August 29 — the second of two sold-out shows at Moody Center ATX on the heels of a Grammy win, four BRIT Awards, and an album that made history on both sides of the Atlantic.
Jill Scott at Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land | August 30, 2026
In 2000, when Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 reached record store shelves, the neo-soul conversation had already been running for years. What Scott brought was different in kind — a spoken word performer before she was a recording artist, and that fact never left her music. Eleven years after her last studio album, she arrives in Sugar Land with To Whom This May Concern and something to prove. Sunday, August 30, 2026. 7:30 PM.
Jill Scott at Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land | August 31, 2026
Jill Scott brings the To Whom This May Concern World Tour to Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land on Monday, August 31, 2026 — the second of two consecutive nights in the Houston area, and the first major tour behind her first studio album in eleven years. Doors at 6:30 PM; showtime at 7:30 PM.
Thee Sacred Souls at 713 Music Hall | September 11, 2026
Thee Sacred Souls brings The Constellation Tour to 713 Music Hall on September 11, with The Womack Sisters and LA LOM on one of the most lineage-deep soul bills to hit Houston this year. Tickets from .
Jungle at Moody Center ATX | September 24, 2026
Jungle brings the World Tour 2026 to Austin’s Moody Center ATX on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM, with support from Rio Kosta. The British soul-funk collective’s fifth studio album, Sunshine, arrives six weeks before show night.
A.J. Ghent at House of Blues Houston | September 26, 2026
A.J. Ghent makes his steel guitar sing the way a human voice does — not as a trick or a parlor effect, but as the core of what he does. He plays Sacred Steel, the tradition his great-uncle Willie Eason helped establish in Southern Pentecostal churches in the 1930s, and he has pushed it somewhere entirely his own. He lands at House of Blues Houston on Saturday, September 26, at 7:00 PM.
TLC & Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | October 4, 2026
TLC and Salt-N-Pepa co-headline the IT’S ICONIC Tour at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on October 4, 2026 — the first-ever joint tour for the two groups, with En Vogue as special guest and a no-intermission mixtape-vibe format.
Usher Raymond & Chris Brown Bring The R&B Tour to NRG Stadium | October 9, 2026
The R&B Tour, the 33-date co-headlining stadium run pairing Usher Raymond and Chris Brown, makes its Houston debut Friday, October 9, 2026 at NRG Stadium. The city draws three dates — October 9, 10, and November 24 — a stand that reflects its long-standing place at the center of American R&B. Showtime 7:00 PM; tickets at RaymondAndBrownTour.com.
Demola at 713 Music Hall | October 24, 2026
Demola, the Houston-based violinist from Lagos, brings the DEMOLA LIVE! 2026 tour home to 713 Music Hall on Saturday, October 24. He plays with his live band, The Sunrise. Tickets through Ticketmaster.