Your Guide to Live Music in Texas

Paper Tiger

Keystone independent music venue on the St. Mary’s Strip and spiritual successor to the old White Rabbit. Two-stage layout carries both 1,000-cap headline tours and 200-cap weekday discovery slate —…

Sam’s Burger Joint

550-cap music hall attached to a Pearl-adjacent burger restaurant on the edge of downtown. Best-sounding mid-club room in San Antonio and the city’s primary Texas-songwriter and Americana stop on every…

The Espee

Boutique amphitheater-plus-event complex in historic St. Paul Square, built around the city’s first train station. Rebranded from Sunset Station in 2023 under ATG Entertainment. Combines 3,000-cap outdoor concert lawn with…

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

Built around the shell of the 1926 Municipal Auditorium; reopened 2014 after $203M overhaul. San Antonio’s flagship multi-disciplinary PAC — home to Opera San Antonio, Ballet San Antonio, the San…

Aztec Theatre

1926 Meso-American revival theater on the edge of the River Walk, restored as a concert house in 2013. San Antonio’s signature historic rock-and-roll theater — catches touring tier just below…

Boeing Center at Tech Port

$70M, 130,000 sq ft entertainment-and-tech complex opened 2022 on the Port San Antonio campus. Anchored by a 60×20-ft LED wall and the largest musical-Tesla-coil array in any concert room. Fills…

Cowboys Dancehall

70,000 sq ft entertainment complex with two dance floors, indoor rodeo arena, seven bars, and a mechanical bull. Largest dedicated dance hall in San Antonio and the city’s primary year-round…

Far West San Antonio

South-Side Tejano dance hall on Pleasanton Road carrying the lineage of the old Far West Rodeo. Working-class counterweight to Cowboys Dancehall — Fri/Sat-night Tejano and conjunto room booking touring norteño…

Frost Bank Center

San Antonio’s primary arena and home of the NBA Spurs and SA Stock Show & Rodeo. Renamed from AT&T Center in 2023 after Cullen/Frost Bankers acquired naming rights. Hosts the…