The Venue Database
Texas Venues
76 venues. 7 regions. Every room we cover, mapped to where it lives and what it books.
Houston / Gulf Coast (17)
713 Music Hall
A-ListLive Nation / House of Blues Entertainment flagship Houston venue. Opened 2021 inside POST Houston (former Barbara Jordan Post Office). 5,000 cap — fills the gap between House of Blues…
Bayou Music Center
A-ListLive Nation Theater District venue. Flexible 2,400-3,400 cap (commonly cited at 2,815). Sits between House of Blues (1,800) and 713 Music Hall (5,000) in the Live Nation Houston ladder.
House of Blues Houston
A-ListLive Nation / HoB Entertainment club venue in downtown Houston. ~1,800 cap main Music Hall, GA floor + reserved balcony. Bronze Peacock side room (KovZ917A58V) is the smaller stage. Gospel…
Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
A-ListPermanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Society for the Performing Arts (SPA). Acoustic ceiling adjusts cap from ~2,300 (balcony covered) to 2,911 (balcony open). Books symphony, touring orchestral,…
Last Concert Cafe
B-ListHouston's longest-running live music venue (since 1940s). Historic Mexican cafe + music venue in the downtown Warehouse District. 650 standing GA in main room, plus the Gospel Lounge (45 seated/60…
Miller Outdoor Theatre
A-ListHistoric free outdoor amphitheater in Hermann Park, operating since 1923. 1,705 covered seats + 4,500 lawn = ~6,200 cap total. ALWAYS FREE — largest "always free" performing arts program in…
NRG Stadium
A-ListHome of the NFL Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (~72K cap with retractable roof). Hosts the biggest stadium tours plus the annual RodeoHouston concert series (March),…
Numbers Nightclub
B-ListIconic Montrose venue since 1978. Started as a gay bar central to Houston's gay rights movement; evolved into an alternative dance club + concert venue. 850 standing / 300 seated.…
Rudyard's British Pub
C-ListLegacy Montrose pub with a small upstairs music room — Houston's go-to launching pad for indie rock, punk, metal, roots rock since the mid-1980s. Cap ~150 (upstairs). Also home to…
Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
A-ListOwned by City of Sugar Land, operated by ATG Entertainment (Ambassador Theatre Group). Movable-wall configurations from 1,900 to 6,400 cap. Books A-list touring acts (comedy + concerts). ~20 miles SW…
The Continental Club Houston
C-ListHouston branch of the legendary Austin venue, opened 2000. ~300 cap standing. Sister space Shoeshine Charley's Big Top Lounge next door at 3714 Main (~100 cap). Books roots rock, rockabilly,…
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
A-ListGreater Houston's flagship outdoor amphitheater (~16.5K cap with lawn). Live Nation primary touring venue. Sponsored by Huntsman. Season runs roughly March-November. Equivalent of Capital Region's SPAC for the Houston market.
The Heights Theater
B-List1929 restored movie palace, reopened 2016 by Kessler Presents as a live music room. ~700-800 cap depending on config (GA seated, reserved gallery, tables, suites). Books indie/Americana/singer-songwriter touring acts. TM…
The Secret Group
C-ListEaDo comedy + live music venue. Two rooms: - Showroom (350 cap) — concerts + headlining touring comedians - The Box (80 seated) — smaller comedy room Books nationally touring…
Toyota Center
A-ListHome of the NBA Houston Rockets. Houston's primary major-touring arena (~18K cap). Live Nation-managed concert calendar; AXS also handles some box-office mobile delivery but Ticketmaster is the consumer-facing primary.
Warehouse Live Midtown
B-ListIMPORTANT: Original Warehouse Live (813 St Emanuel St, EaDo) CLOSED December 2023 — do NOT use that address. Operation moved to the former Rise Rooftop space at 2600 Travis St…
White Oak Music Hall
A-ListMulti-stage 50,000 sq ft complex on 5 acres in Near Northside. Three performance spaces: - Lawn (outdoor, ~3,000 cap) — TM venue KovZ917Ata1 - Downstairs (indoor music hall, ~1,000 cap)…
Dallas-Fort Worth (15)
American Airlines Center
A-ListHome of the Dallas Mavericks (NBA) and Dallas Stars (NHL). Top-tier touring arena in DFW since 2001. TM internal numeric ID 98723 maps to KovZ ID KovZpZAJ67eA (confirmed via livenation.com).
AT&T Stadium
A-ListHome of the Dallas Cowboys. Stadium capacity 80,000 fixed seats, expandable to 100,000+ with standing room. Hosts only the biggest stadium tours (Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Garth Brooks, WrestleMania). Limited concert…
Billy Bob's Texas
A-ListWorld's Largest Honky Tonk — 100,000+ sq ft, 6,000 capacity. Located in the Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District. Moved primary ticketing to AXS in 2020. Cornerstone country/Red Dirt venue for…
Dickies Arena
A-ListState-of-the-art 14,000-seat multipurpose arena in Fort Worth's Cultural District (opened 2019). Hosts the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo plus major concerts. TM numeric venue ID 99330.
Dos Equis Pavilion
A-ListFormerly Starplex Amphitheatre / Gexa Energy Pavilion / Smirnoff Music Centre. Live Nation primary outdoor amphitheater for DFW. 7,500 reserved seats under canopy + 12,500 lawn = 20,000 total. Located…
Globe Life Field
A-ListHome of the Texas Rangers (opened 2020). Retractable roof (largest single-panel operable roof in the world). 40,300 capacity. Concert lineup includes Eagles, Guns N' Roses, Fuerza Regida. TM numeric venue…
Granada Theater
B-ListHistoric 1946 Art Deco theater in Lower Greenville. Independently owned and operated — books via venue direct (granadatheater.com), not Ticketmaster. Capacity 474-1,150 depending on config (seated/GA). Dallas Landmark.
House of Blues Dallas
A-ListLive Nation venue in Victory Park (since 2007). Main hall 2,500 cap; Cambridge Room (sub-venue, TM venue 99288) is smaller club space. Note: House of Blues uses Ticketmaster, not Live…
Tannahill's Tavern & Music Hall
B-List1,000-cap venue in historic Mule Barn in Fort Worth Stockyards. Chef Tim Love project (opened 2022). Strong Red Dirt / Americana / country booking calendar. Anchor of the Mule Alley…
The Bomb Factory
A-ListLargest standalone music venue in Deep Ellum. Renamed to 'The Factory in Deep Ellum' in 2021, reverted to original name 'The Bomb Factory' (2024-2025). Capacity flexes 200-4,300 depending on configuration.…
The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
A-ListLive Nation venue opened 2022 in Dallas Design District. 1,000-cap (700 reception / 400 theater-style main hall). Cashless. TM numeric venue ID 99342. KovZ ID confirmed via livenation.com listing.
The Kessler Theater
B-ListRestored vintage theater in Oak Cliff (since 2010). Capacity ~400-500 depending on config (GA seated, reserved, tables, suites). Independent venue, books direct via Prekindle. Strong Americana / singer-songwriter / jazz…
The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
A-ListFlexible-capacity boutique amphitheater (2,500 intimate / 4,000 indoor / 8,000 full amphitheater). Live Nation venue in Las Colinas. Opened 2017. TM numeric venue ID 99303.
Trees
B-ListLegendary Deep Ellum club since 1990. Hosted Nirvana, Radiohead, Tool, Arcade Fire, Deftones early in careers. ~650 cap. Independent — books via venue direct.
Will Rogers Auditorium
A-ListHistoric 1936 auditorium (National Register of Historic Places) inside the 120-acre Will Rogers Memorial Center complex in Fort Worth's Cultural District. 2,856 cap. Live Nation primary. TM numeric venue ID…
Austin / Central TX (25)
3TEN ACL Live
C-ListACL Live's intimate sister room, tucked next to the Moody Theater box office in the W Hotel block. 350 capacity, sit-down or GA depending on the act. Runs as the…
ACL Live at the Moody Theater
A-ListHome stage of the PBS series Austin City Limits, the longest-running music program in American TV history. Opened 2011 in the W Hotel building downtown. ~100 concerts/year plus ACL TV…
Antone's Nightclub
C-List'Austin's Home of the Blues since 1975.' Clifford Antone opened the original on 6th Street July 1975, hosted B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert Collins, James Brown, and launched Stevie Ray…
Auditorium Shores
A-ListDowntown waterfront lawn opposite the Long Center where Austin throws its biggest free events. Stevie Ray Vaughan memorial statue at the lake's edge. Home of SXSW Outdoor Stage and historic…
Bass Concert Hall
A-ListOpened 1981, flagship of Texas Performing Arts at UT Austin and the largest proscenium theater in Austin. Primary stop for Broadway tours (Hadestown, Six), Austin Symphony's bigger productions, and prestige…
Broken Spoke
B-List'Last of the True Texas Dancehalls' and the oldest continuously operating music venue in Austin. James White opened the Spoke in 1964 a mile south of the city limits under…
Cactus Cafe
C-ListOpened 1979 inside the Texas Union. Country's premier listening room for folk and Americana — Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Lucinda Williams, the Dixie Chicks, Nanci Griffith,…
Cheer Up Charlies
C-ListAustin's flagship queer venue and a Red River Cultural District anchor. Opened 2010 by Maggie Lea and Tamara Hoover; relocated to historic 900 Red River building (continuous LGBTQ+ space since…
Emo's Austin
B-ListCurrent incarnation of Austin's most legendary punk-and-indie name. Original Red River location (1992-2011) moved to larger East Riverside space late 2011. Live Nation 1,700-cap club booking indie/rock/hip-hop tier above Mohawk…
Empire Control Room & Garage
B-ListThree-stage complex at 7th and Red River — Garage (1,050 former auto bay), Control Room (350 indoor), Patio (200 creekside). Opened 2013 in a converted auto shop, fills the room-size…
Germania Insurance Amphitheater
A-ListAustin's primary outdoor amphitheater, inside the Circuit of The Americas complex southeast of town. Formerly Austin360 Amphitheater (Germania naming rights 2019). Hosts Willie Nelson's annual 4th of July Picnic and…
Hole in the Wall
C-ListThe Drag's last great dive — across Guadalupe from UT campus and PBS/KLRU studios. Opened June 15, 1974 in a former dry cleaner. Some 10,000 musicians have played it, including…
Hotel Vegas
C-ListAnchor of East 6th Street's arts-and-music corridor. Opened 2011; SXSW-favorite garage/psych/indie destination. Two stages (indoor + outdoor patio), three bars, programming sensibility that lands the buzziest international garage and psych…
Long Center for the Performing Arts
A-ListLady Bird Lake prestige PAC with iconic skyline-view ring façade, built atop the old Palmer Auditorium. Dell Hall ~2,400; full complex ~6,400 across rooms and terrace. Home to Austin Symphony,…
Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
A-ListOpened August 2021 as centerpiece of revitalized Waterloo Park. Downtown outdoor amphitheater filling the gap between Red River clubs and the suburban Germania shed. ~5,000-cap covered stage + open lawn.…
Moody Center
A-ListAustin's flagship arena and successor to the Frank Erwin Center. Opened April 2022, Oak View Group / Live Nation / C3 / UT partnership with Matthew McConaughey as 'Minister of…
Sahara Lounge
C-ListFar East Austin's most singular venue — opened 2011 in the building where the beloved BYO juke joint T.C.'s Lounge had operated. The city's home for Afrobeat, Afropop, conjunto, Brazilian,…
Stubb's Bar-B-Q
A-ListBarbecue temple and the most storied mid-size amphitheater in the country. Waller Creek outdoor amphitheater hosts ~100 shows/year — Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Adele, Willie Nelson, Arcade Fire all played…
The Continental Club
C-ListSouth Congress's most legendary room and arguably the most internationally famous small club in Austin. Opened 1957 as a private supper club; transformed through burlesque, dive-bar, and punk eras into…
The Far Out Lounge & Stage
B-ListFar South Congress sprawl of shaded patio, food trucks, and back stage — one of Austin's largest outdoor music spaces. Opened 2019; voted Best New Venue at the Austin Music…
The Mohawk
B-ListAnchor of the Red River Cultural District since September 2006. Split-level indoor/outdoor club — Austin's defining indie-and-progressive venue. Co-founded by James Moody (Joseph family ownership); booked by Resound Presents (Graham…
The Parish
C-ListTucked upstairs on the Dirty Sixth strip, widely cited as Austin's best-sounding indoor club. The room where Radiohead, Spoon, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Pete Townshend, and Slash have all played…
The Saxon Pub
C-ListSouth Lamar's songwriters' sanctuary — 150 seats, every chair facing the stage. Bob Schneider's Monday-night residency ran for two decades; the late Stephen Bruton anchored the legendary Resentments residency. Independent…
The White Horse
C-ListEast Austin's two-step capital — opened December 2011 as a bet that the East Side could have its own honky-tonk. Open daily at 3 PM with a giant dance floor…
Zilker Park
A-List351-acre crown jewel of Austin's park system, home of the Austin City Limits Music Festival every October — two weekends, 9 stages, 100+ acts, 450,000 attendees across six days in…
San Antonio (10)
Aztec Theatre
A-List1926 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
A-List$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
A-List70,000 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
B-ListSouth-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
A-ListSan 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…
Majestic Theatre San Antonio
A-List1929 Spanish Mediterranean atmospheric theatre designed by John Eberson; National Historic Landmark. Anchors downtown's performing-arts spine — touring-Broadway and prestige-concert room for San Antonio. Operated by ATG Entertainment; owned by…
Paper Tiger
B-ListKeystone 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
B-List550-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
A-ListBoutique 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
A-ListBuilt 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…
Texas Hill Country (6)
Anhalt Hall
B-ListFirst section built 1879 — just months after Gruene Hall — making Anhalt one of the two oldest dance halls in Texas. Larger meeting hall added 1887-1898; the celebrated 6,000…
Cheatham Street Warehouse
C-List1910 grocery warehouse converted to a music hall in June 1974 by Kent Finlay and Jim Cunningham. George Strait and the Ace in the Hole Band played their first shows…
Gruene Hall
B-ListBuilt 1878 by Heinrich D. Gruene — Texas' oldest continually operating dance hall and the touchstone venue for the entire circuit. 6,000 sq ft hall retains original layout: tin roof,…
John T. Floore's Country Store
B-ListOpened 1942 by John T. Floore as a grocery and dance spot on the road between San Antonio and Bandera. Widely regarded as the musical 'birthplace' of Willie Nelson —…
Luckenbach Texas Dance Hall
C-ListSettled by German farmers in the 1850s; bought in 1971 by 'Hondo' Crouch who declared the town 'a free state of mind' and crowned himself Mayor. Jerry Jeff Walker recorded…
Sengelmann Hall
C-ListOriginally built late 1870s, destroyed by fire, rebuilt 1894. Closed early 1940s and sat dormant ~70 years. Artist Dana Harper bought it in 1999; after a $2M restoration (partially funded…
West Texas (2)
Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences
A-ListOpened January 2021 at a cost of $158M — flagship performing arts center for the Texas High Plains and critical routing stop for the Lubbock/Amarillo/Midland-Odessa corridor. Buddy Holly's hometown finally…
The Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center
A-ListOpened September 1930 with film Follow Thru before a capacity crowd of 2,410. Designed by W. Scott Dunne in Spanish Colonial Revival style and advertised as the largest theatre between…
Corpus / Rio Grande Valley (1)
House of Rock
C-ListFounded July 28, 2005 by Casey Lain in a 1910 downtown Corpus Christi building two blocks from Corpus Christi Bay. Anchor independent music venue for the entire Coastal Bend region…