Six Must-Attend Events: Oct. 4-13
The state's top events and offerings, from Johnny Winter playing blues standards at the Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembrance Ride to the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
The state's top events and offerings, from Johnny Winter playing blues standards at the Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembrance Ride to the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
The state's top event offerings, from the Galveston Island Shrimp Festival to the debut of the new Big Tex.
The state's top event offerings, from a new James Turrell exhibition to the West Texas Book Festival.
October’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top event offerings, from a motor-coach tour of North Texas horse country to an art fair hosted by the Art Guys.
The state's top offerings, from chuck-wagon cookouts at the 25th annual National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration to a performance by Lyle Lovett, without his big band.
The state's top event offerings, from seeing The Relatives play with Augie Meyers to a showcase of the state's best local art.
The state's top offerings, from seeing Jack Black and the School of Rock perform at the tenth-anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's film to enjoying a Maines family throw-down.
The state's top offerings, from chef Stephan Pyles's farmer's market in San Antonio to the John Wesley Hardin Secret Society's reenactment of Hardin's death in El Paso.
September’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top offerings, from the Polyphonic Spree's hometown CD-release show in Dallas to a celebration of the Astrodome at an exhibit in Houston.
The state's top offerings, from kayaking Houston's Buffalo Bayou to judging Galveston's Seaweed Art Contest.
The state's top offerings, from singing along to "Daydream Believer" at a Monkees tribute show featuring Michael Nesmith to honoring the memory of Texas's fifth president, Sam Houston.
Howard Rains on his quest to bring back an old-time style of Texas fiddling that was popular between the Civil War and World War II.
The state's top offerings from a screening of a John Wayne classic in Dallas's historic Texas Theatre to getting your fill at the Texas Cheeseburger Festival in Friona.
August’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top offerings, from watching Janis take the stage to the opening of a new town called Bikinis, Texas.
The state's top offerings, from Beyoncé's world tour to listening to symphonic renditions of the Rolling Stones' songs.
The state's top events and offerings, from Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic to Luling's Watermelon Thump.
The state's top offerings, from seeing the stars at the Marfa Film Festival to drinking cheap beers at Gruene Hall in memory of the town's favorite local son, Frank Schlather.
The state's top offerings, from a chance to study how bullfighting inspired Ernest Hemingway's work to celebrating Juneteenth in Galveston.
July's must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top offerings, from a tailgate viewing of "Friday Night Lights" in Austin to the Chisolm Trail Roundup barbecue cookoff in Lockhart.
The state's top offerings, from the Sandcastle Competition in Galveston to the Accordion Kings & Queens festival in Houston.
The state's top offerings from seeing some of the top street artists' work to hearing the Sixth Floor Museum's founders talk about the importance of the institution to Dallas and JFK's memory.
The state's top offerings, from watching the final installment of the "Before Sunrise" trilogy with Richard Linklater to seeing fourteen-year-old Guan Tianlang try to become the first male amateur to win a PGA tournament since Phil Mickelson.
June's must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top offerings from hearing Philip Glass perform his score for "Dracula" at Jones Hall in Houston to hearing Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks at their only American tour date currently on their calendar.
Some of the state's top offerings, from the Art Car Parade in Houston to Ray Price performing George Jones hits at Gruene Hall.
The state's top offering's, from hearing powerful poetry in Round Top to celebrating Willie's eightieth birthday and helping the citizens of West at a benefit concert in Austin.
Some of the state's top offerings, from getting retro at the Texas VW Classic in Fredericksburg to eating mudbugs at the Texas Crawfish & Music Festival in Old Town Spring.
The state's top offerings, from a sneak peek at horse racing's finest thoroughbreds at Grand Prairie's Lone Star Park to the Old Settlers Music Festival in Austin.
May's must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top events and offerings from the Deep Ellum Art Festival (complete with pet parade) to a collection of Dr. Seuss's unusual hats.
The state's top events and offerings, from the Houston Astros taking on the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball's opening day game to the Texas Dance Hall Preservation concert at Anhalt Hall.
The state's top events and offerings, from Houston artists Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen exploring issues of excess and false comforts and Gary Clark Jr.'s new Maverick Music Festival.
The state's top events and offerings, from the Buffalo Bayou Regatta, in Houston, to Antone's Farewell to Fifth, in Austin.
April's must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top events and offerings, from seeing Texas troubadour Ryan Bingham in Fort Worth to the fourth annual Paella Challenge in Houston.
The state's top events and offerings, like the twentieth anniversary celebration of "Dazed and Confused," Kelly Clarkson in Grand Prairie, and the Dallas Blooms festival.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state's top events and offerings, from the last showing of "A Ride With Bob" in Austin to seeing four contestants vie to be the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
Five must-attend events for March.
The state's top events and offerings, from the last showing of "A Ride With Bob" in Austin to seeing Mike Tyson perform onstage in his one-man show in Grand Prairie.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The state's top events and offerings, from parking at a drive-in theater with your sweetheart to channeling your inner cowboy at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
Throw your plans out the window. We scoured the state in search of the top events and offerings, from the honoring the death of rock legend Buddy Holly to Mardi Gras in Galveston and Fredericksburg. Here’s our super select guide to the things you absolutely can’t afford to miss.[February 1–12]
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
Carrie Rodriguez, Singing Bach on the Flues, A Day With Dangerous Guitar, and the Eighth Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium . . .
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
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By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s new book on Scientology, Going Clear, arrives on shelves today amid a swarm of controversy.
By Michael Hoinski and Texas Monthly
The New York Times Magazine proclaimed Saunders a "superhero" of American fiction. Is he a king of Texas literature too?
Willie reveals this and several other details in an excerpt from his new memoir, Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die.