I mean, Houston's only the fucking 4th largest city in the country:
Oct 14 - College Station, TX - Big State Festival at the Texas World Speedway (this will be a ROCK SHOW) BUY TICKETS
The DBTs are playing Oct. 13 in New Orleans, and Oct. 16 in Tulsa.
Pros for attending the Big State Festival: Willie, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Reckless Kelly, Kelly Wills, and Charlie Louvin.
Cons: Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, and sitting through about two dozen other bands I've never heard of.
The hell with it. TWS is about a 75-minute drive from my house. And at this rate, the next DBT tour won't take them closer than Little Rock.
Bands skip Houston because there is no place to play where they can actually make money. They are relegated to venues that hold about 200 or Verizon Wireless Theater. There’s no venue here than holds around 2000 and doesn’t charge through the roof. House of Blues is coming. That will help. You think it is bad with rock bands (I feel for the decent indie bands stuck playing Walter’s, God help them), but we get literally NO jazz bands unless they can fill one of the halls at the Hobby Center.