Dec 2–4

What to Do This Weekend

Forget Santa—Dolly Parton is coming to town! Plus: Dickens on The Strand makes merry in Galveston and Houston Grand Opera hosts the world premiere of a reimagined It's a Wonderful Life.

12/01/2016 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

Preview

Da Camera Brings a Picasso-Themed Concert to the Menil

Picasso and Music combines the modern artist's works with stirring sounds from composers he inspired.

11/09/2016 By Sydney Boyd

Texas Forever

Sorry, Internet: Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks Slayed at the CMA Awards

Our favorite Lone Starlets—and some unnecessary shade—rocked the stage.

11/04/2016 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

This Just In

Middlelands Music Festival Announces 2017 Dates

The buzzy outdoor music fest is coming to Houston—or close to it—this May.

11/03/2016 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

Nov 4–6

5 Reasons We're Ready for the Weekend

From fresh falafel at Turkish Fest to hundreds of makers at Art on the Avenue, ring in November with these Bayou City happenings.

11/02/2016 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

Preview

Ars Lyrica Opens Jephtha This Saturday

The ensemble's new Fables & Follies season brings this stirring—and challenging—masterpiece to the Hobby Center.

10/10/2016 With Sydney Boyd

Concerts

ACL in Pics: Radiohead, M83, Kendrick Lamar and More

The 15th annual Austin City Limits musical festival wrapped up its second and final weekend.

10/10/2016 Photography by Todd Spoth

Cheap Frills

5 Free Events at Miller Outdoor Theatre This October

You won't be shortchanged at these top-notch performances.

10/07/2016 With Glissette Santana

Wildest Dreams

Taylor Swift Headlines Pre-Super Bowl Show in Houston

Lady Gaga isn't the only concert worth catching here next year.

10/04/2016 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

Making Sound Waves

A New Music Festival is Headed to Houston

Don't miss the inaugural Middlelands Music and Camping Fest this spring.

10/03/2016 With Mellanie Perez

Turn it up

Bayou City Band Birthday Club Releases EP this Friday

New music mingles with visual arts at this not-to-be-missed event.

09/29/2016 By Mellanie Perez

Music To Our Ears

New Sarah Kelly Music School Hits All the Right Notes

The popular recording artist is setting up shop in The Woodlands.

09/23/2016 With Alex Meyer

Music Fest

5 Must-See Acts at the Day For Night Festival

Featuring Wild Moccasins, Björk and Run the Jewels, this stellar lineup is music to our ears.

09/16/2016 By Greg Fails

Top Picks

What's Up This Weekend? So Much (Sept 16–18)

Hear Sir Ben Kingsley at the Houston Symphony, see Lin-Manuel Miranda's (first!) broadway hit In the Heights at TUTS and listen to the Everything Is Illuminated author read from his new page turner at Inprint's Reading Series.

09/14/2016 By Jeanne Lyons Davis