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Zakk Wylde talks about his musical debt to Ozzy and Black Sabbath ahead of San Antonio show
The guitarist’s current tour has him doing double duty with Black Label Society and Zakk Sabbath.
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Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Karol G, The Browning, San Antonio Funk Fest
San Antonio’s Paida and Cybr.grl also are bringing their internet-famous pop to Stable Hall.
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San Antonio Chicana punk purveyors Fea hit the road again, show they’re in it for the long haul
The group is embarking on a tour to support The Nerve, its first new album in seven years.
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Social media users roast Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over his Dolly Parton tribute
‘Maybe you should give out books like she did, not ban them,’ one commenter wrote.
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San Antonio loomed large in the late Dolly Parton’s country music career
The iconic singer-songwriter was a regular performer in the Alamo City as she rose to fame. Later in her career, she played a 2016 benefit concert at the Tobin Center.
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Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Edith Márquez, Sam Williams
SA-based tribute act System of a Brown is also serving up the “Chop Suey!”
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San Antonio’s Gunter Hotel opens recording studio in honor of its storied musical legacy
Blues legend Robert Johnson recorded ‘Cross Road Blues’ and other tracks in its Room 414. ‘That history is what inspired the Gunter to build something worthy of it,’ hotel officials say.
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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies at age 77
Beard, a hard-hitting and precise drummer, was a key member of one of Texas’ defining musical exports.
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Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Hardy, Benson Boone, Palomazo Norteño, Chavela
Paper Tiger’s La Noche Del Tigre variety showcase also will bring together Texas music and comedians.
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Jonas Brothers will bring latest tour to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center this fall
Tickets for the Saturday, Nov. 14, performance go on sale this week.
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Paper Tiger’s Pulga Market puts a punk spin on an age-old tradition
The music-focused market’s next installment is this Saturday, and it will feature a live performance by Dazed.
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Americana icon Steve Earle talks about his San Antonio childhood, finding Townes and ‘incurable, terminal’ Texas
We sat down with the three-time Grammy winner backstage at Stable Hall before he received the city of San Antonio’s highest arts award from Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones.
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San Antonio’s ‘Voz de la Paloma’ vocal competition returns to celebrate a Tejana star
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center’s annual musical event will honor the life and legacy of ranchera legend Beatríz Llamas.
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Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Steve Earle, FLOATS, Royal Coda, DevilDriver
The Freestyle Explosion package tour, which features Stevie B., Lisa Lisa and The Cover Girls, also is headed to town.
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Hilarity ensues after Ken Paxton gets double-booked with emo acts at Houston music venue
‘I’m definitely going to use my platform to say that that was lame and stupid and f–king bullshit,” one band member said over the mic about Paxton’s rally.
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Bobby Pulido hosting concert with San Antonio’s Vanita Leo and special guests Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico
Tejano artists Lucky Joe and Pulido’s father, Roberto Pulido, will also perform at the South Texas singer and congressional candidate’s free campaign event.
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The best of San Antonio nightlife in 2026, according to our readers
The city’s late-night revelers have spoken.
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Everything we saw as Coheed and Cambria blew away San Antonio’s Aztec Theatre
The prog-metal heavyweights took fans to the Amory Wars universe on Wednesday night.
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Silverstein and Story of the Year bringing Camp Screamo tour to San Antonio this Friday
The co-headliners will unleash a night of noisy aughts nostalgia at the Espee.
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San Antonio’s Gunter Hotel to host new singer-songwriter series
As part of the music-steeped hotel’s intimate series, local and regional songwriters will perform and discuss their creative process.