Live Music

Free Live Music

Great places... Great Music

There's something magical about discovering great music without spending a dime. Free live music venues offer incredible opportunities to experience new artists, enjoy familiar favorites, and connect with your local music community. These are my favorites

Tolberts Resturant

Restaurant, chili parlor, and live music venue with some of the best free live music around. They have great bands and a lively atmosphere. It's mostly rock from various decades, R&B, with a little country. Plus, they have music t days week! No cover!

Levitt Pavilion - Arlington

Levitt Pavilion is an outdoor concert venue that has some really great talent playing. They have 50 concerts a year in the spring and fall. There's a lot of local artists, plus some bigger names, like Ray Wylie Hubbard, Styx, Deep Blue ocean and others. The artist vary from Rock, to Contry, to Tejano, to R&B. It's all free except for one concert a year to bring in money so the rest can be free. It's a great venue, with great music, in the heart of Arlington Texas. BYOB (no glass containers) and you lawn chairs.

Bedford Ice House

A venue in Bedford Tx that has a lot of very good bands, with the occasional Karaoke night. They have bands 3 or 4 night a week with no cover. espcially party bands..

Grandscape Live music

Another live music venue in the Coloney Tx, that music 3 nights a week in the fall, summer, and spring. They have a wide varity of bands with all types of music. BYOB (no glass containers) and you lawn chairs

Small'ish Venue music

A bit larger, typically tickets or a cover charge

Smaller venues such as bars with larger music area's or smaller venues typically have a much more energetic and intimate experience with music. They can be a lot of fun

Lava Cantina

Lava Cantina, in the Coloney, is an outdoor, mostly covered venue. There's some seating but has a large area for watching or dancing, whatever your heart desires. There is a VIP seating area (less crowded near the front) that has waiters. Some conserts are free, some are paid. You can often get tickets at the doors

Tannahills Tavern & music hall

Located in the historic Stockyards, this restaurant and music hall is in a central area for nightlife in Ft Worth. They have some great bands, predomanatly country and western

The Bomb Factory

This is a great venue located in Deep Ellum, a center food and music next to Downtown Dallas. There is an abundance of night life in this area and the Bomb Factory has some of the best.

Double Wide

TDouble Wide is one of Dallas’ premiere watering holes serving up the coldest beer, stiffest drinks and best live music this side of the Trinity! Seems like everybody knows about Dallas’ favorite little ol’ trailer park with people coming from far and wide to see what all the fuss is about. f it’s music you’re looking for, Double Wide is the place. Double wide has music from rock to country and just about everything in between, chances are you’ll find it at Double Wide!

Trees

TTrees is a 700 person capacity live entertainment venue located in the heart the most vibrant district in Dallas, Texas – Deep Ellum. While its bones are built on rock and roll, today Trees hosts shows for every kind of fan including rap, indie rock and EDM. The building was renovated in recent years and the once ramshackle operation has transformed to compete with some of the slickest ultra-lounges in town. A trip to Trees is a history lesson–plus you get to hear some great local and national bands.

Premium Music Experiences

Larger music venues with the some of the best music worht paying for

Sometimes the best musical experiences are worth the investment. Premium venues offer exceptional sound quality, professional production, and access to top-tier artists that create unforgettable memories.

Dos Equis Pavilion

Dos Equis Pavilion is a great venue, located on the edge of the Texas fairgounds in Dallas Texas. It has a lot fo great bands, big name bands, music festives such as Oz Fest. It's an outdoor venue, partialy covered, a lot of standard seating but also a a grass area for less expensive seating.

Dickies Arena

Dickies Arena, a large venue for big names in Ft Worth Texas. It is adjacent to the Will Rogers Memorial Center campus, is an exciting, state-of- the-art venue for events of all kinds, including concerts, sports, community events and the Fort Worth Stock Show rodeo performances. The facility is the result of a pioneering public-private partnership between the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, the State of Texas and a group of private-sector participants, including foundations, individuals and organizations.

Billy Bob's

For over 43 years, Billy Bob’s has hosted the biggest stars in country music and classic rock from Alabama to ZZ Top. Billy Bob’s has been named “Country Music Club of the Year” 12 times by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. It became known as “The World’s Largest Honky Tonk”, where more than 6,000 fun loving folks of all ages could enjoy entertainment every day and night.

House of Blues

House of Blues is the legendary music venue started by Dan Akroyd (of the Blues Brothers and Saturday Night Live) and others. They host many nationally known bands in an intamate venue.

Bands and DFW Music links

Here are some general links to music in the Dallas/Ft Worth Texas area along with some links to bands I like

Just finding some good bands or links to music in the area is typically tedious. So here are some links to music and bands in the DFW area.

Music in Dallas

This is a link to Dallas music venues. I haven't visited a lot of them, but here they are.

Music in Ft Worth

this is a link to Ft Worth music venues. Again, I haven't visited a lot of them, but here they are.

The Brad Thompson band

Brad Thompson was born in Grand Prairie and went to High School at Bishop Dunne HS in Oak Cliff. He's a singer and songwriter. He plays solo gigs or gigs with his six or eight piece bands. He tries to keep an element of service in his schedule by regularly playing for our Nation’s War Veterans, assisted living centers, serving on the board for the Ronald McDonald House Fort Worth, and playing at my local church.