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Recent, sourced updates from artists across the independent music scene.

VENUE PULSE

Recent, sourced updates from the places that make live music possible.

BANDSYDE PULSE · VENUE UPDATE

Club Congress

Sep 3, 2026

Club Congress is entering a busy September centered on Club Congress Weekend and downtown Tucson programming. The official Hotel Congress calendar highlights the September 4 Boots & Cats event across three stages and the September 5 Tucson Rock Lottery supporting KXCI Community Radio. Additional listings show touring shows later in the month, including Unsane on September 14 and The Obsessed on September 18. Current activity blends local-scene events, DJs and touring rock bills.

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BANDSYDE PULSE · VENUE UPDATE

Hoots Hall

Sep 3, 2026

Hoots Hall is actively operating as a Burleson, Texas country-music venue and dance hall. Its official site is currently promoting Whiskey Tango Fest, a full upcoming-show calendar and recurring weekly programming including music bingo, karaoke, dance lessons and tournaments. The venue also says it is a finalist for the Texas Country Music Association’s Live Music Venue of the Year. Recent public activity is centered on regular programming and live Texas country events.

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BANDSYDE PULSE · VENUE UPDATE

Mercury Lounge Tulsa

Sep 3, 2026

Mercury Lounge Tulsa remains active as a live-music destination with recurring programming and upcoming touring artists. Visit Tulsa currently highlights the venue’s weekly Sunday Service with Brandon Clark and an upcoming David Nail appearance. Recent local discussion also continues to recommend Mercury Lounge as a primary stop for visiting bands. The available evidence points to steady programming rather than a single major venue announcement.

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Artist Spotlight

Venue Spotlight

Sep 2, 2026

At just 19, Ty Myers has gone from Texas dance halls and viral songs to sold-out tours, stadium stages and Red Rocks. His rise is fast, but the real story is how his songwriting, musicianship and old-soul influences are turning early buzz into a career built to last.

Sep 2, 2026

Blackbuck Amphitheater doesn’t feel like a venue dropped into an empty field. It feels like somebody built a motorsports playground, filled it with drag racing, wild cars and golf carts, then decided it needed a concert stage capable of hosting serious touring acts, too.

Dylan Gossett Westward

Jul 18, 2025

For fans of grounded, lyric-driven Americana with one boot in country and the other in folk, Westward is worth every mile. Gossett isn’t just passing through, he’s planting roots and paving his own trail as he goes.

Jun 20, 2025

At a time when country music is expanding: geographically, culturally, and sonically, Whiskey Lies & Alibis feels like both a nod to tradition and a necessary step forward.

The Great Divide

May 29, 2025

The Great Divide helped shape what we now call the Red Dirt music scene: a blend of country, rock, and storytelling that reflects the grit and heart of Oklahoma

The red clay strays genre

May 27, 2025

The Red Clay Strays come out of Mobile, Alabama... a Gulf Coast city better known for Mardi Gras than music exports. But that makes their story even better. They didn’t come out of some music industry pipeline. They built it from scratch, one show at a time.

Sep 2, 2026

At just 19, Ty Myers has gone from Texas dance halls and viral songs to sold-out tours, stadium stages and Red Rocks. His rise is fast, but the real story is how his songwriting, musicianship and old-soul influences are turning early buzz into a career built to last.

Sep 2, 2026

Blackbuck Amphitheater doesn’t feel like a venue dropped into an empty field. It feels like somebody built a motorsports playground, filled it with drag racing, wild cars and golf carts, then decided it needed a concert stage capable of hosting serious touring acts, too.

Dylan Gossett Westward

Jul 18, 2025

For fans of grounded, lyric-driven Americana with one boot in country and the other in folk, Westward is worth every mile. Gossett isn’t just passing through, he’s planting roots and paving his own trail as he goes.

Jun 20, 2025

At a time when country music is expanding: geographically, culturally, and sonically, Whiskey Lies & Alibis feels like both a nod to tradition and a necessary step forward.

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