The 21 Best Outdoor Concerts Coming to Texas This Summer

If you do one thing over the next few months, spend as much time in and around bodies of water as possible.

But if you do two things, see a show.

Because this summer and into fall, venues all over Texas are hosting a diverse lineup of outdoor concerts — some in your backyard, and others worth the drive. Now all you have to do is plan your next move.

This will help. It’s a list of the 21 best outdoor shows of the season. See one, or collect them all.

August

Because you deserve to go “Insane in the Brain” like it’s the 1990s:
Cypress Hill at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, August 7

Because they’ve been rocking (and rolling) for four decades:
The Black Crowes at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, August 11

Because you like to be serenaded on the lawn:
Jason Isbell at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in the Woodlands, August 11

Because isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?:
Alanis Morissette at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, August 13

Because Adam Levine still moves like Jagger:
Maroon 5 at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, August 16

Because those dulcet tones are a Texas treasure:
Gary Clark Jr. at Moody Amphitheater in Austin, August 20

Because, come on, it’s Willie Fucking Nelson:
Willie Nelson at Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin, August 22

Because sometimes you just want to relive the early-2000s:
New Found Glory and Simple Plan at Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill in Dallas, August 31

September

Because no one does pysch-pop better:
Glass Animals at Moody Amphitheater in Austin, September 12

Because Leon Bridges and BBQ … need we say more?:
Leon Bridges at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, September 12

Because you still know all the words to “Mr. Jones”:
Counting Crows at Moody Amphitheater in Austin, September 15

Because you don’t have to be able to pronounce the name to enjoy it:
Khruangbin at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, September 15-18

Because the sex really is on fire:
Kings of Leon and Cold War Kids at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in the Woodlands, September 18 

Because listening to music and sleeping in a teepee is a Marfa rite of passage:
Trans-Pecos Festival of Music + Love at El Cosmico in Marfa, September 22-26

Because 311 will take you down, down:
311 at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, September 29

October

Because where else can you see Billie Eilish, George Strait and Megan Thee Stallion in one place?:
Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park in Austin, October 1-3 and 8-10

Because all those awards aren’t wrong:
St. Vincent at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, October 2

Because this powerhouse duo puts on a great show:
Modest Mouse and Future Islands at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, October 8

Because what a long, strange trip it’s been:
Dead & Company at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in the Woodlands, October 15

Because concerts are better down by the river:
Lord Huron at Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth, October 22

Because he’s got enough energy for the both of you:
Machine Gun Kelly at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, October 24

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