An American field guide
The places behind the music.
Find honky tonks, country bars and dance halls across America. Read their histories and see what’s on this weekend.
Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth, TXPhoto: Fort Worth Stockyards
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Broken Spoke
An Austin dance hall where generations of Texas country have taken the stage.
Gruene Hall
Texas’s 1878 dance hall, still operating in its original layout.
Robert’s Western World
A Lower Broadway room with steel-guitar roots and a live-country legacy.
Honky-tonk history
How honky-tonk got here.
From early country bars to today’s bands and dance floors, a brief history of honky tonkin’.
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From the archive · 2026-10-30–2026-11-01
Finally Friday Roundup
Halloween weekend at Sons of Hermann Hall, Pioneer Saloon, Sagebrush and Secondhand Ranch. Confirmed events only, with local times. Midnight sets follow the listed evening. Sunday listings at Sons, Pioneer and Secondhand Ranch were not verified; omission does not mean closed.
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