The Poet, a new intimate venue in the back room of Manuscript in Tacoma's Stadium District, opens this weekend for live music, workshops and private events.

Beloved South Austin honky‑tonk Giddy Ups is returning under new owners at a larger Old Manchaca Road site with an expanded outdoor stage.

A speakeasy-style venue mixing theatrical escape rooms with craft cocktails is slated to open in downtown McKinney on June 18.

For its 20th anniversary, Bayou Boogaloo moves off Bayou St. John and into The Broadside and the Pitot House, swapping rafts for stages and a VIP Canopy Club.

Ty Rodriguez is opening The Peppermint Lounge, a vinyl-focused bar on Franklin Street in Tampa Heights this fall. The project pairs his restaurant background with music programming experience.

The Oklahoma State Fair will center its 2026 run on Route 66's centennial, billing the carnival as "The Midway of the Mother Road." Expect themed rides, exhibits and rolling announcements.

Oli Sykes says a phone thrown at his head at the Enterprise Center left him with a mild concussion; the band finished the show but trimmed the set.

An 80-foot, climate-controlled Ferris wheel is headed to Scottsdale's Arizona Boardwalk with enclosed gondolas, panoramic mountain views and $9 base rides.

KATSEYE’s Wildworld Tour stops at TD Garden on Oct. 28, 2026. Presales start next week — here’s what Boston fans should know about deadlines and ticket windows.

Lee Brice headlines the free Downtown Rocks series this Friday at Fremont Street Experience. The all‑ages lineup runs through October with rock and country acts.

WTMD’s First Thursdays return to Canton Waterfront Park on June 4 with Fantastic Cat headlining. Free shows, food vendors and large crowds expected.

Universal will phase out the Lost Continent at Islands of Adventure and close Mythos in 2027. Longtime visitors are already marking last looks at the park’s quieter corners.

Pearl Jam will headline the final night of Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival on Sept. 27 — their first scheduled show since drummer Matt Cameron left the band in July 2025.