It happens all too often. The common saga of being a Houstonian and getting excited about a band or artist announcing a national tour. You scan the dates looking for where the fourth-largest city lies on the poster, only to realize they have skipped Houston in favor of Austin or Dallas.
It’s a conversation that comes up fairly often when Houston’s live music apparatus is discussed. Houston isn’t thought of as a music city despite the number of stars it’s produced, like ZZ Top and Beyoncé, and the local talent it still produces. When artists skip the city, it confirms that sentiment among music fans, but what is preventing this?
According to people with experience booking shows and performing, the city has a few problems holding it back and causing these annoying, recurring problems.
It’s not just NRG Stadium here. Where are our small venues?
Jack Freeman is an R&B and soul singer and songwriter from Houston who has been making music and performing for over a decade, opening for the likes of John Legend and Anthony Hamilton. Freeman has toured across the country and has tons of experience performing in and navigating Houston’s live music scene…