Tonight is the night for the fall installment of Arts Goggle on the Near Southside. For the uninitiated, Arts Goggle is an event put on by Fort Worth South, Inc., the group that has led the urbanization of the Near Southside. Local businesses around the district open their doors tonight from 5:00 to 10:00 for an exhibition of local artists and music. This time around, it’s the biggest Arts Goggle yet, featuring fifty-four venues around the district - the big clusters being Magnolia Avenue, Park Place, South Main, and Vickery. Even better, this time around Fort Worth South will be providing a circulator bus and pedicabs, so everybody can enjoy Arts Goggle car-free! A complete program is available here.

I’ve participated in Goggles past - exhibiting my work (Fort Worth urban photography) at Fort Worth Urban Living, Texana Townhomes, and Panther City Bicycles. This time around, I’ve snagged another fantastic spot - I’ll be exhibiting at Spiral Diner, the frighteningly delicious vegan restaurant at Magnolia & 6th. If you attend, stop by and say hello.

(And for the curious - yes, Arts Goggle is free!)

Featured live music for tonight’s Goggle includes: [Read more]

It’s going to be a beautiful weekend in the Panther City, and to celebrate, here’s a listing of the music-type events going on throughout our urban core. This is, of course, not listing the guitar-playing hippy or out-of-tune keyboard playing guy who usually inhabit Houston Street in Sundance Square, but I figure their presence goes without saying.

This weekend’s the Main Street Arts Festival, and there’s plenty of live music to go around. Let’s dive right in…

Main Street Arts Festival

Sundance Square Main Stage, Friday:
Can Crush, Trey & The Tritones, Bonnie and Nick Morris, The Sidemen, Beatlegras, Ruthie Foster, The Wailers
Sundance Square Main Stage, Saturday:
Crawfish Band, Breggett Rideau, Mars Hill Band, Red and the Red Hots, Annagrey, Poo Live Crew, Terrance Simien, Dr. John
Sundance Square Main Stage, Sunday:
T-Richard & the Zydeco Stingrays, Joe Pat Hennen, Me & My Monkey, 2tone, Brave Combo

WaMu Stage, Friday:
Bar H Cowboys, Ricki Derek & the Vegas Six, Special Edition, FM, Jim Suler & Monkey Beat, Terri Hendrix, Cowboy Mouth
WaMu Stage, Saturday:
Texas Gypsies, Professor D, 4 Way Street, Joseph Vincelli, Party Crashers, Johnny Red & the Roosters, Quebe Sisters Band, Son Volt
WaMu Stage, Sunday:
Panhandlers Steel Drum Band, 3 Fools on 3 Stools, Fingerprints Band, Latin Express, Grupo Fantasma

Target Performing Arts Stage, Friday:
Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound, Yo Yo People, Ballet Folklorico de Fort Worth, Mark Nizer, Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound, Yo Yo People, Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound, Mark Nizer
Target Performing Arts Stage, Saturday:
Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound, Ballet Folklorico de Fort Worth, Yo Yo People, Mark Nizer, Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound, Drop Top Rockets, Mark Nizer, Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound
Target Performing Arts Stage, Sunday:
The Faith Band, Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound, Yo Yo People, Ballet Folklorico de Fort Worth, Michael Bashaw’s Theatre of Sound

Street Performances, Friday:
Chisholm Trail Cowboys, Jim’s Jazz Band, Yo Yo People, Island Boogie, Charley Lee
Street Performances, Saturday:
Chisolm Trail Cowboys, Yo Yo People, Scott Whitfield Dixieland, The Flow, Prairie Moon, Eric Bailey Bagpipes, Cora Connection, Dean Strickland, Yo Yo People, Musical Saw
Street Performances, Sunday:
Chisolm Trail Cowboys, Yo Yo People, Tenacious Root, Delta Kings, The Flow, Prairie Moon, Eric Bailey Bagpipes, Yo Yo People, Cora Connection, Dean Strickland, Musical Saw

Scat Jazz Lounge | Map
Ricki Derek - Friday - 9:00 PM
The Dave Monsch Quartet - Saturday - 9:00 PM

Bass Performance Hall | Map
No concerts scheduled - Dracula by the Texas Ballet Theater runs Friday at 8:00 PM, Saturday at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM, and Sunday at 2:00 PM

McDavid Studio | Map
Geoff Muldaur & Stephen Bruton - Friday - 7:00 PM

Van Cliburn Hall | Map
No performances scheduled.

The Flying Saucer | Map
Sittin’ Duck - Friday - 9:30 PM
Velvet Love Box - Saturday - 9:30 PM
Mike Richardson - Sunday

The Pour House | Map
Johnie Blanco - Friday
Turning Trixie - Saturday

8.0 | Map
The Spazmatics - Friday
Hearsay - Saturday
Main Street Arts Festival Live Music - Sunday

The Modern Art Museum Of Fort Worth | Map
Modern ‘Til Midnight: Yellow Fever, The Theater Fire, Trimble Tech High School Marching Band w/ Earnest Colvin, PPT, Strange Fruit Project - Friday - 6:00 PM

Fred’s | Map
Scott Copeland - Friday
100 Damned Guns w/ The AM Ramblers and The Whiskey Folk Ramblers - Saturday
Magee Payne and Kurt South - Sunday morning
St. Frinatra - Sunday evening

Lola’s | Map
Chatterton, The Black, Sam Anderson and the Thrift Store Troubadours, Adam Faucett - Friday - 9:00 PM
The Burning Hotels, Throw Me The Statue, The Ruby Suns, The Always Ready - Saturday - 9:00 PM
Catfish Whiskey, Vagabond King, KatsuK, Congratulations, Shuttle, Tarantula Pants, Jordan Mycoskie and the Fire Breathing Fish - Sunday - 2:00 PM

The Chat Room | Map
Maps, Shuttle, Magnets - Saturday
Free Show!!! Pffft! - Sunday

The Fairmount | Map
Chris Knight w/ Mando Saenz - Friday
TBA - Saturday
JR Whitfield - Sunday

1919 Hemphill | Map
Anchors and Teeth, Pools - Friday

The Aardvark | Map
Merkin, Lade, Revolution of Knowledge, Automorrow - Friday - 8:30 PM
Strongpoint, Radioking, Broka’s Bliss, Nine Month Fall - Saturday - 8:30 PM

The Moon | Map
Darth Vato w/ Eleven Fingered Charlie - Friday
4 Way Street - Saturday

The Ridglea Theater | Map
Dillinger, Escape Plan, The Bled, Dear Life, Shaolin Death Squad - Friday
Withheld, Blinded We Fall, Fear of Self, Mod Effect, Dawn Over Zero, Set Adrift - Saturday
Southern Slaughter Fest - 10+ Bands - Sunday - 2:30 PM

As always, if there’s something I missed, please let me know in the comments!

That’s right - it’s time for another Arts Goggle! For the uninitiated, Arts Goggle is a festival of art, live music, and food & drink that happens a couple of times a year in Fort Worth’s Near Southside. The happenings are centered around Magnolia Avenue, with goings-on also occuring on 8th Avenue and other streets around the district. It’s a lively pedestrian-oriented event that always guarantees a great time and plenty of awesome art, photography, sculpture, and music.

Yours truly will once again be exhibiting my urban Fort Worth photography. I’ll have photos for sale, if you’re so inclined, or just to look at. It’ll be fun, as always. I’m very excited, because I’m going to be in a higher profile location than in previous Arts Goggles. Here’s a hint…

Yep, that’s right - I’ll be exhibiting photos at Panther City Bicycles, right on Magnolia! Heck yeah! So, make sure to attend Arts Goggle this Friday, March 28. The event runs from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and there will be art, sculpture, and music aplenty. A great time for all ages. Make sure to stop by Panther City Bicycles and visit yours truly/buy some photography/talk about urban development. I always love chatting with fans of West and Clear and Fort Worthology.

For more info, check out Fort Worth South’s site.