“25th Annual Texas Crawfish & Music Festival” With Fuel, Lit, Earshot: Budweiser Crawfish Stage., Sat., May 21. Old Town Spring.
Amplified Heat, The Happen-Ins: Sat., May 21. Continental Club.
Arctic Monkeys: Wed., Aug. 3. House of Blues.
Joe Jack Talcum, The Bassturd, Rival Wife: Thu., June 9. Super Happy Fun Land.
Born Again Virgins, American Fangs, SaySaySAy, Bearfighter: Fri., May 13. Walter’s On Washington.
Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj: Wed., July 13. Toyota Center.
Cute Lepers, Something Fierce: Tue., Sept. 13. Rudyard’s.
“Canned Acoustica III” With Two Star Symphony Featuring Fat Tony, Hilary Sloan, The Manichean, Holy Fiction, The Handshake, Tax The Wolf: Thu., May 26. Warehouse Live.
Celtic Thunder: Sat., Nov. 5. Verizon Wireless Theater.
Dick Dale: Wed., June 8. Mainstage.
DJ Qbert: Fri., June 17. Fitzgerald’s.
Emmylou Harris: Wed., June 22. Verizon Wireless Theater.
Ivan & Alyosha: Sun., May 15. Rudyard’s.
Jody Seabody & The Whirls, Kyle Hubbard, Cavernous, Richie Roc: Sat., June 25. The Mink.
Kings Of Leon: Sat., July 30. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
Luke Bryan: Fri., May 27. House of Blues.
Maroon 5, Train: Sat., Sept. 24. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
Matisyahu: Tue., Aug. 16. House of Blues.
Ninjasonik, Fat Tony: Thu., June 16. Fitzgerald’s.
Nicole Atkins: Thu., June 16. Fitzgerald’s.
Randy Travis: Sat., Sept. 24. Arena Theatre.
R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole: Sun., June 5. Toyota Center.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan: Wed., May 25. Arena Theatre.
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott: Tue., June 21. Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe.
Sheila Swift , The Abyss: Sat., May 21. Echo.
Stationery, Flowers To Hide: Sun., May 29. Dean’s On Main.
Ted Nugent: Thu., Aug. 25. House of Blues.
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This article appears in Apr 21-27, 2011.