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Arena Theatre

With a capacity of about 2,750, Sharpstown's Arena Theatre is the redheaded stepchild of Houston music venues. Even with all the competition it has these days, the Arena manages to keep the lights on most nights out of the month. Its calendar is constantly crowded with music across a wide variety of styles, including R&B, blues, country, rap, Latin and rock, plus comedy, boxing and MMA fighting. The seats are comfortable, the concessions are reasonable (even the cocktails), the sound is clean, the rotating stage never ceases to be a novelty and the gallery of posters for past shows in the walkway leading from the parking garage is second to none.

7326 Southwest Freeway Houston, TX 77036

neighborhoodOuter Loop - SW

Location Phone713-772-5900

URL arenatheatre.net

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  • Shows of the Week: This Time John Legend Brings Both Darkness and Light
    The livest live music in the Bayou City for the fourth week of May 2017.

    By Chris Gray

  • John Kay and Steppenwolf Are Much More Than "Born to Be Wild"
    A rousing political sermon from the guy who gave the world "Born to Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride."

    By Bob Ruggiero

  • Houston's 10 Best Concerts In May
    U2, Badu, B L A C K I E, an Insect Warfare reunion and lots more.

    By Houston Press

  • The 10 Best Breakup Songs Released Since Erykah Badu’s "Tyrone"
    Erykah Badu, one of the most prolific and talented artists of her era, has released a slew of hit singles and gold records since breaking onto the scene nearly 20 years ago. But to this day, none resonate quite like “Tyrone.” The single, originally a live cut that found its way...

    By Clint Hale

  • Shows of the Week: Sik Mule, Catch Fever and La Sien Seize Their Moments
    SIK MULE Raven Tower, May 27 Texas has no shortage of paleo-rock bands a la Honky or Amplified Heat, but there's always room for one more. Enter Sik Mule, the Houston trio (by way of Chicago and San Antonio) that has been stomping a mudhole in local stages since late...

    By Chris Gray

  • Shows of the Week: Divas of All Stripes, Loretta to Rihanna
    WRECKLESS ERIC Under the Volcano, May 11 Few label monikers hold more credibility than the UK’s Stiff Records, the original home of "Wreckless Eric" Louden. An unemployed youngster when he dropped off a demo at Stiff’s London HQ, within a week Eric found himself getting ready to record an album with...

    By Chris Gray

  • Shows of the Week: A Pop Star Turned Intimate Indie Songstress
    VANESSA CARLTON McGonigel's Mucky Duck, February 1 & 2 Best known for the distinctive piano intro of her 2002 orchestral-pop hit “A Thousand Miles,” NYC-born Vanessa Carlton is now a Nashville resident, wife (of Deer Tick’s John McCaulay) and mom to a baby girl. For her fifth album, last fall’s...

    By Chris Gray

  • Houston's 10 Best Concerts On New Year's Eve
    For some people, 2016 can’t get here soon enough. But we’ve made it this far into what has been a pretty trying — but occasionally thrilling — year, so we might as well make the most of the 48 hours we've got left. Factor some live music in there, and...

    By Chris Gray

  • Dwight Yoakam Rocks Out In the Round as the Original Urban Cowboy
    Dwight Yoakam Arena Theatre December 4, 2015 The last time I saw Dwight Yoakam he was in a huge arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, and although he wasn’t a thousand miles from nowhere, he did seem a thousand miles from me, and I remember that he hardly moved a muscle...

    By Doni M. Wilson

  • Radio Play or Not, Dwight Yoakam Is One of Country Music's Greatest Treasures
    With a few key exceptions, these days it isn’t the good artists who get all the press and airtime on country radio — it’s the jackwagons who make country music look like the butt of some redneck joke. As such, you probably haven’t heard much of Dwight Yoakam’s Second Hand...

    By Amy McCarthy

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