Texas Nightlife History
Dallas (/ˈdæləs/) is a city in Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.[10] It is the most populous city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and the third-most populous city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio.[11][12] Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea.[a]
Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed as a product of the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle, and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas’s prominence as a transportation hub, with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop around it. Dallas then developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port, due to the convergence of major railroad lines, interstate highways and the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world.[13] In addition, Dallas has DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) with different colored train lines that transport throughout the Metroplex.[14]
Dominant sectors of its diverse economy include defense, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, and transportation.[15] The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex hosts 23 Fortune 500 companies, the second-most in Texas and fourth-most in the United States,[16][17] and 11 of those companies are located within Dallas city limits.[18] Over 41 colleges and universities are located within its metropolitan area, which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas. The city has a population from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and one of the largest LGBT communities in the U.S.[19][20] WalletHub named Dallas the fifth-most diverse city in the United States in 2018.[21]
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The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
From a night out in Deep Ellum to lunch in Trinity Groves and beyond, there is so much to experience in Dallas neighborhoods
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Some of the art collectives in North Texas
- 500X: Texas’ oldest, artist-run cooperative gallery, established in 1978, exhibits its up-and-coming Dallas members – and guest artists.
- Apophinia Underground: Pair of UTA students that hosted four pop-up exhibitions in Deep Ellum, May 2013
- Art Foundation: Brainy Dallas art collective established in 2012 that cultivates artistic dialogue with aesthetic, critical explorations.
- The Sour Grapes: Oak Cliff group has evolved from the days when the busy graffiti crew woke up hours before junior high to tag the neighborhood with their signature popsicle-esque characters.
- Good-Bad Collective: Surrealist pranksters, the Texas-based artist group created over 250 events in Texas andNew York from 1993 to 2001. The group returns for the Nasher Xchange project.
- HOMECOMING! Committee ( 13 ): An experimental Fort Worth-based art collaboration hailing from Denton in 2011, calls itself dynamic and energizing.
- S.C.A.B. (Socialized Contemporary Artists Bureau) : Underground Dallas artist collective making big splash with exhibitions in warehouses, pools, studios, galleries in Dallas and beyond.
- Dick Higgins: Small band of artists that invented its own Dallas Biennial exhibited at Oliver Francis Gallery in 2012.
- Solvent: Past and present UTD student collective of young artists working in Texas.
- The Ghost Town Arts Collective (GTAC) Artist co-op with gallery and performance space in Denison since 2006. Multimedia collective nurturing all art forms.
- In Cooperation with Muscle Nation: DFW art group that met at UTD explores the spirit of the collective body, addressing risk and reward of collaboration.
- Art Beef: Dallas group, temporarily based in Deep Ellum, produces site-specific installations, exhibitions and events using vacant commercial space.
Best Stops on a Drive from Dallas to San Antonio (or on a San Antonio to Dallas drive)
- Depart Dallas
- Drive 75 miles to West: Czech Pastries + Farm Fun
- Drive 20 miles to Waco: Mammoth National Monument, Dr. Pepper Museum + Magnolia at the Silos
- Drive 35 miles to Temple: Buc-ees
- Drive 40 miles to Georgetown’s Prettiest Town Square
- Drive 30 miles to Austin: Zilker Park, Street Art + BBQ
- Drive 48 miles to New Braunfels: Comal River
- Drive 33 miles to San Antonio
VENUES ACROSS TEXAS
800 Live Nightclub & Venue – 800 Lexington Ave, San Antonio
9PM Music Venue – 9371 Richmond Ave, Houston
Ah Sing Den – 1110 E 6th St, Austin
Alexrad – 1517 Alabama St, Houston
Aura – 4701 Nett St, Houston
Avant Garden – 411 Westheimer, Houston
Baby’s Club – 11107 Bellaire Blvd, Houston
Barbarella – 2404 San Jacinto, Houston
Barbarella Austin – 611 Red River St, Austin
Barcelona Austin – 209 E 6th St, Austin
Bauhaus – 1803 Pease St, Houston
Beauty Bar Dallas – 1924 N Henderson, Dallas
Bonham Exchange – 411 Bonham St, San Antonio
Boondocks – 1417 Westheimer, Houston
Cassidy’s – 2540 Meacham Blvd, Fort Worth
Cedar Street Courtyard – 208 W 4th St, Suite C, Austin
Cheapsteaks – 2613 Elm St, Dallas
Cheer Up Charlies – 900 Red River St, Austin
Church Bar – 212 E Mills Suite B, El Paso
Cle – 2301 Main St, Houston
Coconut Club – 310B Colorado St, Austin
Corp Lots – 6555 Navigation Blvd, Houston
Crowdus Bar – 2721 Main St, Dallas
CU-29 Cocktail Bar – 720 Brazos St Ste B-710, Austin
Deep Ellum Art Company – 3200 Commerce St, Dallas
Drinks Lounge – 2001 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin
Eastdown Warehouse – 850 McKee Street, Houston
Elysium – 705 Red River, Austin
Emo’s East – 2015 E Riverside Dr, Austin
Empire Control Room & Garage – 606 E 7th St, Austin
Ethics Music Lounge – 422 Congress Ave, #C, Austin
Etro Lounge – 1424A Westheimer, Houston
Granada Theater – 3524 Greenville Ave, Dallas
Green Door – 8750 Gateway Blvd E, El Paso
Green Light Social – 2625 Floyd St, Dallas
Haltom Theater – 5601 Belknap St, Haltom City
Highland Lounge – 404 Colorado St, Austin
Hotel Vegas – 1500 E 6th St, Austin
House of Blues – 1204 Caroline St., Houston
House of Creeps – 807 William St., Houston
Indra’s Awarehouse – 7904 FM 969, Austin
Industry Alley Bar – 1711 S Lamar St, Dallas
It’ll DO Club – 4322 Elm St, Dallas
Karma Lounge – 105 E 5th St, Austin
Kingdom Austin – 103 E 5th St, Austin
Kremlin SA – 212 College St, San Antonio
Las Cruxes – 1900 E 12th St, Austin
Last Concert Cafe – 1403 Nance St., Houston
Levu Dallas Nightclub – 2505 Pacific Ave, Dallas
Lincoln Bar – 5101 Washington St., Houston
Lizard Lounge – 2424 Swiss Ave, Dallas
Lumen Lounge – 5020 Kirby Drive, Houston
Lush Rooftop – 4553 N Loop 1604 W, Ste 1201, San Antonio
Main Street Tap & Grill – 4002 Main St, Houston
North Door – 502 Brushy St, Austin
notsuoH – 314 Main Street, Houston
Numbers – 300 Westheimer, Houston
Outer Heaven Disco Club – 1808 E 12th St, Austin
Plush – 617 Red River St, Austin
Present Company – 1318 Westheimer, Houston
Pure Lounge – 505 Main St., Houston
RBC – 2617 Commerce St, Dallas
Reset – 606 Dennis, Houston
Rise Rooftop – 2600 Travis St, Houston
Roof 324 – 324 S 17th St, McAllen
Rose Room – 11500 Rock Rose Ave, Austin
Rubber Gloves – 411 E Sycamore St, Denton
Ruins – 2653 Commerce, Dallas
San Jac Saloon – 300 E 6th St, Austin
Satellite Bar – 6922 Harrisburg Blvd, Houston
Scratchouse – 617 E 7th St, Austin
South Congress Hotel – 1603 S Congress Ave, Austin
South Side Ballroom – 1135 S Lamar St, Dallas
Spire Houston – 1720 Main St, Houston
Stereo Live – 6400 Richmond Ave, Houston
Stereo Live Dallas – 2711 Storey Lane, Dallas
Studio 69 – 6910 Shirley Ave, Suite C, Austin
Summit Rooftop Lounge – 120 W 5th St, Austin
Superstition – 110 E Riverside, Austin
Super Happy Fun Land – 3801 Polk Street, Houston
Sweet Tooth Hotel – 2316 Victory Park Ln, Dallas
Tamale House East – 1707 E 6th St, Austin
Texas Live – 1650 E. Randol Mill Rd, Arlington
The Bomb Factory – 2713 Canton St, Dallas
The Commoner – 410 Main St, Houston
The Cut – 301 Chicon St, Austin
The Dive – 809 Pierce St, Houston
The Eastern Austin – 1511-b East 6th St, Austin
The Flat – 1701 Commonwealth, Houston
The Green Elephant – 5627 Dyer St, Dallas
The Last Word – 229 E Houston St, San Antonio
The Lowbrow Palace – 111 E Robinson Ave, El Paso
The MARC – 120 E San Antonio St, San Marcos
The Nines – Deep Ellum – 2911 Main St, Dallas
The Oven – 6910 Shirley Ave, Suite C, Austin
The Purple Hippo – 6292 Wilcrest Dr, Houston
The Rock Box – 1223 E Houston St, San Antonio
The Sahara Lounge – 1413 Webberville Rd, Austin
The Secret Group – 2101 Polk St, Houston
The Spot – 1102 E 30th, Austin
The Vanguard Performing Arts – 7115 Harrisburg, Houston
The Venue ATX – 516 E 6th St, B, Austin
The Volstead Lounge – 1500 E 6th St, Austin
The Yard FW – 3017 Morton St, Fort Worth
Theory Nightclub Uptown – 2912 McKinney Ave, Dallas
Tradewinds Social Club – 2843 W Davis St, Dallas
Ventura SATX – 1011 Ave B, San Antonio
Voodoo Room – 419 E 6th St, Austin
Vulcan Gas Company – 418 E 6th St, Austin
Wallflower – 500 San Francisco Ave, El Paso
Walter’s Houston – 1120 Naylor St., Houston
Warehouse Live – 813 St. Emanuel St., Houston
Wax Club Lounge – 2211 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio
Web House – 320 Blanco Rd, San Antonio
Wits End – 2724 Elm St, Dallas
Wonky Power Live – 3534 Navigation Blvd, Houston
Xpace – 5705 Armour Dr, Houston
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