Hill Country/Cowboy Country/Bandera/Downtown
Downtown Bandera is a few blocks of Main Street and the side streets off it, and most of what the Cowboy Capital is known for happens there: two well-known honky-tonks, a café that has been serving breakfast since 1921, and live music most nights of the week. Backroads manages 23 houses in town, so you can walk to the dance floor and walk home.
A saloon just off Main Street with a front porch and an outdoor amphitheater behind it that holds nearly 2,200 people. Gary P. Nunn, Ray Price and the Marshall Tucker Band have all played it, and the Today show broadcast from it in 2011. This season its ticketed shows fall on Saturday nights.
A honky-tonk on Main Street in a 1923 building that began as the Bandera Theatre, a silent movie house. Arkey Juenke — Arkey Blue — bought it in 1968, and it has had live country music and dancing ever since. In November there was music five days a week, from afternoon jams to Saturday-night dances.
The Old Spanish Trail restaurant has been on Main Street since 1921. It is known for breakfast and chicken-fried steak, saddles for bar stools, a covered wagon for a salad bar, and a room given over to John Wayne.
Upcoming shows, from the venues' own listings. Dates and times can change, so check with the venue before you go.
Just off Main Street · 307 11th St
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Read from the bar's own schedule every few hours.
Main Street · since 1968
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From the venue's monthly flyer.
1307 Main Street
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From the venue's monthly flyer.
402 Main Street
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From the venue's weekly flyer.
Named bands and singers only; open mics, pool, bingo and karaoke nights aren't listed. In November, Arkey Blue's ran a steady week: a Wednesday-afternoon tribute show, KP's Jam on Thursday night, a featured band on Friday, a jam session and Arkey Blue and the Blue Cowboys on Saturday, and an acoustic jam Sunday afternoon. Sources: 11th Street Cowboy Bar, Bandera County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the Longhorn's and the Koop's own flyers. Updated November 10, 2026.
23 houses in town, largest first. Each opens its own page with photos, the calendar and booking.
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