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| About Austin: The capital of Live Music and home of legendary Sixth Street, Armadillo World Headquarters and Austin City Limits. |  | Crowds gather nightly to watch 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats shoot out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin. Standing atop the bridge, or down below, visitors offer the condemned mosquitoes a last meal while waiting for the bats to make their entrance. | POPULAR CITIES:
AUSTIN
PFLUGERVILLE
LEANDER
MC NEIL
DEL VALLE
| | Visit the Austin community. |
| About BCS: Bryan-College Station. Home of the Fightin' Aggies. If you're curious about the quality of BCS Emergency Services just stroll through Northgate wearing all burnt orange. |  | Patriotic celebration at Kyle Field. | POPULAR CITIES:
BRYAN
COLLEGE STATION
NAVASOTA
KURTEN
WELLBORN
| | Visit the BCS community. |
| About Big Bend: There's something a bit mystical and magical about Big Bend. This area features some of the most laidback people you'll find anywhere on the planet. |  | Chamizal National Memorial located in El Paso, Texas along the United States-Mexico international border, commemorates the peaceful settlement of the Chamizal boundary dispute. | POPULAR CITIES:
EL PASO
ALPINE
BARSTOW
WICKETT
SALT FLAT
| | Visit the Big Bend community. |
| About Central Texas: South of DFW and north of Austin and smack dab in the middle of the Lone Star State. |  | The world's oldest bottler of Dr Pepper is the Dublin Bottling Works, still in operation, and the only place in the world that still uses cane sugar -- not corn syrup -- to sweeten it. | POPULAR CITIES:
WACO
KILLEEN
TEMPLE
GATESVILLE
WEATHERFORD
| | Visit the Central Texas community. |
| About DFW: Dallas-Forth Worth. Home of the Stockyards, South Fork Ranch and an incredibly diverse selection of Texas artists. |  | The Fort Worth skyline as seen from the back of a horse. Welcome to Cow Town, USA! | POPULAR CITIES:
DALLAS
FORT WORTH
ARLINGTON
IRVING
GARLAND
| | Visit the DFW community. |
| About Golden Triangle: Defined by the points between Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, this area is also known as the Zydeco Gateway. Many of the best Cajun and Zydeco musicians can be found along this stretch of I-10. |  | Though Spindletop isn't pumping like she used to, the shipping channels stay busy throughout the Golden Triangle. | POPULAR CITIES:
BEAUMONT
PORT ARTHUR
ORANGE
VIDOR
CLEVELAND
| | Visit the Golden Triangle community. |
| About Gulf Coast: One of the most inspiring places in our grand, diverse state. Just try to find a Texas artist that hasn't written a song (or two) about the Gulf Coast of Texas. |  | The Port Isabel Lighthouse was built in 1853 to guide ships through Brazos Santiago and the barrier islands. Recently restored to its 1880s appearance, it is the only lighthouse on the Texas coast open to the public. | POPULAR CITIES:
CORPUS CHRISTI
GALVESTON
VICTORIA
SUGAR LAND
PEARLAND
| | Visit the Gulf Coast community. |
| About Hill Country: The cradle of Texas and Americana music. Many of the states oldest and most historic music venues are located in the Hill Country. In the Hill Country, music isn't just a pasttime, it's a way of life. |  | Perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Texas, the Alamo resides in the heart of downtown San Antonio. It was originally built in the 18th century, but is most remembered for the Battle of the Alamo which lasted for thirteen days ultimately concluding on March 6th, 1836. | POPULAR CITIES:
SAN ANTONIO
ROUND ROCK
NEW BRAUNFELS
GEORGETOWN
UVALDE
| | Visit the Hill Country community. |
| About Houston: Spend just one full weekend catching live music in H-Town and you'll discover that the city has a musical vibe all its own. |  | The San Jacinto Monument is a 570-foot high column located in Harris County, Texas, United States, near the cities of La Porte and Baytown. It is topped with a 220 ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The monument, dedicated on April 21, 1939, is the world's tallest monument tower, and masonry tower, and is part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, located along the Houston Ship Channel. | POPULAR CITIES:
HOUSTON
PASADENA
SPRING
KATY
HUMBLE
| | Visit the Houston community. |
| About North Texas: Sometimes referred to as "Texoma", you're north of DFW, but still on the south side of the Red River. |  | The workhorse of the 20th century Texas economy, a North Texas pumpjack at sunset. | POPULAR CITIES:
DENTON
PLANO
WICHITA FALLS
LEWISVILLE
MCKINNEY
| | Visit the North Texas community. |
| About Panhandle: "The closest I'll ever get to heaven is making speed up ol' 87" - Terry Allen. The panhandle of Texas is the wind-blown birthplace of many Texas Music legends. |  | Stanley Marsh's Cadillac Ranch on the outskirts of Amarillo. | POPULAR CITIES:
AMARILLO
LUBBOCK
PLAINVIEW
CANYON
BORGER
| | Visit the Panhandle community. |
| About Piney Woods: But you might call it East Texas. Just because squirrel is on the menu doesn't mean the folks are backwoods. This is currently one of the fastest growing areas for live Texas Music in the state. |  | There's some woods and I think I see a pine or two. Voila! the Piney Woods. | POPULAR CITIES:
TYLER
LONGVIEW
TEXARKANA
LUFKIN
NACOGDOCHES
| | Visit the Piney Woods community. |
| About Prairies & Lakes: Some of the best fishing and hunting in the state of Texas can be found here as well as great Texas Music (of course). |  | Sunset over one of the hundreds of lakes (both great and small) that dot this region. | POPULAR CITIES:
CONROE
HUNTSVILLE
SPRING
CORSICANA
MAGNOLIA
| | Visit the Prairies & Lakes community. |
| About South Texas: There's nothing quite like watching some live music while downing some cold cerveza in a border town dive. |  | Can you see this South Padre Island sign and not start humming a Robert Earl Keen tune? We didn't think so. | POPULAR CITIES:
LAREDO
BROWNSVILLE
MCALLEN
HARLINGEN
MISSION
| | Visit the South Texas community. |
| About West Texas: "On a clear day in West Texas, you can see to Arizona. And if you stand on top of a tuna can you can see the back of your head." - Terry Allen |  | If you took all of the wind energy generated in Nolan County, it would currently rank as the seventh largest "nation" in the world in terms of wind energy generation. | POPULAR CITIES:
MIDLAND
ABILENE
ODESSA
SAN ANGELO
DEL RIO
| | Visit the West Texas community. |
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| About LSM Communities |
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Each member of LoneStarMusic can be a part
of three different communities. When you first
signup for an account, you're automatically a
member of the TEXAS community. Why else would
you be here? Then you're also automatically a
member of a second community based on where you
live.
The third community is up to you. Maybe
you grew up in Amarillo, but now you live in Houston.
Choose the Panhandle community to keep up with
what's going on there. Maybe you live in Midland
but will be going to school in Waco soon. Choose
Central Texas as your third community to learn
a little about the area before your move. Maybe
you just want to pick Austin because it's the
live music capitol of the world. Go for it, it's
up to you.
Of course, you'll always be able to see what's
going on in all of the communties on LoneStarMusic,
but you'll only be able to contribute to the
communities that you are a member of. We'll
be adding on new features all of the time so be
sure to pick one where you feel you can add to
the discussion of the Texas Music scene in that
area.
To the left are quick descriptions, a sample
image, and some popular cities from the communities
you have to choose from. Also feel free to
check out each of these more in depth by clicking
on the appropriate link.
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