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Tye Harris Photo: Jessica Waffles To help draw attention to its work, Amplified Minds, a Dallas nonprofit organization which devotes resources to providing free mental health services to the city’s creative community, is hosting the second annual Louder Than Stigma Fest, on Sept. 19 at the Kessler Theater. A night built around awareness, live music, art and community, the festival will benefit Amplified Minds and its ongoing mission.

September 15, 2026 by Salako Music’s powerful voice filled the Main Street Garden for the Downtown Dallas Arts & Music Festival. Photo: Jessica Waffles After months of postponement due to bad weather, the 4th annual Downtown Dallas Arts & Music Festival returned to the city at Main Street Garden. The two-day free fest featured two stages of homegrown artists curated by The Creatives Factory, with the event produced by FGIII Fine Art Productions in partnership with Downtown Dallas Inc.

September 11, 2026 by Princeton rapper Dom Julio made his KXT debut this week with his single “Only Nineteen.” The track is about his childhood life, going through a hard time being 19 taking care of family and his mom being there for him. Fort Worth’s indie rock band The Plum Boys got a spin of their brand new single “Got Me Again” last night. Catch them live for a 2-hour set Friday September 18 at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens for the Bloom & Beats music series.

The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter Photo: Henry Ruggeri North Texas has seen plenty of blockbuster musical performances on stages large and small thus far in 2026 — Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Robert Plant, A$AP Rocky, Rush and Benson Boone, to name just a few — but the remaining months of the year promise just as many highlights to come, if not more. Here are a few forthcoming performances worthy of your attention and your hard-earned concert dollars. September Sex Pistols feat.

Harry Styles Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records Cue the screams: Harry Styles is coming back to North Texas. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has announced 12 more cities for his “Together, Together” tour, which has spanned nearly 70 dates across seven cities thus far in support of his fourth studio album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. One of those 12 cities will be Arlington, where Styles will set up shop for a two-night stand at AT&T Stadium on April 9 and 10, 2027.

Erykah Badu drenched in elegance in Dallas. Photo: Jessica Waffles Erykah Badu has set her next hometown appearance. The Grammy-winning, Dallas-born singer-songwriter will headline a Nov. 1 concert at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory jointly sponsored by Live Nation Urban and streaming service Spotify. Billed as “RNB x Live in Dallas,” the event will also feature H.E.R., kwn, Destin Conrad, Jai’Len Josey and rjtheweirdo.

Larry Gee Photo: Karlo X. Ramos Dallas singer-songwriter Larry Gee is preparing to end his silence. On Sept. 11, the musician’s first new music in more than a decade — a single titled “Keep Walking” — will be released digitally via available streaming services. It marks his first release since the 2015 single “Days Like This.” You can hear the single below. That gap is partially due to Gee’s brush with death.

Heavy Petal’s high energy set at The Post in Fort Worth. Photo: Jessica Waffles One of the most universal experiences for professional artists is the dreaded state of burnout: when you’re overworked, often underpaid, creatively exhausted and navigating the financial pressure of making your passion profitable. The psychological cost of creative work demands a resilience that doesn’t always come naturally.

“The Places We Carry” is a collaborative project featuring Verónica Ibargüengoitia, Murielle White, and Brandi Waller-Pace. Photo courtesy of Kinfolk House Fort Worth musician Brandi Waller-Pace has spent much of her career exploring the stories, traditions and histories carried through music. This fall, those ideas will take on a new form at Kinfolk House in Fort Worth.

Michael Lee Photo: William Neal Fort Worth native Michael Lee is finally making his debut. His debut studio album, that is. Lee is a long-time fixture within the local scene, predating his 2018 run on NBC’s reality competition The Voice. Now his Michael Lee & The Wartime Limousine prepares to drop Oct. 30 via Skylark Soul Co. “The core of this album is love, lost and won,” Lee said in a statement.