Entertainment Districts

Addison, Texas

Addison, known as the restaurant capital of Texas per capita, presents Addison Circle's dense cluster of bars and restaurants serving the North Dallas corporate corridor.

Amarillo, Texas

Historic Sixth Street along old Route 66 in Amarillo presents antique shops, bars, and restaurants in restored early-20th-century storefronts, the city's most walkable entertainment corridor.

Amarillo, Texas

Starlight Ranch Event Center in Amarillo presents outdoor concerts, a mechanical bull, and Texas Panhandle-style entertainment on a ranch-themed events property east of downtown.

1415 Sunrise Dr 79104

Arlington, Texas

The Arlington Entertainment District surrounding Globe Life Field and AT&T Stadium presents bars and restaurants serving Rangers and Cowboys game-day crowds between Dallas and Fort Worth.

Arlington, Texas

Texas Live! in Arlington is a dining, entertainment, and live music complex adjacent to Globe Life Field and AT&T Stadium, anchoring the Arlington Entertainment District with an outdoor Live Pavilion stage.

1650 E Randol Mill Rd 76011

Austin, Texas

Rainey Street is Austin's most charming bar district — a historic residential street of 1920s bungalows converted into intimate bars, cocktail lounges, and restaurants that provides the most human-scale entertainment experience in rapidly growing Austin. The neighborhood's resistance to large-format development, its tree-canopied outdoor spaces, and its eclectic mix of independent bars create the most beloved neighborhood bar experience in one of America's fastest-growing cities.

Rainey St, Austin, TX 78701

Austin, Texas

Rainey Street south of downtown Austin is a district of converted 1920s bungalow homes turned into bars with sprawling backyard patios, one of the city's most popular modern nightlife destinations near Lady Bird Lake.

Austin, Texas

Red River Cultural District in downtown Austin concentrates Stubb's, Mohawk, Empire Control Room, and Elysium into a compact music-venue corridor that anchors much of the city's original live music scene.

Austin, Texas

Austin's Sixth Street is one of America's most famous entertainment corridors — a multi-block stretch of live music bars, clubs, and restaurants that embodies Austin's Live Music Capital of the World identity. The strip hosts over 250 live music venues within the broader Austin entertainment ecosystem, drawing visitors from across Texas who supplement Austin entertainment with gaming trips to Oklahoma or Louisiana.

6th St, Austin 78701

Austin, Texas

Sixth Street in downtown Austin is the city's most famous nightlife corridor, a National Historic District packed with bars, live music clubs, and late-night crowds that has defined Austin nightlife for generations.

Austin, Texas

South Congress Avenue (SoCo) south of the river presents an eclectic mix of boutiques, restaurants, food trailers, and live music venues with a classic Austin skyline view, one of the city's most walkable entertainment corridors.

Austin, Texas

The Domain in North Austin is an upscale open-air shopping and entertainment development with rooftop bars and restaurants serving the tech-corridor community near major Austin employers.

Bastrop, Texas

Downtown Bastrop's historic Main Street east of Austin along the Colorado River presents boutiques, restaurants, and bars in one of Texas's oldest towns, now a popular film-production hub.

Beaumont, Texas

Crockett Street Entertainment District in downtown Beaumont presents restored historic buildings housing bars, restaurants, and live music venues serving Southeast Texas's Golden Triangle region.

Boerne, Texas

Hill Country Mile along Main Street in Boerne presents boutiques, wine bars, and restaurants in a preserved German settler town center north of San Antonio.

Brenham, Texas

Downtown Brenham, home of Blue Bell Creameries, presents a historic square with wine tasting rooms, restaurants, and bars serving Washington County between Austin and Houston.

Brownsville, Texas

Downtown Brownsville near the Gateway International Bridge presents restaurants and bars serving the southernmost tip of Texas along the Rio Grande border with Matamoros.

Bryan, Texas

Downtown Bryan's historic district presents restored buildings housing restaurants, bars, and live music venues serving the Texas A&M-adjacent Brazos Valley community.

Cedar Park, Texas

Cedar Park northwest of Austin presents restaurants and bars along the 1890 Ranch shopping corridor serving the fast-growing northwest Austin suburban region.

Cleburne, Texas

Downtown Cleburne presents a historic courthouse square with local restaurants and bars serving Johnson County south of Fort Worth.

College Station, Texas

Northgate District adjacent to Texas A&M University in College Station presents the state's most concentrated college-town bar and live music corridor, a magnet for Aggie game-day and weekend nightlife.

Conroe, Texas

Downtown Conroe's historic courthouse square north of Houston presents a revitalized corridor of restaurants and bars serving Montgomery County near Lake Conroe.

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi's downtown bayfront along Shoreline Boulevard presents restaurants and bars with Gulf of Mexico views, anchoring the city's marina and USS Lexington museum tourism district.

Corpus Christi, Texas

Water Street Market in downtown Corpus Christi presents a cluster of seafood restaurants and bars serving the South Texas coastal tourism and business community.

Dallas, Texas

Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff south of downtown Dallas is a walkable historic commercial district of independent restaurants, boutiques, and cocktail bars that has become one of the city's most celebrated dining and nightlife neighborhoods.

Dallas, Texas

Deep Ellum is Dallas's most culturally significant entertainment district — the historic East Dallas neighborhood where the Texas Blues was born and where contemporary Dallas nightlife, music, and art concentrate in an extraordinary density of bars, clubs, murals, and music venues. Deep Ellum's history as the birthplace of Texas Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson recorded here), combined with its role as the center of Dallas's alternative and creative communities, makes it the most authentically Dallas of the city's entertainment districts.

Elm St, Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX 75226

Dallas, Texas

Deep Ellum east of downtown Dallas is the city's most historic and concentrated live-music neighborhood, with dozens of music venues, bars, and street art along Elm and Main streets tracing back to a 1920s jazz and blues district.

Dallas, Texas

Klyde Warren Park, a deck park built over a Dallas freeway connecting downtown to the Arts District, hosts free concerts, food trucks, and community events at the heart of the city's cultural corridor.

2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy 75201

Dallas, Texas

Lower Greenville Avenue in Dallas presents a walkable corridor of bars, restaurants, and the Granada Theater, revitalized over the past decade into one of the city's most popular nightlife destinations.

Dallas, Texas

Trinity Groves west of downtown Dallas across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge presents a restaurant-and-bar incubator development with skyline views, one of West Dallas's newest entertainment developments.

Dallas, Texas

Victory Park surrounding the American Airlines Center presents restaurants, bars, and a W Hotel rooftop scene serving Mavericks and Stars game crowds in downtown Dallas's northern entertainment quarter.

Del Rio, Texas

Downtown Del Rio presents restaurants and bars serving the border community near Lake Amistad and the Amistad National Recreation Area in southwest Texas.

Denton, Texas

Downtown Denton's historic courthouse square presents one of North Texas's most vibrant live music scenes, driven by the University of North Texas College of Music and Texas Woman's University campus communities.

El Paso, Texas

Downtown El Paso's Union Plaza District presents restored historic buildings now housing bars, restaurants, and live music venues near the Mexican border crossing, the city's primary nightlife corridor.

Ennis, Texas

Downtown Ennis, the official Bluebonnet City of Texas, presents a historic square with restaurants and bars serving Ellis County south of Dallas.

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District presents twice-daily longhorn cattle drives, Billy Bob's Texas, and dozens of honky-tonks and steakhouses in a preserved 19th-century cattle-trading district.

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District is America's most authentic Western entertainment destination — a 19th-century cattle market complex with daily longhorn cattle drives down Exchange Avenue, Billy Bob's Texas (the world's largest honky-tonk), and enough Western bars, restaurants, and boot shops to make Fort Worth the most convincingly Western major city in the United States. The Stockyards' combination of genuine historical authenticity and vibrant contemporary entertainment makes it one of the most visited urban entertainment destinations in Texas.

Exchange Ave, Fort Worth Stockyards, TX 76106

Fort Worth, Texas

Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth is a 35-block entertainment and dining district with restaurants, bars, and the Bass Performance Hall, widely regarded as one of the best-managed downtown entertainment districts in Texas.

Fredericksburg, Texas

Main Street Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country presents German heritage biergartens, wineries, and shops along a historic corridor that has made this town one of Texas's top wine-tourism destinations.

Frisco, Texas

The Star in Frisco, headquarters and practice facility of the Dallas Cowboys, presents restaurants, bars, and Ford Center concert programming in one of the fastest-growing entertainment developments in North Texas.

1 Cowboys Way 75034

Galveston, Texas

Historic Pleasure Pier on Galveston's Seawall Boulevard is an amusement pier extending over the Gulf of Mexico with rides, arcade games, and dining, recreating the site of the original 1943 Balinese Room pleasure pier.

2501 Seawall Blvd 77550

Galveston, Texas

Postoffice Street in downtown Galveston presents historic buildings converted into bars and live music venues, part of the island's ongoing downtown entertainment revitalization.

Galveston, Texas

The Strand National Historic Landmark District in downtown Galveston presents restored 19th-century Victorian iron-front commercial buildings now housing restaurants, bars, and shops, once known as the 'Wall Street of the South.'

Georgetown, Texas

Georgetown's red-brick Victorian courthouse square north of Austin presents restaurants and wine bars in one of Texas's most architecturally preserved small-town downtowns.

Granbury, Texas

Historic Granbury Square southwest of Fort Worth presents the Granbury Opera House alongside boutiques and restaurants around a preserved 1890s Texas courthouse square on Lake Granbury.

Grapevine, Texas

Historic Main Street Grapevine presents wine bars, restaurants, and boutiques in a preserved small-town corridor near DFW Airport, home to a growing Texas wine-country tourism scene.

Greenville, Texas

Downtown Greenville presents a historic square with local restaurants and bars serving Hunt County northeast of Dallas.

Houston, Texas

Bayou Place in downtown Houston's Theater District combines House of Blues, restaurants, and a cinema into a single entertainment complex adjacent to the city's performing arts venues.

500 Texas Ave 77002

Houston, Texas

East Downtown (EaDo) near Houston's Shell Energy Stadium presents warehouse-converted bars, breweries, and Warehouse Live, one of the city's fastest-growing entertainment neighborhoods.

Houston, Texas

Midtown Houston along Main Street south of downtown presents a dense nightlife corridor of bars and restaurants along the METRORail line, one of the city's most walkable young-professional entertainment districts.

Houston, Texas

The Heights northwest of downtown Houston presents 19th Street's historic bungalow-lined commercial corridor turned into a dense entertainment district of restaurants, bars, and boutiques along the Heights Hike and Bike Trail.

Houston, Texas

Washington Avenue is Houston's most concentrated nightlife corridor — a 2-mile stretch from Downtown to Memorial Park that houses Houston's highest density of nightclubs, craft cocktail bars, and entertainment venues. The combination of proximity to Downtown Houston's young professional residential towers, Midtown's restaurant scene, and the Memorial Park outdoor recreation area creates Houston's most cohesive urban entertainment zone.

Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007

Houston, Texas

Washington Avenue west of downtown Houston is one of the city's most concentrated bar and nightclub corridors, popular with young professionals for its rooftop patios and late-night crowds.

Huntsville, Texas

Downtown Huntsville's courthouse square presents restaurants and bars serving the Sam Houston State University campus community in East Texas.

Irving, Texas

Toyota Music Factory is Las Colinas's multi-venue live music entertainment complex — featuring the 8,000-seat Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory outdoor amphitheatre, the 2,500-seat Indoor Club, and the Toyota Music Factory plaza surrounded by restaurants and bars in the upscale Irving business district. Positioned between Dallas and Fort Worth near DFW Airport, it serves one of the largest and most affluent entertainment markets in North Texas.

300 W Las Colinas Blvd 75039

Jefferson, Texas

Downtown Jefferson in the East Texas Piney Woods presents antebellum architecture, riverboat tours, and bed-and-breakfast-driven tourism entertainment along Big Cypress Bayou.

Katy, Texas

Katy west of Houston presents suburban restaurants and bars along the I-10 corridor serving one of the fastest-growing communities in the greater Houston metro area.

Killeen, Texas

Downtown Killeen presents restaurants and bars serving the Fort Cavazos (Fort Hood) military community in Central Texas.

Laredo, Texas

Downtown Laredo along the Rio Grande presents restaurants and bars serving the busiest inland port on the US-Mexico border, blending Tejano and border culture entertainment.

Longview, Texas

Downtown Longview presents a revitalizing historic corridor of restaurants and bars serving Gregg County in East Texas.

Lubbock, Texas

Depot Entertainment District in downtown Lubbock, centered on the historic Fort Worth and Denver railway depot, presents bars, restaurants, and live music venues serving the Texas Tech University community.

Marfa, Texas

Downtown Marfa in far West Texas presents art galleries, the Hotel Paisano bar, and the Marfa Lights viewing area, one of the most culturally distinctive small-town entertainment destinations in the American Southwest.

McAllen, Texas

17th Street in McAllen presents the Rio Grande Valley's most concentrated bar and restaurant corridor, serving South Texas's fastest-growing border metro area.

McKinney, Texas

Historic Downtown McKinney's courthouse square presents boutiques, restaurants, and bars in a preserved 19th-century town center, regularly ranked among the best small-town downtowns in Texas.

Midland, Texas

Downtown Midland presents restaurants and bars serving the Permian Basin oil industry's corporate headquarters city in West Texas.

Mineral Wells, Texas

Downtown Mineral Wells presents the historic Baker Hotel district with local restaurants and bars serving Palo Pinto County in North Texas.

Nacogdoches, Texas

Downtown Nacogdoches, Texas's oldest town, presents a historic square with restaurants and bars serving the Stephen F. Austin State University campus community in East Texas.

New Braunfels, Texas

Gruene Historic District along the Guadalupe River presents antique shops, wineries, and Gruene Hall in a preserved 19th-century German settler village, one of the Texas Hill Country's most popular tubing and tourism destinations.

Odessa, Texas

Downtown Odessa presents a Permian Basin oil-boom-era commercial district with restaurants and bars serving West Texas's energy sector workforce.

Paris, Texas

Downtown Paris, Texas, home to a 65-foot replica Eiffel Tower, presents a historic square with restaurants and bars serving Lamar County in Northeast Texas.

Pearland, Texas

Pearland south of Houston presents suburban restaurants and bars serving one of the fastest-growing communities in the greater Houston metro area.

Plano, Texas

Legacy West in Plano is an upscale open-air development with rooftop bars and restaurants serving the corporate headquarters district of North Dallas suburbs, one of DFW's fastest-growing entertainment destinations.

Port Aransas, Texas

Port Aransas on Mustang Island presents beachfront bars and seafood restaurants along the Texas Gulf Coast, one of the state's most popular beach-town nightlife destinations.

Round Rock, Texas

Downtown Round Rock's historic Main Street north of Austin presents a revitalized corridor of restaurants and bars serving one of the fastest-growing suburbs in the Austin metro area.

Salado, Texas

Salado Village along Salado Creek in Central Texas presents boutique shops, wineries, and restaurants in a preserved 19th-century stagecoach-stop village between Austin and Waco.

San Angelo, Texas

Downtown San Angelo's historic Concho Avenue riverfront presents restaurants and bars along the Concho River, serving the Concho Valley region of West Texas.

San Antonio, Texas

Pearl District is San Antonio's most beloved adaptive reuse entertainment success — the former Pearl Brewery complex transformed into a destination of James Beard Award-winning restaurants, the Hotel Emma, a weekly farmers market, and the Thompson Hotel's rooftop bar. Texas Monthly called Pearl "the best neighborhood in Texas" for its extraordinary concentration of independent restaurants, bars, and cultural experiences that represent San Antonio at its most vibrant and culinarily ambitious.

E Grayson St, San Antonio, TX 78215

San Antonio, Texas

The Pearl District, built around a former 19th-century brewery on the San Antonio River's northern reach, presents restaurants, a farmers market, and bars in one of the city's most acclaimed adaptive-reuse entertainment developments.

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio River Walk is one of America's most visited urban entertainment destinations — 15 miles of limestone-lined canals beneath the streets of San Antonio lined with restaurants, bars, hotels, and outdoor entertainment spaces drawing 11 million visitors annually. The River Walk's unique underground urban garden setting, combined with San Antonio's extraordinary Tex-Mex culture and the proximity of the Alamo, creates a tourism entertainment ecosystem unlike any other in the United States.

Paseo del Rio, San Antonio, TX 78205

San Antonio, Texas

The San Antonio River Walk is one of America's most visited urban districts — a 15-mile linear park along the San Antonio River lined with restaurants, bars, hotels, and entertainment venues beneath cypress trees. The historic downtown section buzzes nightly with mariachi bands, outdoor dining, and river boat tours, creating a uniquely Texan entertainment atmosphere that draws 11 million visitors annually and serves as the social heart of the city's growing casino corridor.

River Walk, San Antonio 78205

San Antonio, Texas

The San Antonio River Walk is one of the most famous urban entertainment districts in Texas, a network of river-level walkways lined with restaurants, bars, and live music venues below downtown street level.

San Antonio, Texas

Southtown south of downtown San Antonio is the city's arts and gallery district, with the monthly First Friday art walk drawing crowds to King William-area bars, restaurants, and studios.

San Antonio, Texas

St. Mary's Strip north of downtown San Antonio is the city's alternative and dive-bar nightlife corridor, presenting live music venues and eclectic bars along a stretch of St. Mary's Street.

San Antonio, Texas

The Boardwalk on Bulverde in northeast San Antonio presents a suburban entertainment development of restaurants and bars serving the growing 1604/Bulverde corridor.

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio River Walk is one of America's most beloved entertainment districts — a 15-mile urban waterway where dozens of outstanding restaurants, bars, and hotels create one of the most uniquely pleasant evening entertainment environments in the United States. San Antonio's extraordinary blend of Mexican, Spanish, and American cultures, its remarkable history as the site of the Alamo, and its vibrant Tex-Mex culinary tradition create an entertainment district of genuine historical depth and authentic cultural identity.

San Antonio River Walk, San Antonio, TX 78205

San Marcos, Texas

Downtown San Marcos Square presents bars and restaurants serving the Texas State University campus community alongside the San Marcos River tubing and outlet-mall tourism economy.

Sherman, Texas

Downtown Sherman presents a historic courthouse square with restaurants and bars serving Grayson County near the Oklahoma border and Lake Texoma.

South Padre Island, Texas

South Padre Island's beachfront strip presents beach bars, nightclubs, and Spring Break-driven nightlife along the southernmost Texas Gulf Coast barrier island near the Mexican border.

Sugar Land, Texas

Sugar Land Town Square southwest of Houston presents an open-air development of restaurants and bars around a central plaza, the entertainment anchor of Fort Bend County.

Temple, Texas

Downtown Temple presents a historic railroad-era corridor of restaurants and bars serving Bell County in Central Texas.

Terrell, Texas

Downtown Terrell presents a historic square with local restaurants and bars serving Kaufman County east of Dallas.

Texarkana, Texas

Downtown Texarkana straddling the Texas-Arkansas state line presents restaurants and bars along State Line Avenue serving the Ark-La-Tex region.

Tyler, Texas

Downtown Tyler Square presents a historic courthouse square with restaurants and bars serving East Texas's Rose Capital region.

Uvalde, Texas

Downtown Uvalde presents a historic town square with local restaurants and bars serving the South Texas brush country region on Highway 90.

Victoria, Texas

Downtown Victoria presents a historic courthouse square with restaurants and bars serving the Coastal Bend region of South Texas.

Waco, Texas

Downtown Waco surrounding Magnolia Market at the Silos presents restaurants and bars serving one of Texas's fastest-growing tourism markets, driven by the Fixer Upper television-fueled revitalization.

Weatherford, Texas

Downtown Weatherford's historic courthouse square west of Fort Worth presents restaurants and bars serving Parker County's ranching community.

Wichita Falls, Texas

Downtown Wichita Falls presents restaurants and bars serving North Texas's Red River region near the Oklahoma border.

Wimberley, Texas

Wimberley Square in the Texas Hill Country presents artisan shops, wineries, and restaurants around a village square, a popular weekend getaway destination between Austin and San Antonio.