Tomcats West

With free parking, cheap cover prices and affordable drinks, Tomcats West is one of Fort Worth’s most hassle-free music venues. The large building sits just off of Interstate 30, with very little surrounding it. Hard, loud guitars and punishing drums blare through the venue’s top-notch surround sound speakers, pumping up the young-ish crowd. The venue […]

The Usual

Fort Worth’s bike-friendly Fairmount Neighborhood on West Magnolia is one of the hipper places to hang out in Cowtown, thanks in part to The Usual, one of the few bars west of Dallas to offer a drink menu of classic and Prohibition-era cocktails. The bar’s interior has a modern, minimalist design with raw wood walls […]

The Where House

Located on the northern tip of South Fort Worth, Where House is the most well-disguised music venue and arts space in town. From the outside, it appears as a boxy, lifeless building, but one step inside and The Where House lives up to its name. This gigantic and literal warehouse is a labyrinth of indoor […]

Whiskey Girl Saloon

These are the qualities Zane Williams sings about in his rootsy anthem “Texas Like That”–the title track of his 5th studio album–and so it comes as no surprise that these are also the qualities on which his rapidly-growing career is built. Respected by his fans (the Zaniacs) as a down-to-earth family man, Zane is a […]

White Elephant Saloon

The White Elephant Saloon lay dormant in Fort Worth’s Hells Half Acre. It had been there since the 1890s. Needing a change of scenery, the venue moved into the Historic Stockyards in the 1970s and has been a hot attraction for locals and tourists alike ever since. There’s some lore behind the venue. The original […]

Woody’s Tavern

Located in the same strip center as The Horseman Club, Woody’s spacious interior sports a wall of big screen TVs, shuffleboard, darts, and an easy on the eyes clientele. Live country and rock bands play on the weekends and occasional weekdays, but the real draw is the eye candy, large bar and plentiful seating.