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The nominees are Caves Lounge, The Cicada, Growl, Magnolia Motor Lounge, The Post at River East, Tulips FTW, and Twilite.
MUSIC VENUE
The nominees are Arlington Music Hall, Billy Bob’s Texas, Haltom Theater, Lola’s Fort Worth, Ridglea Theater, Tannehill’s Tavern & Music Hall, and The Warehouse.
IN MEMORIAM
At our 2023 Music Awards Ceremony, which will be sometime in December, we will honor all the nominees. and winners in the categories above. We would also like to honor those that we’ve lost in 2023. To that end, we’ve included a write-in field at the end of the ballot. Please use it to inform us of anyone in the local music scene who has passed away since December 2022. Be sure to include some details about the person. Readers, are you ready to vote? Go to FWWeekly.com/Music-Awards-Ballot-2023 (or use the QR code on this spread) and complete a ballot by midnight on Thu, Nov 30. You must vote in at least ten categories for your ballot to count, and it’s limited to one ballot per person. You can see where many of our nominees are playing this month in the next article, in case you want to check them out before voting. As for information on potential showcase events and the ceremony itself, stay tuned!
A Nominee November to Remember! By Fort Worth Weekly Marketing Now that the Weekly’s ballot for Music Awards 2023 is live, you have some bands to investigate and decisions to make! The #FWWMAF23 ballot is live now thru Thu, Nov 30 at midnight, so there’s plenty of time to get out there. Very, very soon, we will have details about some official showcase events in November and the awards ceremony in December. In the meantime, here’s where you can check out some of our nominees this month:
WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE NOMINEES THIS MONTH WED, NOV 8
Dave Cave (Album Nominee) is at Axis Waterfront in Fort Worth. Simon Flory (Folk
Nominee) is at Magnolia Motor Lounge (Music Club Nominee).
THU, NOV 9
Hazard County (Regional Nominee) is at Lola’s Fort Worth (Music Venue Nominee). Late to the Station (Americana Nominee) is at Atico in Fort Worth. Texas Flood (Regional Nominee) is at Fat Daddy’ in Mansfield.
FRI, NOV 10
Celestial L’Amour (Rock and Vocalist Nominee) is at The Cicada (Music Club and OpenMic Night Nominee). Cory Cross Band (Country Nominee) is at Birdie’s Social Club in Fort Worth. Matt Tedder (Album and Blues Nominee) is at The Middleton Hotel in Graham. Raised Right Men (Regional Nominee) are at Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton. SageMode Wrex (Hip Hop Nominee) is at The Post at River East (Music Club Nominee) in Fort Worth. Summer Dean (Country Nominee) is at The Ice House in Abilene. Squeezebox Bandits (Country and Tejano Nominees) are at Twilite Lounge (Music Club Nominee) in Fort Worth. Mike Ryan Band (Sam Jones, Keyboard Nominee) is at Lucchese Boots in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
SAT, NOV 11
Aurora Bleu (Blues Nominee) is at Chief Records in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The Flying Beets (New Band Nominee) is at The Cicada (Music Club and Open-Mic Nominee) in Fort Worth. Seth Wart & The Silence (Country Nominee) is at Hoots Pub in Amarillo. Simone Nicole (Pop and Vocalist Nominee) is at Heim BBQ River in Fort Worth. Since My Beloved (Metal Nominee) is at the Hope4Shelter Festival at Vibes in San Antonio.
SUN, NOV 12
Love Shack Band (Blues Nominee) is at Dirty Water Saloon (Open MIc Nominee). Mean Motor Scooter (Basss and Punk Nominee) is at Tulips FTW (Music Club Nominee). Royal Sons (Multi-Category Nominee) are at Lola’s Fort Worth (Music Venue Nominee).
WED, NOV 22
The Dick Beldings (Tribute Nominee) are at Magnolia Motor Lounge (Music Club Nominee) in Fort Worth. Velvet Love Box (Tribute Nominee) and other area musicians will play at the annual Last Waltz event at Tanstaafl in Arlington.
FRI, NOV 24
Dustin Massey (Guitarist Nominee) is at Tulip FTW (Music Club Nominee). J/O/E (Hip Hop Nominee) is at Martin House Brewing in Fort Worth. Royal Sons (Multi-Category Nominee) are at Double Wide in Dallas. Texas Flood (Regional Nominee) is at Lava Cantina in The Colony. Gabby Minton (Vocalist Nominee) is at The Post at River East (Music Club Nominee) in Fort Worth. Velvet Love Box (Tribute Nominee) is at Bronco’s Sports Bar in Euless.
SAT, NOV 25
Jesse Jennings Band (Country and Song Nominee) is at Fat Daddy’s in Mansfield. Late to the Station (Americana Nominee) is at Twilite Lounge (Music Club Nominee) in Fort Worth. Raised Right Men (Regional Nominee) are at Jack’s Tavern in Denton. Texas Scratch (Blues Nominee) is at Ridglea Theater (Music Venue Nominee) in Fort Worth.
WED, NOV 29
Simone Nicole (Pop Nominee) is at the Songwriter Round at Bob’s Off The Square in Granbury.
THU, NOV 30
Late to the Station (Americana Nominee) is at The Woodshed in Fort Worth. Tipps & Obermiller (Folk Nominee) is at Second Rodeo in Fort Worth.
If you’d like to check out the shows listed above before making your choices, know that you have plenty of time to complete your ballot. Voting doesn’t end until midnight tonight.
WED, NOV 15
EVERY THURSDAY
Texas Flood (Regional Nominee) is at Tolbert’s Restaurant & Chili Parlour in Grapevine.
FRI, NOV 17
Cut Throat Finches (Americana / Roots Nominee) is at Ferris Wheelers in Dallas. Denver Williams & The Gas Money (Multi-Category Nominee) is at Caves Lounge (Music Club Nominee) in Arlington. Far Beyond Drunk (Tribute Nominee) is at Oscar’s Bar & Grill in Burleson. The Grae (Chris Davis, Dummer Nominee) is at Twilite Lounge (Music Club Nominee).
Jacob Furr (Folk and Vocalist Nominee) is at The Post at River East (Music Club Nominee) in Fort Worth.
OPEN-MIC NIGHTS
On various nights of the week, you can hit jam sessions at our nominated locations. The Cicada has Open Mic Night with Tommy Luke on Sundays. Dirty Water Saloon has Pickin’ Round the Campfire on Wednesdays. Finn MacCool’s has Happ Day Humpy Hour with Joe Gosh on Wednesdays. McFly’s Pub has its Open Mic Night on Tuesdays. Panther Island Brewing does Panther Island Pickers every other Tuesday. Scat Jazz Lounge has its Black Dog Jam on Sundays.
WORLD DOMINATION
There are some of our nominees that you won’t be able to see in North Texas because they are out on the road #LivingTheDream either performing at special events or touring. Kudos to you all. We couldn’t be more proud! (Especially multi-category nominees Broke String Burnett, who are playing in four cities around Texas next weekend as “official music ambassadors of Fort Worth” using grant money awarded to them by Hear Fort Worth.) Jack Barksdale (Folk Nominee) is performing at the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival in Florida on Thursday. Fugitive (Metal Nominee) is also headed to Florida in two weeks for Hellshine Fest. Abraham Alexander (Album and R&B Nominee) is busy touring the mid-west all month in support of “SEA/SONS,” and Frenchie’s Blues Destroyer (Blues Nominee) is touring the south Nov-Dec in support of their “Nashville Sessions” album. Keegan McInroe (Americana and Video Nominee) is spending his November touring Germany, while Summer Dean (Country Nominee) is in England.
Nominees, If you add any other November gigs to your schedule, please email the details to Jennifer@fwweekly.com ASAP.
Scan now to vote in #FWWMA23.
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Next year, you can expect to hear more from the guys in Freeze Sucka (Bassist and Rock Nominees). Right now, they are taking a break from gigs to finish up their debut album in a bid for #FutureWorldDomination in 2024.
EVERY FRIDAY
Gabby Minton (Vocalist Nominee) is at Panther Island Brewing (Open Mic Nominee).
EVERY SATURDAY
Reckless 1 (DJ Nominee) is at Wonderbar in Fort Worth.
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Day Humpy Hour with Joe Gosh), McFly’s Pub (Open-Mic Night), Panther Island Brewing (Pickers Night), The Post at River East (Open-Mic with Cameron Smith), and Scat Jazz Lounge (Black Dog Jam).
Hotcake Hand Grenade (Punk Nominee), Ox Combine (Metal Nominee), and Stone Electric Machine (Metal Nominee) are at The Cicada (Music Club and Open-Mic Nominee) in Fort Worth. Legacy 4 (Tribute Nominee) is at Rusty Nickel in Fort Worth. Phantomelo (Pop Nominee) is at Three Links in Dallas. Tejas Brothers (Tejano Nominee) are at the Arts Center in Irving.
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