Located at 301 East 5th Street, McDavid Studio has become one of the downtown Fort Worth scene's favorite nighttime hot spots. World-class artists of all flavors come to play for audiences of just over 200 people. The result: intimate and often definitive performances. Each show is a special occasion, with state-of-the-art acoustics and atmospheric lighting designed specifically for the Studio. Join the already loyal and ever-growing group of McDavid Studio enthusiasts for one of these stellar upcoming performances.

Upcoming Performances

Mingo Fishtrap Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Friday, 07/18/2008 8:00 PM Information:   With a sound dancing between gutbucket soul, N'awlins grit and horn-fueled Motown pop, Mingo Fishtrap is one of Austin's most dizzyingly eclectic party bands. Musically speaking, they are affluent in several languages: funk, pop, blues, R&B and rock and roll. "Ever wonder what the love child of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai and Billy Vera would sound like?" PlaybackSTL recently wrote. "Mingo Fishtrap: an octopus of tenacious funk."

Bill Frisell Quartet Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Friday, 08/01/2008 8:00 PM Information:   "Bill Frisell is the Clark Kent of the electric guitar. Soft-spoken and self-effacing in conversation, he apparently breathes in lungfulls of raw fire when he straps on his guitar. His music is not what is typically called jazz, though it does turn on improvisation; it's not rock and roll, and it sure ain't that tired dinosaur called fusion." - Spin

Alpha Rev Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Friday, 08/15/2008 8:00 PM Information:   Take the quiet, piano-driven intensity of Coldplay, the colorfully twisting melodies of Radiohead and the occasional burst of indie-rock noise, and you have Alpha Rev, one of Austin's most exciting art-rock bands.

Alejandro Escovedo Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Saturday, 08/23/2008 8:00 PM Information:   "Alejandro Escovedo can be a pensive, cryptic, death-haunted songwriter, as his recent albums attest. But every so often he prefers to blast some basic rock, and that's what he does on his ninth studio album, Real Animal. Mr. Escovedo looks back on his punk rocking 1970s youth, when he was a founder of a San Francisco punk band, the Nuns, and then of what was called a "cow-punk" band, Rank and File. This time his songwriting embraces bluntness. - The New York Times

Billy Joe Shaver Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Friday, 09/05/2008 8:00 PM Information:   Billy Joe Shaver is one of the most influential country singers in Texas -- and far beyond. His songs helped Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare and Willie Nelson shape the "outlaw country" movement of the 1970's. Over the past three decades, the five-time Grammy nominee has remained a staple of the Texas-music scene, winning accolades for a string of fiery CDs such as Billy and the Kid and Everybody's Brother. The New York Times recently raved: "From unhurried Western swing to twangy, swaggering country-rock, Shaver makes music to burn down honky-tonks."

beatlegras Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Saturday, 09/06/2008 8:00 PM

Ramblin' Jack Elliott Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Friday, 09/19/2008 8:00 PM Information:   Ramblin' Jack Elliott is one of the most important figures in American folk music. A friend of Bob Dylan's, a musical companion of Woody Guthrie's and an influence on Pete Seeger, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead, Elliott and his songs have made a widespread impact on American culture and music - an impact that is still felt today. Please join us for this very special, up-close-and-personal concert with one of America's finest singer-songwriters.

An Evening with Sara Hickman Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio www.myspace.com/mcdavid studio

Dates / Times: Friday, 09/26/2008 8:00 PM

John Gorka Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Thursday, 10/02/2008 7:00 PM

Roger McGuinn Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio

Dates / Times: Friday, 11/21/2008 8:00 PM Saturday, 11/22/2008 8:00 PM

Brave Combo "Holiday Dance Party" Presented by: Bass Hall Performance to be held in McDavid Studio, 301 East 5th Street www.myspace.com/mcdavidstudio "At last, a band that rocks the brain as well as the feet." -- Democrat & Chronicle

Dates / Times: Friday, 12/12/2008 8:00 PM Information:   "Nearly every Brave Combo show is a celebration in itself. Even if you come for the party, you'll leave with something of a musical education. The group throws all manner of world dance music into the mix, including polka, ska, meringue, hora, conjunto and zydeco." -- Riverfront Times