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You'd be hard pushed not to find something to your taste amid Fort Worth's late-night drinking and carousing. This is a truly cosmopolitan city, where roustabouts will happily down a few beers with modern jazz fans. Bar crawling is safe and fun, and there's a great mix of live music venues (though the pick-up joints in the Stockyards are best avoided). Check the
Fort Worth Weekly
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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) for listings. The
Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass Performance Hall
(tel 817/212-4280) is the new downtown home of the city's orchestra, opera, theater and dance companies and hosts visiting spectacles.
In addition to the regular cowboy venues below, the Chisholm Trail Round-Up (mid-June; ) and Pioneer Days (September) are two hugely enjoyable annual Western-style celebrations in the Stockyards. Cowtown Coliseum holds a championship rodeo (Fri and Sat 8pm; $8.50; tel 817/625-1025, ) and special events throughout the year. Billy Bob's Texas 2520 Rodeo Plaza tel 817/624-7117). The largest honky-tonk in the world, down in the Stockyards, with bull-riding (Fri & Sat 9pm & 10pm), pool tables, bars, restaurants and stores, and big-name concerts. Live music nightly; open until 2am. Tours Mon-Sat 11am, 2pm & 4pm, Sun 2pm & 4pm. Cover Mon-Thurs & Sun $3-5, Fri & Sat $5-10. The Caravan of Dreams 312 Houston St tel 817/877-3000. A superb downtown club in a beautiful building with a cactus garden. Attracts a friendly, stylish crowd and regular big-name acts. Cover $12-60, though access to the Rooftop Grotto Bar is free. Casa MaA±ana Theater 3101 Lancaster Ave tel 817/332-6221. Alternative comedy and plays in the Cultural District, with a great selection of kid-friendly plays as well. 8.0 111 E 3rd St tel 817/336-0880. Highly popular downtown bar in Sundance Square, flamboyantly decorated inside and with sidewalk tables. Flying Saucer 111 E 4th St tel 817/336-7468. Over 200 beers, often with enticing promotional prices, in a fun Sundance Square setting, with live music Tues-Sun. J&J Blues Bar 937 Woodward Ave tel 817/870-BEER. Westside joint with regional blues acts Thurs-Sat. J&Js Hideaway 3305 W 7th St tel 817/877-3363. Good neighborhood bar in the Cultural District, and a welcome respite from the more aggressively Western-themed outlets. White Elephant Saloon 106 E Exchange Ave tel 817/624-1887. Notoriously wild and authentic Stockyards saloon with a cowboy hat hall of fame; prop yourself up at the long wooden bar and listen to cowboy singer and owner Don Edwards. $4 cover Fri. Open till midnight weekdays, 2am Fri & Sat.
Wreck Room
3208 W 7th St tel 817/870-4900. Underground westside hangout with occasional leftfield rock bands. Other useful information
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