The Lockhart Blues Central Texas city may steal Austin’s title of Live Music Capital By John Egan Jan 29, 2025 | 3:24 pm Since 1991, Austin has reigned as the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, based on the number of live music venues per capita. Visit Austin, the city’s convention and tourism arm, says the city boasts more than 250 venues where musicians perform. But in the more than 30 years since Austin embraced that title, the continually higher cost of living in Austin and pandemic-triggered venue shutdowns have chipped away at the city’s status as a hub for live music. Now, Dewy Brooks, chairman of the nonprofit Austin Creative Alliance, questions whether another Central Texas city — Lockhart,  the Barbecue Capital of Texas  — could grab the Live Music Capital of the World title from Austin. (It’s worth pointing out that Visit Austin owns the “Live Music Capital of the World” trademark.) Speaking January 29 at an Urban Land Institute (ULI) Austin ses...

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