Live Music in San Antonio This Week

The Chaparral Music and Heritage Fest also will celebrate Western swing.

Classic rocker Dave Mason, who's played with Traffic, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and more, is also performing a show.

Alex Maas, frontman for Austin's The Black Angels, will also be in town to perform a solo set.

Matt Axton, the son of singer-songwriter Hoyt Axton, also is bringing his easygoing country-rock to town.

A performance by Ernie Durawa and Murali Coryell is a pairing of two top-notch musicians with both jazz and rock chops.

Chilean drummer and producer Francisca Straube's experimental project Rubio is also worth checking out.

Rockabilly and swing revivalist Brian Setzer is also bringing his guitar skills to the Alamo City.

The Blue Note Records Anniversary Tour will showcase artists from the label revisiting 85 years of classics.

Winter Vibes Live, a one-day festival featuring 34 San Antonio musical acts, also will take over St. Paul Square.

Low-fi pop outfit Baldemar is also headlining a stacked local bill.

Two free shows featuring local talent are also on the calendar.

Drummer extraordinaire Brian Blade is also bringing his jazz group, The Fellowship, to Jazz, TX.

Los Texmaniacs' show will include appearances by San Antonio music luminaries Augie Meyers and Flaco Jimenez.

A musical celebration of the 50th anniversary of legendary New York punk club CBGB is also among this week's options.

Garage punk outfit The Spits is also bringing its low-fi, high-energy sound to the Alamo City.

Hometown singer-songwriter Brandon Padier is also celebrating the release of a new album.

Case Hardin, K.Flay and Snail Mail are among the acts hitting San Antonio during the holidays this year.

Doc Watkins and His Orchestra are also presenting A Charlie Brown Christmas at the Tobin.

One-man band Scott H. Biram is also bringing his hardscrabble blues to the Alamo City.

The run-up to the holidays often means a slowdown in San Antonio's live music options. Not so this week.