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In less than a week, Lola's, Twilite Lounge and the Isis closed. What comes next for Fort Worth and its vibrant music scene?

Tributes on social media are pouring in for beloved Fort Worth music venue which, ““Went out with a bang!”

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These photos capture local music's big moments, from Lola's last stand in Fort Worth to Deep Ellum's big birthday

The good news: I didn’t puke. The bad: I spent about a million dollars at the bar. And that’s a million dollars that I, the editor of a small newspaper in Smalltown, U.S.A., do not have, but who gives af. It was local music Christmas, and if I was going to carpet-bomb the shit out of my checking account, I might as

Shortly after Lola’s owner Brian Forella announced that his music venue was moving from near West 7th to the TCU area, readers kept asking the same question: What about Dayne’s Craft Barbecue? The food truck had become synonymous with Lola’s ever since owners Dayne and Ashley Weaver first parked at Lola’s a few years

Tonight's the last chance to say goodbye to a venue that gave Leon Bridges, Quaker City Night Hawks. Joshua Ray Walker and others a home.

I had a moment a couple weeks ago, standing on that deck in the northeast corner of Lola’s Trailer Park, when I concluded that Fort Worth is a lot less fun than it used to be. The Quaker City Night Hawks had just finished their show, and I was drunk and stoned and maudlin to the point that I resigned to let my bad

Lola’s is relocating to TCU-land.   The combined Trailer Park and Saloon that have been West 7th-area staples since 2008 will mosey on into 2000 W. Berry St., the former home of the Berry Street Ice House, The Moon Bar, and Americado. Lola’s owner Brian Forella hopes to be open by June 1.   Lola’s current

We cannot wait until the day comes when we can write about something without having to acknowledge the context of the pandemic’s unprecedented effects upon the thing of which we are writing. But since the Fort Worth Weekly is not (yet) owned by Rupert Murdoch, we must report on the world as it exists and not how we