Chaparral w/ Jeff Hughes

Chaparral and Jeff Hughes are playing the Broken Spoke on Thursday, August 27, with Tracie Lynn opening the evening. It's a double-bill that stretches across two different parts of the building, so you can make a night of it if you're in the mood.

Tracie Lynn starts things off in the restaurant from 6 to 8 PM, which is a good spot to grab a meal and settle in before the main event. From there, the action moves to the dancehall, where Chaparral and Jeff Hughes take over at 9 PM. If you've been to the Spoke on a Thursday night, you know the drill: the dancehall floor fills up, and the music keeps going long after the early crowd has headed home.

For those who aren't as familiar with the place, the Broken Spoke is one of the city's oldest landmarks. It opened in 1964, when James M. White set it up as a Texas dancehall, and it's still running as one. It's known for pairing homestyle meals—the chicken fried steak is the one everyone talks about—with two-step lessons led by Terri White from Wednesday to Saturday, 8 to 9 PM. Live country music runs Tuesday through Saturday, and Chaparral is a regular fixture here, with Thursday nights being one of the times the floor really fills up.

So, if you want to do the full experience, you can start early with Tracie Lynn in the restaurant from 6 to 8 PM, then head into the dancehall for Chaparral and Jeff Hughes at 9 PM. The Spoke is at 3201 S. Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704.