Arkansas and Mid-South Industrial/Post-Industrial Events Guide
Last Updated: September 13, 2023 @ 6:53 PM
Here’s a list of upcoming shows and events in the industrial/post-industrial, darkwave, goth, experimental, etc. music fields happening in Arkansas and the nearby region. (At the moment we’ll be including events within a roughly 500-mile area, which will include metro areas of Little Rock, Arkansas; Dallas and Austin, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Kansas City, Missouri.) Events on this page are organized chronologically. Please check with the event’s organizer(s) or venue for tickets and other information—especially before making travel plans.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
- Dead Register, Direwolf, Tempus Terra at White Water Tavern in Little Rock.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
- Dystopia Goth Night, with DJ Evonech, DJ Graveyard Gloria, DJ St. Faust, and DJ 10.29 at Black Lodge Video in Memphis, TN.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
- Full Moon Market - Harvest Moon at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Friday, September 29, 2023
- Friday Night Frights presents At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Friday, October 6, 2023
- Nocturnal Oddities Bazaar Exhibit at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Saturday, October 7, 2023
- Club Nevermore presents Damien Hearse and Vampire Police at Vino’s in Little Rock. This will also have DJ sets by DJ 10.29, DJ Hollow, and DJ Operator OT. Note: Club Nevermore membership is not required for this event.
- Nocturnal Oddities Bazaar Exhibit: Night 2 at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
- Club Nevermore: Our Annual Halloween Ball (Tim Burton Theme) at The Labyrinth in Little Rock. Club Nevermore is now a private, members-only event. You can find membership info at ClubNevermore.com
Friday, October 27, 2023
- Friday Night Frights at The Labyrinth presents Doctor Blood’s Coffin at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
- Dystopia Goth Night at Black Lodge Video in Memphis, TN.
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Saturday, November 11, 2023
- [Club Nevermore: Thanksgraving: Calling All Zombies!] at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Friday, November 24, 2023
- Friday Night Frights presents Terror is a Man at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Saturday, December 9, 2023
- [Club Nevermore: Suck It! A Vampire Masquerade] at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Friday, December 29, 2023
- Friday Night Frights presents Frankenstein’s Daughter at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.
Friday, April 5-8
- Low Key Arts Presents Ecliptic & Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival at Cedar Glades Park in Hot Springs. Consult their website for more info.
Arkansas Music Venues
- Area 51: 6511 Warden Road in Sherwood. Note: Area 51’s entrance in the neighboring bar Alibi’s.
- Central Theatre: 1008 Central Avenue, Hot Springs
- Club Nevermore: Arkansas’s one and only goth-industrial club night! Check their Facebook page for upcoming events.
- EJ’s Eats & Drinks: 523 Center Street, Little Rock.
- Four Quarter Bar: 415 Main Street, North Little Rock.
- Full Moon Records: 1104 Front Street, Conway.
- George’s Majestic Lounge: 519 W. Dickson St, Fayetteville.
- The Hall (Little Rock): 721 W. 9th St., Little Rock.
- The Labyrinth: 619 S. Spring Street, Little Rock.
- Low Key Arts: Hot Springs - Low Key Arts is the parent organization of our radio station, KUHS-LP Hot Springs 102.5 FM. (Alas, the Low Key Arts venue was a casualty of the Covid19 pandemic.)
- Maxine’s: 700 Central Avenue, Hot Springs.
- Nomad’s Trailside: 1863 N. Pluto Dr., Fayetteville.
- Pizza D’Action: 2919 W. Markham, Little Rock.
- Rev Room: 300 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock.
- Smoke & Barrel: 324 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.
- Starlite Club: 230 Ouachita Avenue, Hot Springs.
- Stickyz: 107 River Market Avenue, Little Rock.
- West and Watson: 326 N. West Ave STE 4, Fayetteville.
- Vino’s: 923 West 7th St., Little Rock.
- White Water Tavern: 2500 West 7th St., Little Rock.
Tennessee Venues
- Bar DKDC: Memphis: 964 S. Cooper, Memphis, TN.
- Black Lodge Video: Memphis: 405 N. Cleveland Ave, Memphis, TN
- Canvas of Memphis: Memphis: 1737 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN
- Growler’s: Memphis: 1911 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN
- Lamplighter Lounge: Memphis: 1702 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN
- Hi-Tone Cafe: Memphis: 282-284 N. Cleveland Avenue, Memphis, TN.
Texas Venues
- Barracuda: Austin
- Deep Ellum Art Co.: Dallas
- The Elysium Austin: Austin
- Empire Control Room: Austin
- Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill: Dallas
- Independent Bar & Kitchen: Dallas
- Industry Alley Bar: Dallas
- The Kessler Theater: Dallas
- The Lost Well: Austin
- The Mohawk: Austin
- The Nines Bar - Deep Ellum: Dallas
- Panoptikon Industrial Discotheque - Dallas: Venue in Dallas that also hosts Industrial Discotheque nights.
- Paper Tiger: San Antonio
- Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios: Denton/Dallas
- Three Links: Dallas
- The Trees: Dallas
Louisiana Venues
- Gasa Gasa: New Orleans
- The Goat: New Orleans
- The Mudlark Public Theatre: New Orleans
- Poor Boys Bar: New Orleans
- Santos Bar: New Orleans
Missouri Venues
- Front of House Lounge: Springfield, MO
- MiniBar KC: Kansas City, MO
- The Record Bar: Kansas City, MO
- The Riot Room: Kansas City, MO
- The Roxy Bar: Shawnee, KS/Kansas City, MO
Other Pages
- Control (Little Rock): Record store located in Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood.
- Finally Friday on KUHS-LP Hosted by Sonny Kay and yours truly (Operator OT), playing fun and energetic punk, new wave, post-punk, and more. Fridays at 8-10 PM CT on KUHS-LP 102.5 FM Hot Springs and streaming at kuhsradio.org
- Full Moon Records Conway - Record store at 1104 Front Street in Conway.
- Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival - All documentary film festival in October. Check their site for schedule, admission details, etc.
- Hot Springs Horror Film Festival - Horror movie festival in September. Check their site for schedule, admission details, etc.
- Into the Black Lodge: New goth-industrial show on KUHS-LP, on Wednesdays at 6-8 PM CT.
- Little Rock Goth and Industrial Facebook Group
- KABF 88.3 FM - Little Rock, AR: Little Rock’s community radio station.
- KUHS-LP Hot Springs 102.5 FM - Hot Springs, AR: The station our shows airs on. It’s also the only solar-powered radio station in Arkansas.
- The Night Before Tomorrow Our friend Gary (DJ 10.29/Club Nevermore) now has own radio show. Check it out!
- Outrage Radio: Our friend Danny P has his own show, playing shoegaze, noise rock, no wave, and more, on Wednesdays at 4-6 PM CT on KUHS-LP.
- Shadow Transmission: Our friends DJ Hollow and DJ Dagger Dance have podcast and website devoted to promoting alterative/fringe/dark culture-type things made or going on in the state of Arkansas, and their spin-off show Fringe Benefits does music reviews. Check it out!
- Valley of the Vapors Music Festival: Hot Springs music festival with a variety of artists, which happens in Hot Springs, Arkansas during March. Check their website for complete lineup and schedule, etc. inetx/): Monthly EBM/Industrial party in Austin, TX.
- Dark Entries: Goth Radio: Radio show on WUSC in South Carolina hosted by my friend DJ D. Check their page for their broadcast schedule and links to its podcast.
- Dystopia Productions: production company that puts on the Dystopia goth/dark eletro, etc. and other events in the Memphis area.
- Industrial Goth Underground Kansas City Facebook Page
- New Orleans Noise Music Facebook Community
- Attrition: New Orleans: Puts on goth-industrial nights and concerts in New Orleans.
- Memphis Concrète Festival - Memphis, TN: Experimental and electronic music festival in Memphis, TN, which also does shows and events throughout the year. Check their site for shows and events.
- Procession Magazine The hot new print magazine covering goth, post-punk, darkwave, etc.
- Torment - Springfield, MO: Gothic, Industrial, Dark EDM night in Springfield, MO.
- Where’s Your Goth At?: Interactive Google Map of goth clubs, venues, and more.