21 November 28 - December 4, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Snow Fest: Jeezy and Friends 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, NOV. 29, COMERICA CENTER, 2601 AVENUE OF THE STARS, FRISCO. $79.95+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM A northern suburb of Dallas playing host to a musical event bearing a title synonymous with slang for cocaine is not something you stumble across every day, but we do find ourselves living in deeply interesting times. South Carolina rap- per Jeezy, who at 47 years old is something of a hip-hop elder statesman, is Snow Fest’s headlin- ing act, touring behind his evocatively titled 13th studio album I Might Forgive … But I Don’t For- get, his first independent release after parting ways with Def Jam Recordings. Jeezy will be joined on the bill by a formidable roster of rap stars, including Juvenile (whose immortal “Back That Azz Up” still slaps), Ying Yang Twins and Dallas’ own Big Tuck. For a night, anyway, hip- hop heads and carpool parents will party side by side. With Webbie and Plies. PRESTON JONES BigXthaPlug 8 P.M. FRIDAY, NOV. 29, SOUTH SIDE BALLROOM, 1135 BOTHAM JEAN BLVD. $35+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Dallas hip-hop has had quite the 2024, thanks in no small part to the steady ascent of talents like BigXthaPlug. Before the year was even a few months old, the 26-year-old Dallas native (born Xavier Landum) had made a musical appear- ance in the blockbuster sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with his single “Beast Mode,” which was followed in the fall with his sopho- more album, Take Care. The LP is a rarity in modern rap in that there are no features. It’s BigXthaPlug’s show from first track to last. Lis- teners liked what they heard — the record de- buted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 and has racked up over 62 million streams thus far. Be- yond this triumphant hometown gig, BigXthaP- lug also has a Coachella performance slot to look forward to in 2025. Ro$ama and Yung Hood will open. PJ Midland 8 P.M. SATURDAY, NOV. 30, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $41.75+ AT LIVENATION.COM Texas neotraditional country trio Midland — Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson and Cameron Duddy — marked a decade of existence in 2024 and celebrated by releasing its fourth studio al- bum, Barely Blue. (Fun fact: The band takes its name from a Dwight Yoakam tune “Fair to Mid- dling.”) The group has found success on the charts with multiple singles rising into the Top 30 and beyond; its debut single, “Drinkin’ Prob- lem,” topped out at No. 4. Having hung on for 10 years in the notoriously fickle music business, Blue has focused the band’s attention on the matter of its longevity: “We wanted every single song to be special, to mean something and be something we want to continue to play for 10 years,” Wystrach told Esquire earlier this year. With The Wilder Blue and Hudson Westbrook. PJ Reverend Horton Heat 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, NOV. 30, LONGHORN BALLROOM, 216 CORINTH ST. $26+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Dallas rockabilly trio Reverend Horton Heat, an- chored by the dynamic presence of frontman James C. Heath, has defiantly weathered the passage of time both in Dallas itself and the mu- sic business more broadly. The Rev came up playing gigs in 1980s Deep Ellum and will host this concert on stage at one of the city’s merci- fully rescued venues, the Longhorn Ballroom. The band, which counts bassist Jimbo Wallace and drummer Jonathan Jeter among its current ranks, has also flirted with mainstream exposure, releasing a trio of albums on Interscope over the course of the 1990s, including the immortal, Al Jourgensen-produced Liquor in the Front (which turns, cripes, 30 this year). Reverend Horton Heat’s latest album, 2023’s Roots of the Rev (Volume One), is a collection of covers that influenced the band — everything from Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson to Carl Perkins and Eddie Cochran. Thankfully, the more things change, the more some things stay the same. With Jason D. Williams and Los Skarnales. PJ 106.1 KISS FM’s Jingle Ball 7:30 P.M. TUESDAY, DEC. 3, DICKIES ARENA, 1911 MONTGOMERY ST., FORT WORTH. $28.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM As surely as egg nog materializes on grocery stores shelves, wreathes appear in abundance and people grouse about having to hear Wham!’s “Last Christmas” on the radio, so too does the 106.1 KISS FM Jingle Ball serve as a har- binger of the holidays. The annual grab-bag of well-known names and those who are in process of making an impression has, for the last few years, set up camp in Fort Worth rather than Dallas, but that quirk aside, the lineups have been reliably well-scrubbed, anodyne and pop- ulated with at least a handful of performers pos- sessed of a hit single (or two). The 2024 edition is scheduled to include appearances from Kane Brown, Meghan Trainor, Jason Derulo, Madison Beer, Saweetie, Shaboozey, Dasha, KATSEYE and Wonho. 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