Fort Worth Weekly // October 15-21, 2025

NIGHT & DAY

Things Are Getting Spooky

If you’re staying home tonight, you should not be doing that, as Amyl would say. The Australian songstress and her Sniffers (currently on heavy rotation on KXT) will join Jane Remover and Speed to open for Boston punks Turnstile at Panther Island Pavilion (395 Purcey St, Fort Worth 817-6980700). Doors open at 6pm. This is a hot ticket, so act fast. The all-in pricing (meaning the cost of the ticket includes any applicable fees and taxes) starts at $98.18 at AXS.com.

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band return to Bass Performance Hall (525 Commerce St, Fort Worth, 817-212-4280) as part of the 2025 Irwin Steel Popular Entertainment Series. Tickets start at $74 at BassHall.com.

Weekly publisher Lee Newquist has a great story about Fastball. He once lived in Dallas and frequented the

same coffee shop as Don Henley. One day, Lee asked the Eagle, “If I’m buying one album by a Texas band today, whose do I get?” Henley’s answer was the not-yet-famous Fastball. Months later, the up-and-coming band was headlining Trees. The club’s owner let Lee backstage, where he proceeded to tell the band the story. The guys were elated. (If you see Lee out and about, buy him a Budweiser and ask him. He’ll tell the story much better than I just did.) continued on page 11

Arthouse 8 Is Here

Son of Stan, Sean Russell & The Cowtown Dugout, Clint Niosi, Walker & The Texas Dangers, Trash Puppies, Smokey Dopes, and DJ Hot and Spicy are slated to perform from 4pm ’til whenever Sat at Arthouse (3529 W Fuller Av, Fort Worth) in the South Hills neighborhood.

Now in its eighth year, this free major house party combines progressive, independent music with cutting-edge visual art. And heartwarming philanthropy. This year, the hosts, brothers Arthur and Wilson Armstrong, are seeking donations of children’s coats and men’s shoes.

“The big inspiration from the start of these shows is to give

people a place to show their work,” Arthur said. “We’ve been able to create and provide a space for early-career artists to network with other artists.”

Beer, java from Ostara Coffee, pizza from Mellow Mushroom, and backyard smoked brisket are among the food/bev options.

“We focus on up-and-coming artists,” Wilson said, “and we think of ourselves as part of the greater artistic community, and we feel like we have a niche. Generally, our mission statement is that we provide an open, welcoming space with no admission and vender-booth cost space, [and we pay] artists and bands decently who are happy to play our show.”

The Armstrongs are looking for a new home for the event.

“We can’t do it all ourselves,” Wilson said. “We’ve got a whole crew, and we’re going legit.” — Anthony Mariani and Juan R. Govea

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WINNING LOCAL

Ate Days of Charcuterie Greatness

While we were working on our annual Best Of edition in September, Central Market was busy breaking a world record.

Promotional Feature

In honor of its 30th anniversary, representatives officially declared Central Market’s colossal charcuterie board as “the largest charcuterie board in the world to be created and consumed” on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. The winner of this year’s Best Grocery Store in the Weekly’s annual Best Of edition attempted to break the record and did so with a 12-foot by 24-foot charcuterie board with 1,000 pounds of artisanal meats and cheeses, accompanied by crackers, fruits, nuts, and more.

World’s Largest Charcuterie Board

“We are beyond excited to celebrate Central Market’s 30 years, and what better way to mark this milestone anniversary than with a food-themed GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™!” said Paul Harty, General Manager, Central Market North Lamar. “Central Market has something for all foodies and we look forward to continuing the anniversary celebration with a host of in-store events, foodie strolls for adults and kids, fantastic cooking classes, and so much more.”

For the anniversary and to officially set the new world record, Central Market invited guests to the very first store to open in Austin, located on North Lamar, and indulge in the entire charcuterie board while enjoying sips and live music on the patio. Central Market also continued its tradition of philanthropy and support of Texas communities with a special $30,000 check presentation to the St. David’s Foundation and a toast to 30 years.

The charcuterie board included 540 pounds of cured meats, such as Niman Ranch applewood-smoked ham, Levoni schiacciata piccante, and Salami Napoli; 240 pounds of Manchego and triple-cream brie cheeses; 130 pounds of fruits, including Divina Castelvetrano olives; and 90 pounds of Divina fig spread and Janet’s Finest mixed berry jalapeño compote.

The record-breaking board was assembled at the Central Market on North Lamar in Austin, the company’s original store.

About Central Market

A division of H-E-B, Central Market opened its doors in 1994 and now has ten store locations across North Texas, including Fort Worth (Chapel Hill Shopping Center) and Southlake (Shops of Southlake). A bountiful produce department with unmatched quality and variety, an 80-foot seafood case, hundreds of cheeses, 2,500 wine labels, and extensive specialty grocery aisles make the Central Market experience unique. For more information, follow us on Instagram (@central_market), Twitter (@centralmarket), or visit us at CentralMarket. com. #CentralMarket #ReallyIntoFood.

MOVIE NIGHTS

SCREEN

Sláinte House of Guinness:

“Having friends who make beer can only ever be a good thing.”

BY KRISTIAN LIN

Steven Knight is the English screenwriter who created Peaky Blinders, and his new Netflix show, House of Guinness, has much of the same elements as that show: period Irish setting, big text translating Irish-language material into English, proper Irish donnybrooks set to anachronistic musical selections, characters dropping more f-bombs than their real-life counterparts ever would have, and even an amoral Tommy Shelby-like thug named Sean Rafferty (James Norton). The main difference is that this delves into the past of the world-famous Irish beer, and if you’re willing to overlook its myriad historical inaccuracies and inauthentic accents, it’s a lot of fun.

The story picks up in 1868, when Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness dies, leaving behind a highly successful brewery in Dublin for his four adult children. Rather than will the entire business to oldest son Arthur (Anthony Boyle) as expected, Sir Benjamin instead splits it between Arthur and his youngest and most capable son, Edward (Louis Partridge). Middle son Ben (Fionn O’Shea) is disinherited because he’s addicted to alcohol, opium, and gambling, while only daughter Anne (Emily Fearn) is cut off because she’s a married woman. Edward marvels at how the arrangement

has managed to make each child equally unhappy. It’s the setup for a brew with some intriguing ingredients floating free. Arthur’s homosexuality is a badly kept secret, and the whole family spends Episode 2 doing a frantic dance to marry him to a suitable woman to preserve Guinness’ reputation. He sullies it anyway, not through the gayness but rather by committing election fraud to win his father’s seat in Britain’s Parliament. Meanwhile, despite his Protestant father’s history of supporting British rule of Ireland, Edward makes overtures toward the Irish nationalists, or Fenians, so that he can brew his beer in peace.

This culminates in a remarkable scene in the third episode, as he invites Ellen Cochrane (Niamh McCormack), the brains behind the Fenians’ operations, to high tea at Dublin’s best hotel. While she determines to hold her head up under the stares of socialites who are all dressed more expensively than her, Edward draws out a metaphor for Ireland’s political situation by demonstrating the proper technique for pouring Guinness.

The scenes of Dublin’s high society holding balls and formal dances are all very The Age of Innocence, but the show turns into Gangs of New York in the streets, especially when Edward dispatches an illegitimate cousin (Jack Gleeson) to the Big Apple to expand Guinness’ business to America. Hard to say whether Gleeson is more relieved to be using his native Irish accent or not to be playing Joffrey Baratheon, but he brings some welcome floridity to this shady operative who delivers on his promises to sell the brew on American shores. He gets to be subtle, too, when he’s threatening Ellen’s idiot brother Patrick (Seamus O’Hara), who’s exiled to New York after torching one too many Guinness facilities and is initially too proud to funnel the Guinness’ money to the Fenians.

Patrick is at the center of the first season’s rather disappointing cliffhanger, as he returns to Dublin to try to assassinate Arthur during his second run at Parliament. We know that the real-life Arthur lived another 40 years after that

point, and it would take a bold move by the show to kill off the character. Also, Rafferty’s romance with Arthur’s hard-swearing aristocratic wife (Danielle Galligan) comes out of nowhere. House of Guinness is much better at showing what attracts her to enter into her sexless marriage with Arthur, who likes her intelligence and her blunt way of speaking.

The splashy show does offer up some fine performances by its mostly Irish cast, even if the acting honors are snaffled up by English members like Norton as a Catholic fixer for the Guinnesses who has no qualms about throwing fellow Catholics’ bodies in the harbor. The same goes for Partridge — he’s the male lead from the Enola Holmes movies — as a progressive capitalist who installs a retirement plan for Guinness’ workers even though both Arthur and Rafferty think he’s insane for paying old men to do nothing. At the very least, the next time someone puts a glass of that famous dry stout in front of you, this show will make you look at it in a different light. l

MUSIC

$20,000 JAMBALOO Music Prize

Dallas personal injury attorneys Mullen & Mullen open a massive contest for best local album of 2025.

BY STEVE STEWARD

You have to hand it to the Mullen & Mullen Music Project for supporting the local music scene. In addition to Mullen & Mullen’s local concert series JAMBALOO launched in February, plus the $20,000 Venue Prize awarded to The Cicada in July 2025, the Dallas-based personal injury attorneys have announced another contest for local artists: the JAMBALOO Music Prize.

Like the Venue Prize, this one awards the winner $20,000, as well as a bevy of recording, distribution, and promotional opportunities. In an industry known for its inverse relationship between bullshit and intent — Hunter S. Thompson once referred to the music biz as a “cruel and shallow money trench” where “thieves and pimps run free” — it’s refreshing to see actual investment in promoting local bands. Clearly, Mullen & Mullen appreciate the value that local music brings to our cities.

“This community has always shown up for live music,” said Mullen & Mullen Managing Attorney Shane Mullen, “and the artists here deserve that same level of support in return. With the Music Prize, we’re showing that Dallas–Fort Worth can invest in its own talent and create real opportunities without waiting on big labels or outside investors.”

Frankly, it’s nice for the scene to be, well, seen. Or heard, anyway, as the JAMBALOO Music Prize is essentially a Best DFW Album of 2025 contest. It’s open to solo artists and bands of which at least 50% of their members reside in North Texas (defined in JAMBALOO’s Terms & Conditions as the counties of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, and Tarrant). Participants must have released albums between Jan 1, 2025, and Dec 31, 2025. These albums, per the T&C, “must contain a minimum of seven songs and have a total runtime of at least 30 minutes.”

Between Jan 5 and Feb 9, a panel of 15 anonymous judges — a group of nationally

recognized artists, Grammy winners, local media, and industry and civic leaders who will be revealed once judging is done — will select 10 semifinalists to be announced on Feb 10, 2026, which also happens to be in the middle of the next JAMBALOO festival (Feb 7-14, 2026). After that, a combination of the judges’ opinions (weighted 60%) and online voting from the public (40%) will select the contest’s winner, who will be announced on Jun 6, 2026, at a concert at Longhorn Ballroom. At that show, the contest’s three finalists will be the opening acts for a national headliner, whose name will be released during the JAMBALOO festival in February.

“We are not only awarding $20,000 to a deserving artist,” said Mullen & Mullen attorney and JAMBALOO co-founder Joe Morrison, “but also throwing the biggest celebration of the DFW music scene of the year that same evening.”

There’s more. In addition to the cash prize (and an actual JAMBALOO trophy), winners get studio time at Luminous Sound in Dallas to record a single with famed producer Tre Nagella (Lady Gaga, Blake Shelton, Travis Scott); Josey Records placement — besides the stores in

Dallas, Garland, and Plano, Josey has locations in Kansas City, Tulsa, and Sedalia, Missouri; radio support from 91.7 KXT (including airplay on the Homegrown Music Show and Homegrown Bites ); promo packages, each valued at $5,000, from ticketing service Prekindle and entertainment website Do214; additional promotional support from the Texas Music Office, Dallas Music Office, and Hear Fort Worth; and artwork for that new Tre Nagella-produced single, courtesy of resident JAMBALOO/Thirst & Co. artist Conor Dardis.

I have a few persnickety thoughts on this. Does Leon Bridges or Rhett Miller count as a “local” artist? If you were ignorant of this contest and put out a really great EP earlier this year, do you now wish you’d put three or four more songs on it? Will area grindcore bands take this as a challenge to record and release albums that make it past the 30-minute mark in time for the Jan 4, 2026, submission deadline?

Overall, the JAMBALOO Music Prize is way cool. If you’re a local musician with an album out in 2025, you have nothing to lose by entering the contest and a lot of cool stuff to gain. Apply now at Jambaloo.live/prizesubmission. l

LIVING LOCAL ART

What $350,000 Buys You in Fort Worth’s Housing Market Right Now

BY LIZ EMERICK

If you’re looking to relocate to Texas, you could do a lot worse than Fort Worth in terms of housing prices. It’s one of the more affordable areas among bigger Texas cities -- but it’s still competitive and always evolving. The median home price in Fort Worth is $348,949 as of this writing -- but what can you expect for that kind of money, and what do you need to know about buying Fort Worth real estate?

Key Metrics That Are Shaping the Market: According to Movoto.com, the Fort Worth housing market in September 2025 had the median sale price of $348,949, quite a bit lower than Dallas at $422,950). There were 4,869 active listings on the market, providing buyers

with a lot of choice, and an average of 64 days on the market, up from 55 days the previous year. What does all of this mean? First of all, it means property in Fort Worth is more affordable than in its neighboring city, Dallas. It also means homes are staying on the market longer, which is often a sign that buyers have more negotiating power.

What $350,000 Gets You: Single-family homes are the most common option in this price range. According to Movoto, the property features approximately 1,927 square feet of space, a comfortable amount for most families. Midrange kitchens and bathrooms that are usually contemporary but not high-end luxury. You might see granite countertops, laminate or hardwood flooring, and standard appliances. Modern builds or updated older homes are also common, usually built within the last 15 to 25 years. You may find some even older homes that have been updated, but this is less likely. Well-connected neighborhoods that are close to schools and shops are also common. In general, you’ll find a good balance of convenience and value. In short, $350,000 will buy you a decent, comfortable home in Fort Worth, usually larger and newer than what you’d get in Dallas or Austin for the same price.

Compromises and Trade-Offs: Although you can get a perfectly serviceable home in this range for a good price, you should expect to have to make some compromises. For example, outdoor space may be smaller compared to rural or suburban properties, and some homes are likely to be further from downtown or major employment hubs -- which potentially means a longer commute to work. Because you may run into a lot of older homes, some of them

may need ongoing maintenance or some minor updates to get them up to contemporary standards. And, as mentioned above, you may have to settle for functional but not premium appliances and finishes in the kitchen and bathroom.

Tips for Buyers: Get pre-approved if possible. Knowing just how much debt you can take on means you can bid confidently -- and, just as importantly, know your limitations. Take time to prioritize your “must-haves” vs your “nice-tohaves” and let that inform your home shopping. What matters most to you? Size? Location? The little touches? Be prepared to negotiate. This is true basically anywhere when it comes to real estate, but remember that homes have been sitting on the market longer in Fort Worth, which means sellers might be open to offers below the asking price or other perks like assisting with closing

costs. Finally, consider working with an agent to give you that extra edge. An experienced agent can help you find the neighborhood and home you’re looking for.

The Road Ahead

Although the Fort Worth housing market is stable right now, conditions can change rapidly, and you should be on the lookout for major shifts in the market. Some things to keep an eye on include the price point. Will the median price trend of around $348,949 stay where it is or will it start to rise? If interest rates rise again, that could reduce the affordability of homes in Fort Worth, and you may have to settle for less in terms of amenities and finishes. If inventory changes and listings climb faster than sales, buyers will have even more leverage when it comes to negotiating… continued at Bit.ly/350K_FortWorth.

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Notice to Creditors

Notice is given that Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Thomas Charles Wooten were issued on October 13, 2025, in docket number 2025-PR02473-2, pending in the Probate Court Number Two of Tarrant County, Texas, to Mary Caroline Jordan. All persons having claims against the estate, which is presently being administered, are required to submit them, within the time and manner prescribed by law, and before the estate is closed, addressed as follows:

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