Ticket sales for a number of special concert events, festivals and tours will close during the week ending March 23, as compiled by TicketNews.
The three-week Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is winding down this week, along with ticket sales for its final concert events at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX. Country star Keith Urban will take the stage tonight (March 17), followed by five more performers through the weekend. The rest of the lineup features Gary Allen on March 18, newcomer Pat Green on March 19, rising star Taylor Swift on March 20, and legends Brooks & Dunn on March 21. Southern rock kings ZZ Top close out the Houston Rodeo with a performance on March 22.
This week also signals the end of the 10-day interactive, film and music festival known as South By Southwest (SXSW). The media festival, which launched March 13, features more than 1,800 musical acts on about 80 different stages across the host city of Austin, TX. While concerts and conferences are still going on, SXSW is set to close on March 22 with final all-ages performances at Emo’s.
For those with the luck of the Irish on their side, there might be a chance to grab last minute tickets to several St. Patrick’s Day concert celebrations tonight (March 17). Celtic-influenced rock crew Dropkick Murphys will celebrate the day, and the end of its winter tour, at the new House of Blues venue in its hometown of Boston, MA. Meanwhile, Irish-blooded band Flogging Molly will wrap its tour with its own St. Patty’s Day shenanigans at Congress Theatre in Chicago, IL.
Ticket sales are also closing out this week on a number of other events. Rapper T.I. is performing his last concerts for a while this week, as he will beginning serving a year-long jail sentence for weapons charges later this month. His last show is booked for March 20 at ASU Acadome in Montgomery, AL. Meanwhile, up-and-coming musicians Missy Higgins and Justin Nozuka will end their co-head run with some final gigs over the weekend. Their jaunt ends March 23 at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA.
“Last Chance” information is compiled at the beginning of the week, based on touring acts whose current itineraries are closing over the course of that week. The availability of tickets for Last Chance events depends on primary and secondary seller inventory, and may vary as tickets are sold in the days leading up to each event.
THIS WEEK’S LAST CHANCE EVENTS
| Last Event Date | Event |
| March 17 | Parking Lakers |
| March 17 | Spring Training: Colorado Rockies |
| March 17 | Twelve Irish Tenors |
| March 17 | Dropkick Murphys |
| March 17 | Flogging Molly |
| March 17 | Houston Rodeo: Keith Urban |
| March 17 | Black 47 |
| March 17 | Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo: Jesse McCartney |
| March 17 | NCAA Opening Round Play In Game: Alabama State |
| March 17 | World Baseball Classic Second Round – Game 4 |
| March 17 | The Chieftains |
| March 17 | Maceo Parker |
| March 17 | Moving Hearts |
| March 17 | Bill Frisell |
| March 17 | NIT – Round 1: Kentucky |
| March 18 | Houston Rodeo: Gary Allan |
| March 18 | Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo: Clay Walker |
| March 18 | T.I. |
| March 18 | Bye Bye Birdie |
| March 18 | World Baseball Classic Second Round – Game 5 |
| March 18 | Devo |
| March 18 | Wake Up World |
| March 18 | Larry G. Jones |
| March 18 | Bright Eyes |
| March 18 | Ari Hest |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: UConn |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: California |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: UNC |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: Purdue |
| March 19 | NCAA Wrestling Championships – All Sessions |
| March 19 | NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session 1 |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: UNC |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: Memphis |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: UConn |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: Purdue |
| March 19 | World Baseball Classic Second Round – Game 6 |
| March 19 | NCAA Tournament Philadelphia Tickets Session 2 |
| March 19 | Men’s NCAA 1st & 2nd Rd – Greensboro- Session 2 |
| March 19 | NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session 2 |
| March 19 | Red |
| March 19 | Houston Rodeo: Pat Green |
| March 19 | Pronto & Puss N Boots |
| March 19 | Connection Beyond Gallery |
| March 19 | A Wedding To Die For |
| March 19 | Street Dogs |
| March 19 | Unfiction On Safari |
| March 19 | WCHA Final Five: Quarterfinals |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: Duke |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: Oklahoma |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: UCLA |
| March 19 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: Illinois |
| March 19 | Sophie Milman |
| March 19 | Possessed |
| March 19 | Los Tigres Del Norte |
| March 19 | Trans Sister Tales |
| March 19 | Cucu Diamantes |
| March 19 | Mamafied |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: Utah |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: Missouri |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: Louisville |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – All Sessions Strip: Boston College |
| March 20 | World Baseball Classic Final Round – All Sessions Strip |
| March 20 | NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session 3 |
| March 20 | Tampa Bay Blues Festival: The Fabulous Thunderbirds & More |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: Arizona St. |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: Pittsburgh |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: Missouri |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1: Kansas |
| March 20 | NASCAR Food City 500 Pole Day |
| March 20 | NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session 4 |
| March 20 | JD Souther |
| March 20 | Emerson Drive |
| March 20 | Plummer |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament |
| March 20 | Stew & Brew |
| March 20 | Strikken & Fluwid |
| March 20 | Holi Hungama 2009 |
| March 20 | Slave To The Metal Festival |
| March 20 | Houston Rodeo: Taylor Swift |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: Louisville |
| March 20 | The Pogues |
| March 20 | Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo: Kellie Pickler |
| March 20 | Rakim Y Ken-y |
| March 20 | Busta Rhymes |
| March 20 | 99.9 KISW Rock Girl Gala |
| March 20 | Downrising |
| March 20 | Houston Scott Band |
| March 20 | Hip Hop Theater |
| March 20 | Artist In Residence Recital – Nicola Melville |
| March 20 | Pink Floyd Laser Show |
| March 20 | WCHA Final Five: Semifinals |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: Utah |
| March 20 | Phil Lesh |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: Michigan St. |
| March 20 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 2: Xavier |
| March 20 | Paul Wall |
| March 20 | The Mountain Goats |
| March 20 | Cafe’ Accordion Orchestra |
| March 20 | Fusion Jazz Trio |
| March 20 | Sweet Sunny South |
| March 20 | Whoopie Goldberg & Joy Behar |
| March 20 | The Ultimate U2 Tribute |
| March 20 | Sasha & Digweed |
| March 20 | Ustad Zakir Hussain |
| March 20 | Three Irish Tenors |
| March 20 | Jackie Greene |
| March 20 | Trinity Irish Dance Company |
| March 20 | Soilwork |
| March 20 | Rhonda Vincent & The Rage |
| March 20 | Johnny Winter & The Nighthawks |
| March 20 | Graham Parker |
| March 20 | Rumble At Rama |
| March 20 | Jazz Band of America |
| March 20 | Chenille Sisters |
| March 20 | The Molly Ringwalds |
| March 20 | Kentucky Headhunters |
| March 20 | Cuca |
| March 20 | Erin McKeown |
| March 20 | Perpetual Groove & Mad Sweet Pangs |
| March 20 | Butter |
| March 20 | Sweet Leda |
| March 20 | Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour |
| March 20 | This Is Our Youth |
| March 20 | Jil Aigrot |
| March 20 | The Cardinals featuring Ryan Adams |
| March 20 | Christopher Cross |
| March 20 | Outformation & Tea Leaf Green |
| March 20 | Black Mountain |
| March 20 | The Heaven Seventies |
| March 20 | Dirty Shannon |
| March 20 | Scarface |
| March 20 | Black Sunday |
| March 20 | Into The Blue |
| March 20 | Jason Michael Carroll |
| March 20 | Jason Boland & The Stragglers |
| March 21 | NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session 5 |
| March 21 | Starfish |
| March 21 | Children’s Playhouse: The Suitcase Circus – That Puppet Guy! |
| March 21 | Grand Rapids Symphony: Green Eggs and Ham |
| March 21 | Tampa Bay Blues Festival: Delbert McClinton & More |
| March 21 | Sleeping Beauty |
| March 21 | Vanilla Ice |
| March 21 | NASCAR Nationwide Series: Scotts Turf Builder 300 |
| March 21 | Stepping Towards Greatness |
| March 21 | WCHA Final Five: 3rd. Place Game |
| March 21 | Miss Evers’ Boys |
| March 21 | Houston Rodeo: Brooks & Dunn |
| March 21 | Settle The Sky |
| March 21 | The Great American Beast & Burning Graceland |
| March 21 | Wild Splash |
| March 21 | A Weekend of Metal – Two Day Pass |
| March 21 | Monday Night Local Showcase |
| March 21 | NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session 6 |
| March 21 | World Baseball Classic Final Round – Semifinal 1 |
| March 21 | Catalina Island’s First Annual Gospel Music Celebration |
| March 21 | KSM, Somato Sensory & Luke Walton |
| March 21 | Jocaine |
| March 21 | Amber Blues |
| March 21 | Hockey East Championships |
| March 21 | Reba McEntire |
| March 21 | Tyr |
| March 21 | Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo: Eli Young Band |
| March 21 | Thriving Ivory |
| March 21 | Bluesfest |
| March 21 | Hostile/mutated |
| March 21 | Martin Atkins |
| March 21 | Back Porch Mary |
| March 21 | The Classic Crime & Look Closer |
| March 21 | The Mint |
| March 21 | Inimical Drive |
| March 21 | Orlando Rocks! |
| March 21 | Johannes Goebel: Wandering Between The Worlds |
| March 21 | The Phantom |
| March 21 | Ricky Skaggs |
| March 21 | WCHA Final Five: Championship Game |
| March 21 | Salkind Piano Duo Festival Benefit Concert |
| March 21 | Thunder Slam Monster Trucks |
| March 21 | Corey Harris |
| March 21 | Little River Band |
| March 21 | Masters of Movement |
| March 21 | CCHA Championship |
| March 21 | 3 The Hard Way |
| March 21 | George Gervin Celebrity Roast |
| March 21 | Rusalka |
| March 21 | Love Overboard |
| March 21 | Franco De Vita |
| March 21 | Cirque Mechanics |
| March 21 | Toda Tu Musica |
| March 21 | The Mikado |
| March 21 | Alacranes Musical: Los Rieleros Del Norte |
| March 21 | The Schwag |
| March 21 | NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 |
| March 21 | James Otto |
| March 21 | ATB |
| March 21 | A. Manzanero & M. Carles |
| March 21 | Missy Higgins |
| March 21 | Lee Ving of Fear |
| March 21 | Deceased |
| March 21 | Mavis Staples |
| March 21 | Victory Concert |
| March 21 | Symphonie Fantastique |
| March 21 | Stones World |
| March 21 | Pietasters |
| March 21 | Bob Anderson |
| March 21 | Jon B. |
| March 21 | Googoosh |
| March 21 | Mandy Patinkin |
| March 21 | Bobby Collins |
| March 21 | Life of Agony |
| March 21 | Killer and The Star |
| March 21 | Misty Lyn and The Big Beautiful |
| March 21 | Alice Russell |
| March 21 | Ab Looking For Love |
| March 21 | Chris Cubeta and The Liars Club |
| March 21 | Haiku |
| March 21 | Triangle Youth Brass Band |
| March 21 | Broken Spindles |
| March 21 | Coliseum |
| March 21 | Charles Neidich |
| March 21 | Spring Creek |
| March 21 | Warren G |
| March 21 | We Will Rock You |
| March 21 | Bill Bellamy |
| March 21 | Toothfuzz & Randy Thunderbird |
| March 21 | The Galilee Eskimos |
| March 21 | Miss Hawaiian Tropic |
| March 21 | The Magnolias |
| March 21 | Anti-crew |
| March 21 | Dave Barnes |
| March 21 | Four Tet |
| March 21 | Chopteeth |
| March 21 | Original Iron City House Rockers: Joe Grushecky |
| March 21 | Dracula’s Ball |
| March 21 | Splintered Sunlight |
| March 21 | Spinderella |
| March 21 | Brutal Truth |
| March 21 | Spiritual Rez |
| March 21 | Great American Taxi |
| March 21 | Saw Doctors |
| March 21 | Firemouth |
| March 21 | The New Deal & Future Rock |
| March 21 | Michelle L’amour |
| March 21 | Mitch Fatel |
| March 21 | Carpe Noctem Lingerie & Pajama Party |
| March 21 | Jim Lauletta |
| March 21 | Wedding Banned |
| March 21 | Too White Crew |
| March 21 | Kappa Karnival Player’s Ball |
| March 21 | Boogie Hustlers |
| March 22 | South By Southwest Music Festival |
| March 22 | Transitions Championship |
| March 22 | World Figure Skating Championships Practice All Sessions |
| March 22 | Suzuki Superbike Challenge |
| March 22 | Texas Metal Fest |
| March 22 | NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 3 |
| March 22 | BNP Paribas Open |
| March 22 | NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament: Rounds 1 & 2 – Session 1 |
| March 22 | Tampa Bay Blues Festival: Irma Thomas & Bernard Allison |
| March 22 | Menopause – The Musical |
| March 22 | Luz Maria Briseno Live |
| March 22 | Philadelphia Phillies Legends Game |
| March 22 | Apex & Outerloop Presents |
| March 22 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500 |
| March 22 | Mendelssohn and Mahler |
| March 22 | Footloose |
| March 22 | Nunsense Jamboree |
| March 22 | 2009 Sky Hempy Keyboard Series – Charles Aschbrenner |
| March 22 | Ensemble Lucidarium |
| March 22 | Tyler Perry’s The Marriage Counselor |
| March 22 | Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo: Randy Travis |
| March 22 | Massenet’s Werther |
| March 22 | Desert Wind Sax Quartet |
| March 22 | Houston Rodeo: ZZ Top |
| March 22 | Mammals |
| March 22 | Steinway Piano Series |
| March 22 | World Baseball Classic Final Round – Semifinal 2 |
| March 22 | A Weekend of Metal Day Two With Soilwork |
| March 22 | Miranda Cosgrove |
| March 22 | Cold and Aranda |
| March 22 | For Today |
| March 22 | KSM |
| March 22 | Stereo & After Clap |
| March 22 | Sleepwalk With Me |
| March 22 | Beatle Mania Live |
| March 22 | Middle Eastern Performance/ Raqs Cultura |
| March 22 | Ontario Reign |
| March 22 | Adicts and The Dickies |
| March 22 | Walls of Jericho |
| March 22 | Bane |
| March 22 | Cipes & The People |
| March 22 | Legends Game |
| March 22 | Young Jeezy |
| March 22 | Jon Lovitz |
| March 22 | Jorma Kaukonen |
| March 22 | Ray Manzarek |
| March 22 | Pete Michael |
| March 22 | Aretha Franklin Birthday Tribute |
| March 22 | Deep Banana Blackout |
| March 22 | AC Newman |
| March 22 | Aggrolites |
| March 22 | Winter Music Conference |
| March 23 | NCAA Women’s Tournament |
| March 23 | Sony Ericsson Open Qualifying Session A |
| March 23 | World Baseball Classic Final Round – Championship |
| March 23 | Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo: Carlos Mencia |
| March 23 | Justin Nozuka & Missy Higgins |
| March 23 | Fiaf Fashion Talks: Diane Von Furstenberg |
| March 23 | Women’s Roundtable II |
| March 23 | Spectacular Opera Choruses & Ensembles |
| March 23 | London Symphony Orchestra |
| March 23 | H.R. of Bad Brains |
| March 23 | Mitzi Gaynor |
| March 23 | Jungua |
| March 23 | A Benefit Evening of Songs and Memories |
| March 23 | Human Highway |
| March 23 | The Handsome Furs |